Summer Report for Friday 17 January 2014

7:00 AM.Claims that the justice system isn't taking protection orders seriously and the Vatican fronts up to an UN inquiry into child abuse by the clergy. Audio

7:10 AM.Lawyers and women's advocates say the justice system isn't taking protection order breaches seriously, after two Dunedin children were shot dead by a man who had an order against him. Audio

7:13 AM.Jeremy Logan of Wairarapa stopping violence services deals regularly with male violent offenders - he says protection orders are a very useful tool - the problem comes when they are breached. Audio

7:17 AM.The Vatican has been strongly criticised for its handling of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergymen, in the first ever public hearing it has attended on the issue. Audio

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

7:34 AM.With Dan Corbett from the Met Service. Audio

7:39 AM.The ACT party president, and its former MP, John Boscawen, will seek the party's nomination for the Epsom electorate - and for the Party's leadership. Audio

7:43 AM.The New Zealand dollar has surged to an eight years high against its Australian counterpart. Audio

7:47 AM.The Australian government is denying reports the country's Navy fired warning shots as part of an operation to turn around a boat carrying asylum seekers from Indonesia. Audio

7:54 AM.In the last year, there have been hundreds of column inches on the spiralling cost and shortage of homes, particularly in Auckland and Christchurch. Audio

8:09 AM.There have been claims that the justice system is not taking police protection orders seriously, after two Dunedin children were shot dead by a man who had an order against him. Audio

8:18 AM.The Vatican has come under attack over child sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergymen, in the first ever public hearing on the issue. Audio

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

8:37 AM.The replacement InterIslander ferry Stena Alegra's already broken down, less than a week into service. Audio

8:39 AM.Fiji's Commodore Frank Bainimarama is to stand down as the head of the military in so he can run for Parliament in this year's election. Audio

8:42 AM.Air New Zealand has announced it will resume flying into Singapore for the first time in more than eight years. Audio

8:47 AM.Judges on the US Supreme Court are expressing doubt about a Massachusetts law which creates a protective buffer zone for patients near abortion clinics. Audio

8:53 AM.The government will soon decide whether a northern Te Papa should be built in Auckland. Audio

7:36 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

8:33 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio