Summer Report for Thursday 17 January 2013

8:53 AM.Lynn Freeman monitors the feeding habits of the kaka. Audio

8:45 AM.Steve Wilde reports on plans to make a park in Cromwell one of Australasia's top motor sport venues. Audio

8:42 AM.Peter Dowling talks about place names that mark shipwrecks: Cutter Rock, Burnett Head, Amphlett Stream, Orpheus Island,  Fifeshire Rock, Arrow Rock, Delaware Bay, Corsair Bay. Audio

8:39 AM.Federated Farmers says putting age restrictions on quad bikes should be considered after a spate in injuries on the all-terrain vehicles over the holiday period, Leigh McLachlan reports. Audio

8:36 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:28 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

8:24 AM.How much value should we give to the letters Q Z and X in scrabble? Cushla Norman reports. Audio

8:22 AM.Scott Base workers preparing for the arrival of Prime Minister John Key have been battling unseasonally warm temperatures which have melted some of their ice roads and runways, we talk to Lou Sanson… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.Bars, restaurants and alcohol shops fear new licensing restrictions will send them out of business in a shake-up billed as the biggest since the end of six o'clock closing, Gill Bonnett reports. Audio

8:16 AM.Two people have been killed and thirteen injured in a helicopter crash in central London, Olly Barratt reports. Audio

8:09 AM.The US President, Barack Obama, is proposing a number of sweeping changes to tighten laws around gun control, but faces huge challenges in getting the legislation passed through congress. Audio

7:52 AM.The Tuhoe iwi is planning to build its tribal headquarters near Taneatua and claims it will be New Zealand's first ever so-called "living building". Audio

7:49 AM.The animal welfare group, SAFE, is condemning the export of more than 7000 (7200) live cattle to China next week, Marcus Irvine reports. Audio

7:44 AM.Industry leaders are worried that law changes proposed to stop foreign investors ripping off the tax system may scare off overseas investment, we talk to Kim Campbell of the Employers and… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.A family, defrauded of hundreds of thousands of dollars by a property developer, says it's been a huge financial stress for them., Mani Dunlop reports. Audio

7:37 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

7:29 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:24 AM.Bill English says the Auckland Council needs to do more to encourage the building of affordable housing, the Auckland Mayor Len Brown responds. Audio

7:18 AM.President Obama wants a radical shake-up of the gun laws in the US, Nina-Maria Potts reports from Washington. Audio

7:13 AM.We talk to Bethlehem College's principal, Eion Crosbie. Audio

7:09 AM.Bethlehem College mourns the deaths of three volunteers in Kenya, Craig McCulloch reports. Audio

7:00 AM.Bethlehem College mourns the deaths of three New Zealanders killed in a mini van crash in Kenya. President Obama announces sweeping changes to the gun laws in the US and is Auckland's council doing… Read more Audio