Alex Perrottet

Workers have had to abseil to get to some parts of the bridge to install the lights which can change to any colour and be programmed to go with music.

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Despite NZ having no plans to follow the lead of the European Union and ban amalgam fillings some DHBs have already stopped using them. Audio

Up to 200 Air Terminal Services employees say they've been locked out of work since December - RNZ Pacific's Sally Round explains why. Audio

Tyler Nii, 27, from California, is presumed dead, after a tandem skydive went wrong and he and his instructor hit Lake Wakatipu last week, his body has still not been found. Audio

Te Kuiti shearer Kerri-Jo Te Huia is attempting a world shearing record in a woolshed east of Eketahuna. Jills Angus Burney joins us from the woolshed. Audio

Reporter David Luddy from DLI Radio Sport joins us to discuss the what we can look forward to from the tournament. Audio

Maxim Institute's Kieran Madden says the Government must stick to its rhetoric on bipartisanship as it addresses poverty in 2018. Audio

We speak to New Zealanders caught up in the chaos who say no one was prepared. Audio

Maori leaders are making the call as The End of Life Choice Bill makes its way through parliament - John Boynton talks to those concerned. Audio

The president of Horticulture NZ and fruit grower Julian Raine says with the hottest months to come growers are worried they will run out of water. Audio

RNZ's Maori Affairs Correspondent, Mihingarangi Forbes gives Summer Report presenter, Alex Perrottet some great ideas about how to bring tikanga maori into the newsroom. Video, Audio

A giant island rat that's almost half a metre long and can crack open coconuts with its teeth has been discovered in the Solomon Islands. Audio

The new government is promising to build 10,000 houses a year but many in the construction sector doubt an already stretched labour supply will be able to keep up. New Housing Minister Phil… Audio

Labour's new govt comes with big price tag; Coalition deals revealed, ministers to be named - analysis; Minimum wage to rise in govt's 'new economic direction'; Jacinda Ardern discusses price of NZ… Audio

With voluntary euthanasia due to be debated in the next parliamentary session, Alex Perrottet speaks to supporters and those opposed to the End of Life Choice Bill. Audio

Patients don't have access to stronger pain-killing drugs because they aren't fully-funded, top New Zealand hospice and palliative care doctors say. Audio