Summer Report

Tongans requiring life saving medical treatment like dialysis that is still not available back home are among those appealing the orders. RNZ Pacific's Sara Vui-Talitu looks at the issue. Audio

Researchers say the offspring produced fewer eggs in utero after the mothers had taken painkillers but Dr Andrew Murray from Fertility Associates Wellington says there's no reason to be alarmed… Read more Audio

Alex Wright has fought the Whangarei District Council for years to get them to seal a dusty road outside her house. She talks to Alex Perrotet and says the council is ignoring pleas from its… Read more Audio

The United Nations Committee Against Torture is for the first time calling on the New Zealand Government to compensate a prisoner for being unlawfully held. OUr reporter Craig McCulloch explains the… Read more Audio

LA correspondent Peter Bowes talks to Alex Perrottet about celebrities taking a stand at the first major ceremony after a series of sexual harrassment allegations Audio

Waste warrior Marty Hoffart says a 50 cent tax on disposable coffee cups in New Zealand will make people move to reusable cups. Audio

Vaka Tautua's programme which helps Pasifika people under severe financial pressure is so successful it met one of its annual targets in five months. Audio

Radio New Zealand Pacific's Johnny Blades with the latest from the volcanic activity at Kadovar in Papua New Guinea. Audio

Sports reporter Matt Chatterton talks tennis with the end of the womens competition and the beginning of the mens, and an update on the Ashes. Audio

Matt Robson, former deputy leader of the Progressive Party and former Alliance MP says Jim Anderton was a warm and compassionate man Audio

People from all sides of the political spectrum are paying tribute to the former Deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton who died yesterday. Audio