Summer Report for Friday 10 January 2014

8:50 AM.New Zealand may soon have its first zero-energy certified home. Audio

8:44 AM.In Wellington, there's growing interest in coffee with a festival due to be held there in March. Audio

8:37 AM.Town planners in Australia are expecting more densely populated high rise city centres in the future, as urban development adapts to climate change. Audio

8:34 AM.Auckland golfer Lydia Ko is being cited as an example of how the expanding Asian communities may change the face of New Zealand sport. Audio

8:33 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:25 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:23 AM.The massive landslide on the Dart River is believed to have changed Lake Wakatipu turquoise. Audio

8:20 AM.To the US, and the New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has apologised and fired an aide who allegedly orchestrated traffic mayhem to pursue a petty political vendetta. Audio

8:14 AM.An agribusiness expert says she is concerned that the legal battle between Danone and Fonterra could be very costly for the country. Audio

8:09 AM.An investigation is under way after an Air New Zealand plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Melbourne Airport last night. Audio

7:55 AM.Las Vegas is the place to be at the moment if you're interested in high tech gadgetry. Audio

7:52 AM.The semi-finals of Auckland's Heineken Tennis Open take place today, with some of the big names not there. Audio

7:49 AM.A commercial fishing company says new rules around harvesting shark fins will help it get on with business and leave the controversial issue behind. Audio

7:43 AM.A new study suggests that people find multi-racial faces more attractive - until they start categorising their ethnic backgrounds. Audio

7:39 AM.New research says a fault line off the East Coast of New Zealand is one of a few areas around the world where a mega-quake could occur, triggering a major tsunami. Audio

7:36 AM.A category four cyclone, bearing destructive gusts of up to 231 kilometres an hour, is bearing down on parts of Tonga. Audio

7:33 AM.With Dan Corbett from the Met Service. Audio

7:27 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:24 AM.Christchurch home owners who've been red zoned and have sold their properties to the Crown may face late penalties if they don't move by the end of the month. Audio

7:19 AM.Hamilton MPs are to meet police next week over growing concerns over the nine-year-old boy who appeared drunk in an online video. Audio

7:15 AM.An economist estimates legal action against dairy giant Fonterra could cost the average New Zealand dairy farmer 43 thousand dollars. Audio

7:09 AM.An Air New Zealand flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Melbourne airport shortly after it took off last night. Audio

7:00 AM.Air New Zealand plane is forced to make an emergency landing at Melbourne. The legal action against Fonterra is set to hit dairy farmers in the pocket and we talk to the Mayor of Hamilton about the… Read more Audio