Summer Report

Auckland Grammar, has become the first public school to dump NCEA qualifications for Year-11 students. Audio

The lawyer representing the families of the men who died in the Pike River Coal Mine, says sealing the mine could jeopardise the Royal Commission looking into the disaster. Audio

Brazil has declared three days of national mourning for the more than six hundred people killed in the country's worst flood disaster on record. Audio

The price of bread, tomatoes and dairy products could all rise in New Zealand because of the Australian floods. Audio

Australia's flood crisis is spreading with rising water levels now threatening large parts of Victoria. Audio

Harry Potter is taking on Mickey Mouse in the battle for the theme park dollar. Audio

America's top ranking military officer says he's concerned about why China's military is focusing some of its emerging hi-tech capabilities on the United States. Audio

Property analysts predict house values will continue to slide, following another gloomy year across most of the country. Audio

The Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, could be ordered to stand trial for tax fraud and embezzlement charges, after judges ammended a law that temporarily shielded him from prosecution. Audio

Now every day we speak to an editor of a newspaper and I'm joined by Venkat Raman, he's the editor of the fortnightly newspaper Indian Newslink. Audio

Conservation advocates fear the end of birdsong because of a rapid decline in unprotected native birds in this country. Audio

Islands in the east of New Caledonia have been hit by a magnitude 7 earthquake, just as the area is on full alert for Cyclone Vania. Audio