Tess Brunton
Tourism industry endeavours to build back better for 'new era'
The tourism industry wants to rebuild better than ever, saying a new era is ahead.
More than 1500 travel delegates are in Otautahi for the country's biggest tourism business event, TRENZ, this week.
…1500 delegates arrive in CHCH for massive tourism event
More than 1500 travel delegates from around the world are descending on Christchurch Ōtautahi for the country's biggest tourism business event.
The industry says it's an event that can help to shape… Audio
Around the motu : Tess Brunton in Dunedin
Tess has the latest on the Invercargill City Council shambles with a councillor and former stadium manager suggesting an 18-year-old employee would enjoy jelly wrestling naked. Nigel Skelt's comments… Audio
Otago University staff face possible major job losses
University of Otago staff are grappling with news that several hundred people could lose their jobs there due to a $60 million budget shortfall.
The university revealed it is in a worse position than… Audio
Tourist numbers creeping back up
Summer tourist numbers bounced back this year to about half of what they were pre-Covid.
Overall, as well as domestic travellers, we welcomed close to 900,000 overseas visitors.
That's about two… Audio
Otago landowners push against changing floodzones
Otago landowners are fighting to stop their properties from being rezoned, saying tougher flood hazard rules could make them uninsurable and unsellable.
They live in the Gordon Road Floodway which… Audio
Unravelling Gore's frayed council relationships
Councillors are lifting the shroud from previously confidential proposals to mend the frayed relationship between the mayor and chief executive.
It follows numerous leaks from publicly excluded… Audio
Around the motu: Tess Brunton in Dunedin
RNZ reporter Tess Brunton updates Kathryn on the situation with the Gore mayoralty, the government reversal to $10m in cuts to Dunedin's new hospital and the Taieri landowners who are fighting Dunedin… Audio
Govt adds $10m to new Dunedin Hospital after controversial cuts
The government's forked out an extra $10 million for the new Dunedin Hospital rebuild just months after making controversial cuts and has ruled out any further large redesigns.
Just before Christmas… Audio
Some cancer patients denied access to specialist care - report
A damning report has found some cancer patients are being denied access to timely specialist care, because of where they live.
The investigation by the Health and Disability Commission detailed six… Audio
Pests making most of debris as people rebuild after cyclone
As cyclone hit communities rebuild this lives, pests have been making the most of the chaos, destruction and abandoned homes.
Tired of seeing rats have free run, residents are taking matters into… Audio
Tourism operators facing disrupted Easter
Tourism operators are facing a disrupted Easter with staff shortages, ferry cancellations and travel uncertainty causing more pain after a difficult few years.
Some businesses are turning away… Audio
Queenstown businesses look into housing staff
It's been called for, for some time and now it seems more Queenstown businesses are listening - buying up or altering properties to house the staff they need to run their businesses.
Just last week… Audio
Homeless in paradise - living in tents, cars in Queenstown
Homeless in paradise - that's how Queenstown residents describe living in the resort town during the housing crisis.
People are resorting to living in cars, tents, hostels and couch surfing as… Audio
Hastings not ruling out rezoning land after cyclone
The Hastings District Council isn't ruling out rezoning land so more houses can be built, but not at the cost of prized productive land.
Cyclone Gabrielle has damaged and destroyed homes… Audio
Volunteers helping with laundry in Hawke's Bay
For the mud-caked residents and volunteers of Hawkes Bay, cleaning clothes can make a hard day even tougher.
But a new group is hoping to spin that around by collecting, washing and drying their… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle doesn't stop man's Puketapu store purchase
A Hawkes Bay man hasn't let Cyclone Gabrielle put him off from buying a local store in a hard hit rural area.
Jaycen Maxwell took the plunge in Puketapu taking on the business within days of the… Audio
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tests for contamination at Napier industrial area
Officials are waiting to find out how contaminated an industrial area in Napier has become after floodwaters swept through three weeks ago.
The area in Awatoto is home to about 20 businesses… Audio
Hastings animal evacuation centre housing 30 dogs
The Hastings community is getting tails wagging at an animal evacuation centre.
There are about 50 animals at the temporary HUHA shelter, including roughly 30 dogs.
People are coming in droves to… Audio
Going sea lion spotting with Ōtepoti's intrepid scout
Now to Dunedin, where an octogenarian spends her days, documenting one of the rarest sea lion species in the world - and even has one named after her.
Janet Ledingham wanders the shores and dunes… Video, Audio