Caitlin Cherry

One of the country's dirtiest rivers is the Ruamahanga - which is so contaminated that some locals have dubbed it the Sewer-mahanga. Audio

Shell is granted the right to drill for gas off the Otago-Southland coast. Water for Gisborne residents could run out within three days and extreme weather - while it freezes in north America, Western… Audio

The Government is under pressure as Japanese whaling resumes. Also on Summer Report today - a child in Afghanistan is suspected of being a suicide bomber and a New Zealand rugby league player is sent… Audio

Claims that Filipino immigrants working on the Canterbury rebuild are being exploited. Weather conditions hamper the search for a fisherman who fell overboard into Wellington Harbour and a United… Audio

The passengers on board the stranded ship in the Antarctic are rescued. The latest on the police investigation into a sexual assault on a six year old girl and a bid to rescue two kayakers who spent… Audio

Corey Anderson hits the cricket record books for six with the fastest century ever. The wait continues for the passengers stranded on a ship in Antarctic and farmers promise to clean up the country's… Audio

Revellers are well behaved at New Years Eve celebrations - police say the new liquor laws may be the reason and Greenpeace protester Jon Beauchamp talks to us about his month in a Russian jail. Audio

Seven times Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is in critical condition in a Grenoble hospital after undergoing brain surgery following a ski accident in the French Alps. Caitlin Cherry spoke to… Audio

A rescue vessel has arrived at the edge of pack ice near a trapped research ship in the Antarctic. Audio

Bad weather hits campers in the Coromandel. Are mental health patients smoking cannabis at Hutt Hospital and a suicide bomber detonates explosion in Russia. Audio

We were reporting earlier about the attack on German tourists in Whakatane. The police have just put out a statement. Audio

Trapped passengers in the Antarctic wait for help to arrive - we'll talk to one of the New Zealanders on board. Also on today's programme - the cash registers ring as retailers say the Boxing Day… Audio

A Russian passenger vessel is trapped in thick sea ice off Antarctica - we'll hear from a scientist on board. Also this morning - an increase in tourist arrivals in New Zealand and NIck Smith defends… Audio

Caitlin talks to the team that wants to bring the dawn chorus back to Picton. Audio

Islamist terrorists seize hostages at a gas facility in Algeria. Workers at the Stockton Mine on the West Coast agree to cut their hours to save their jobs and are the poor being forced off benefits… Audio

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… Audio

Auckland property prices surge, are they being priced out of the market? A norovirus is on the way and Oprah Winfrey talks about her interview with cyclist Lance Armstrong. Audio

A report into the closed Napier-Gisborne rail line finds it is economically viable. Steven Joyce defends the Government's estimate of how many jobs were created by the Hobbit movie and Islamist… Audio

More arrests may be made over the pack attack on a Featherston man. There are calls for more to be done to protect police officers in sole-charge stations and freedom campers challenge a bylaw… Audio

Prebbleton fires destroy homes; Selwyn district mayor Kelvin Coe on the Prebbleton fires; Fiji's military government dumps draft constitution; Three Oscar nods for The Hobbit; NSW expects tough… Audio