Summer Report for Wednesday 16 January 2019

8:54 AM.RNZ Summer Report presenters Chris Bramwell and Craig McCulloch sample a different beer every day with Steph Coutts from Craft Beer College in Wellington. Today's tipple: Cucumber Hippy Berliner, by 8… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Work on one of the most critical parts of the Pike River Mine recovery operation is due to start today, with an entry possible next month. The Pike River Recovery Agency is expected to start purging… Read more Audio

8:31 AM.About three-thousand junior doctors will continue striking today in what they say is a bid to protect safer working hours in public hospitals. Those taking industrial action are part of the Resident… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.The smaller centres have helped drive up house values over the past year, but that growth is expected to moderate over the coming year. The Quotable Value's monthly House Price Index is up 3-point-2… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Government departments have already been ordered to check they're following the State Services Commission's code of conduct, which hit headlines last year after a report found a private security firm… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.A group of reportedly unruly visitors have been served deportation notices and a woman has been arrested and is due to appear in court today. Audio

8:11 AM.The UK papers are calling it D-day - and nearly all are predicting a major defeat for the British prime minister Theresa May. MPs will begin voting very shortly on Mrs May's make-or-break Brexit deal… Read more Audio