Summer Report

The New Zealand Police Association is echoing calls from its brethren across the Tasman for tougher penalties on drivers that cause Police chases and prolonged pursuits. Audio

Defending champions India say they're feeling confident ahead of their first game against Afghanistan at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval which opens the tournament today. Audio

Tough new measures are being introduced in Fiji which appear aimed at stifling dissent. Audio

The elite aerobatics team the Red Checkers remains grounded this morning, as the Air Force investigates yesterday's fatal crash. Audio

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment is urging the Government to intervene in consent hearings for intensive dairy farming in the Upper Waitaki. Audio

Highlights from the RNZ sports desk. Audio

We speak with the United Nation's office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs in New York to ask if they've heard about the plight of the New Zealand family who are in Port-au-Prince with the… Read more Audio

Communications are extraordinarily difficult with the Caribbean's poorest nation but we have got through to Oxfam's Louis Ballinger on the border with the Dominican Republic. Audio

We get an overall assessment of the situation on the ground in Port-au-Prince, which it has to be said is dire. Audio

With the government promising to turn the aquaculture industry into a billion dollar industry, we thought it prudent to take a bit of a closer look at one of the main"crops"- as it were - the Green… Read more Audio

The plane, understood to be an Air Force training craft, came down on Crown land next to the farm of Hugh Dalrymple. Audio

Rowna takes us down the Ripiro Coast of Northland. Audio