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Summer Report for Friday 6 January 2012
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More summer madness with Mark Cubey
8:56 AM.With Summer madness here's Mark Cubey. Audio
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Not just for rowers - cruising on Lake Karapiro in Waikato
8:45 AM.If cruising on the high-seas isn't your cup of tea, how about a more sedate way to enjoy open water? Audio
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Place names: in the news 2011
8:39 AM.Peter Dowling takes a look at names which have been making the news, starting with some of the suburbs in Christchurch, following the quakes: Avonside, Bexley, Dallington, New Brighton, Lyttelton… Read more Audio
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Is 'tsunami debris' washing up on US West Coast ?
8:35 AM.Debris, that's believed to be from Japan's tsunami last year has begun washing up on the coast of the United States and Canada. Audio
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Hutt News review
8:33 AM.Let's find out what's been happening in the past year in the Hutt Valley - the editor of the Hutt News Simon Edwards is with us. Audio
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Markets Update for 6 January 2012
8:32 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Sports News for 6 January 2012
8:27 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Weather outlook
8:25 AM.We are joined by the Met Service weather ambassador Bob McDavitt. Audio
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Banned NZ athletes could compete in Olympics
8:21 AM.New Zealand sportspeople suspended for doping offences will be free to go to the London Olympics this year, provided their ban is completed before the event. Audio
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Tourists assaulted in Kaikoura
8:15 AM.Visitors to Kaikoura are being targeted in a series of attacks the police say are racially motivated. Audio
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Maritime Union set to make counter offer to Ports of Auckland
8:09 AM.The Maritime Union is expected to make a counter-offer to the Ports of Auckland today. Audio
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Council warns of ant infestations
7:56 AM.The Hawke's Bay Regional Council wants the public to tell them if new infestations of an invasive ant pop up. Audio
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Martinborough wines - Rose, Germans and Masters
7:46 AM.The south Wairarapa town of Martinborough has cemented its name alongside Hawke's Bay and Marlborough as one of the country's premier wine-growing areas. Audio
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Southland faces drought as driest December ever bites.
7:43 AM.Southland is facing drought with the driest December since records began, forcing farmers to kill stock and councils to warn the fire danger is extreme. Audio
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Flood victims face $200k penalty for not fixing homes
7:38 AM.Some Nelson residents have been surprised to learn they could be slapped with a 200-thousand dollar fine if they don't fix their flood-damaged homes. Audio
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Sports News for 6 January 2012
7:28 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Obama looks to Asia-Pacific in new defence strategy
7:23 AM.President Obama has announced a major realignment of US defence spending and military strategy. Audio
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Preparations to seal shaft at Pike River
7:21 AM.Workers at the Pike River coal mine are a step closer to putting in a second seal, that should allow the remains of the 29 miners who died there to be recovered. Audio
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Rena faces worst sea swells since October
7:17 AM.The stranded containership, Rena, will soon be subjected to the worst sea conditions experienced in the three months that it's been stuck on Astrolabe Reef. Audio
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Maritime Union to make counter-offer to Port
7:13 AM.Joining us is the National President of the Maritime Union, Garry Parsloe. Audio
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Government, council step back from failing port
7:09 AM.The Maritime Union says it is making a counter-offer to the Ports of Auckland that it hopes will end the industrial dispute that's cost the port millions of dollars. Audio
07:00 News
07:25 Newspapers from the main centres
07:45 Summer food and drink
Tim Graham visits some of Martinborough's wineries
07:55 The history of place names
Peter Dowling gives an insight into how many of New Zealand's best known places got their names.
08:00 News
08:25 Weather and sports news
08:33 Regional newspapers
Simon Edwards of The Hutt News
08:37 Things to do: The Poisoners
Georgina Ball visits a new exhibition at the Auckland Museum
08:45 Gardens
Andrew McRae visits Hamilton's Paradise Collection
08:55 Summer Madness
Mark Cubey on sumer frustrations and pastimes