Mackenzie Country
Rebuilding an iconic road: the making of State Highway 80
Rebuilding the iconic Mount Cook Road was both a challenge and a privilege. Find out more in this episode of Eyewitness. Audio
Update on the fire raging through the MacKenzie Country
Firefighters are still battling to slow a huge scrub fire burning since Sunday in Mackenzie Country, but bad weather overnight has helped their efforts. Reporter Tess Brunton talks to Jesse about the… Audio
World record brown trout caught in Tekapo - reports
Fish & Game is investigating reports of a 24.9kg brown trout being fished up in the Mackenzie Country.
Mary Hobbs: an extraordinary life at Tekapo
Mary Hobbs is a writer, photographer, publisher, former nurse and current business owner who lives with her husband Charlie at Aoraki Mt Cook. The pair own a guiding company, and The Old Mountaineer's… Audio
Mackenzie Country management to be reviewed
The management of the Mackenzie Country is set to be reviewed after years of litigation over the way the area has been developed.
Fears Mackenzie Country lakes may be completely destroyed
Once-pristine lakes in the MacKenzie Country are showing ill-effects of land intensification, as irrigation changes the face of one of New Zealand's rarest ecosystems. Video, Audio
Environment group goes to court to protect Mackenzie Country
The Environmental Defence Society has filed court proceedings to try to stop farmers turning arid Mackenzie Country land into irrigated pasture.
MacKenzie Country snow-in
We talk to the GM of the MacKenzie Country Hotel about being snowed in, and if it's MacKenzie Country or MacKenzie District? Audio
Power cut to hundreds of properties in Mackenzie District
Hundreds of properties in the South Island's Mackenzie Country are without power this evening. Heavy snowfall today has knocked out Alpine Energy's Geraldine network. Audio
Simon's A to Z: Twizel
In 1969 the first sod was turned in a ceremony which signaled the start of a housing project that would eventually accommodate six and a half thousand people, most of them workers on the upper Waitaki… Audio
Outlaw James Mackenzie
James MacKenzie was one of New Zealand's most notorious outlaws. Catriona Baker is a 96-year-old retired Mackenzie Country run-holder who has put together 'The Story of James Mackenzie' with author… Audio
Aoraki-Mackenzie Dark Sky Reserve
New Zealand is now home to the world's largest dark sky reserve above the Mackenzie Basin Audio