Summer Report for Tuesday 27 December 2011

8:55 AM.As the New Year dawns some of you may be thinking I'm going to try to be a better person next year. Audio

8:45 AM.It's ten years since the Labour Government's controversial decision to disband the Royal New Zealand Airforce's combat wing. Audio

8:35 AM.In these times when people are always looking for new gadgets, there are still some things that get better with age. Audio

8:33 AM.Each morning we'll be talking to a newspaper editor outside of the big metropolitan dailies, about what's happening in this region. Audio

8:28 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:26 AM.And now for the latest on the weather here, the Met Service weather forecaster Paul Mallinson, joins us. Audio

8:23 AM.The Sydney-Hobart yacht race has entered its second day. Audio

8:18 AM.To Pakistan where tens of thousands of people have turned out at a rally for Imran Khan in Karachi. Audio

8:14 AM.People turned out in their droves around the country for the Boxing Day sales yesterday. Audio

8:09 AM.The community in Turangi is convinced the man who assaulted a five year old girl almost a week ago at a campground is not a local. Audio

7:55 AM.Place names left by the explorer Turi: Aotea, Kāwhia, Marokopa, Mōkau, Waitara, Oakura, Pātea. Audio

7:46 AM.Time now to cook up some more summer brunch. Audio

7:42 AM.A Victoria University researcher is trying to reduce the number of mistakes made in police identity parades by studying the way eye-witnesses choose their suspect. Audio

7:39 AM.Pollen counts are high from Kaitaia to Invercargill, sending some hayfever sufferers into fits of sneezes, with itchy eyes and red noses to boot. Audio

7:37 AM.A technology expert say the hacking of a US-based company that provides political, economic and military analysis to international clients, including some from New Zealand, is more embarrassing than… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.The New Zealand Herald leads with the death of two teenage girls in a car crash near Tauranga on Christmas Day. Audio

7:28 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:23 AM.In Syria, just hours before the expected arrival of a team of Arab League observers, there are reports of further violence in the city of Homs. Audio

7:19 AM.The police in Queensland say the person who killed the New Zealand-born musician Tony Williams may have been lying in wait at his home. Audio

7:16 AM.The Criminal Bar Association is calling for the creation of a commission to investigate court cases where miscarriage of justices may have occurred. Audio

7:14 AM.The police hope to speak soon to the five year old girl who was attacked in a Turangi camping ground last week. Audio

7:10 AM.Work is under way to fix a 30 centimetre hole in a Russian fishing vessel, stranded off Antarctica. Audio