Summer Report

Church and community groups will help up to 30 Syrian refugees settle here by sponsoring them, Gill Bonnett spoke to those taking part in the trial scheme. Audio

Rikki Swanell says she wants to stand out for being good at her job, not for being a woman. Audio

New Zealand cricketer Corey Anderson says it's anyone's chance to step up and make a name for themselves at the tournament Audio

Business reporter Jonathan Mitchell discusses about brent crude oil hitting $70US a barrel, plus profit-taking sending the local sharemarket lower Audio

Australian honey industry is claiming it has new proof showing manuka honey was produced in Australia in 1884 years before New Zealand. Audio

The European Union will ban amalgam fillings in children and pregnant and breastfeeding women from July but The New Zealand Dental Association says there are no plans to ban them here. Audio

Psychologist Dr Mulvihill says Australia's Royal Commission found the majority of children sexually assaulted were abused in faith-based institutions so they should be included in New Zealand's… Read more Audio

The bat which is three times the size of an average bat today was found in sediment near St Bathans - Dr Paul Scofield talks to Summer Report about the discovery. Audio

Rome Reports journalist Cody Williams says it's not the first time the Pope has encouraged public breastfeeding. Audio

Laura Tupou talks to two people who have completed the programme and thanks to the skills they learned are now enrolled to study this year. Audio

Andrew McRae talks to Ngaire Mathews, who is 75, about how she became a past-master at lip-reading and managed to get through her schooling without a hearing aid. She got her first hearing-aid at the… Read more Audio

Papua New Guinea police are to re-open a sorcery case that led to an attack on the country's chief justice. Enga provincial police comander George Kakas explains to RNZ Pacific the background to the… Read more Audio