Summer Report for Friday 11 January 2019

8:54 AM.Chris Bramwell and Craig McCulloch sample a different beer every day with Steph Coutts from Craft Beer College in Wellington. Today's tipple: Become the Ocean, by North End Brewing. Audio

8:48 AM.Taranaki residents are snapping up thousands of traps as part of an ambitious initiative to eradicate predators from the mountain's ring plain. Audio

8:48 AM.Rescuers went the extra mile to rescue a couple in their 60s who became trapped on Aoraki, Mount Cook National Park. The Australian couple sent out an alert using a personal locator beacon at Ball… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Those over the age of 65 shared fake news nearly seven times more than younger social media users. New York University conducted the research by analysing what several thousand study participants… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Jacinda Ardern will be in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum and deputy PM Winston Peters will take her place. On her return from Davos, the prime minister - along with ministers and Maori MPs -… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.US President Donald Trump says he may declare a national emergency to use the military to construct a border wall without congressional approval. The disagreement with the Democrats has led to a… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.A group of Auckland workers who returned from their holidays to find they were jobless say their livelihoods have been destroyed. Audio

8:18 AM.The entire Courtenay Place complex was shut off from the public on Saturday, after engineers identified several areas on the cinema levels of the building that could be dangerous during a major… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.A funeral has taken place in the UK for British backpacker Grace Millane She disappeared on 1st December after last being seen in Auckland her body was found a week later. A 26-year-old man has been… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Junior doctors will go ahead with strike for 48 hours from next Tuesday, after mediation failed. Audio