Summer Report for Friday 28 December 2012

8:45 AM.Lois Williams takes a great walk along the Re Paki Coastal Track in the far north of New Zealand. Audio

8:41 AM.Heugh Chappell previews a big festival in Gisborne. Audio

8:38 AM.Dr James Renwick from Victoria University talks about the weather. Audio

8:34 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:27 AM.Is Auckland Council's Maori board a success? we preview tonight's Outspoken programme. Audio

8:23 AM.In the US, a newspaper prints the names and addresses of registered gun owners. Audio

8:20 AM.An Antarctic experiment to drill through three kilometres of ice to a 500-thousand year old lake has had to be called off. We talk to the project's manager in Antarctica. Audio

8:15 AM.Record numbers of cruise ship passengers will arrive in Christchurch this summer, Nicola Grigg reports. Audio

8:09 AM.Rob Cameron from the Capital Market Development Taskforce talks to us about the partial asset sales. Audio

7:57 AM.Peter Griffin talks about the big tech stories of the year. Audio

7:45 AM.Lisa Thompson talks to author Alexa Johnston as she cooks up summer bread. Audio

7:41 AM.New studies suggest cannabis use may have worse effects from previously thought, we speak to Professor Richie Poulton of Otago University. Audio

7:38 AM.Federated Farmers talk about the latest quad bike death. Audio

7:35 AM.A Chinese dairy company wants to set up an infant formula factory near Waimate, we talk to Don Brash, a director of Oceania Dairy which may be talen over by the Chinese company. Audio

7:34 AM.Here's Rachel Askew with the latest from the markets. Audio

7:26 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:20 AM.A new Italian fertiliser could help combat the vine killing PSA-v disease, Leigh Mclachlan reports. Audio

7:17 AM.The Boxing Day sales have retailers more than happy, Jacob McSweeny reports. Audio

7:12 AM.President Obama returns from holiday to try and avert an economic crisis, our Washington corespondent Daniel Ryntjes has the latest. Audio

7:09 AM.Can the sharemarket handle three partial asset sales at once? Craig McCulloch reports. Audio

7:00 AM.The Treasury warns the share market may not be able to handle three Government asset sales at once. President Obama cuts short his holiday as the US gets close to going over the fiscal cliff and a… Read more Audio