Tracy Neal
Worker shortage strikes regional hospitality sector
Hospitality businesses in the top of the South are struggling to fill summer job vacancies, with some reporting not a single application from the typically abundant visitor workforce.
They're blaming… Audio
New temporary work visa rules proving a headache for employers
Hospitality business owners in Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough are struggling to fill summer job vacancies, with some reporting not a single application from the typically abundant visitor workforce… Audio
Navigator applies way-finding to teaching youth
The navigator on a Polynesian vaka currently making its way around Aotearoa/New Zealand is helping youth in her native Tahiti to re-learn the ways of the sea. Moeata Galenon is an employment… Video, Audio
Marlborough ex-teacher admits to sexual relations with students
Warning: Graphic content discussed.
A former Marlborough teacher has admitted a list of sexual misconduct charges with school students.
The offending was serious enough for a judge to impose the… Video, Audio
Marlborough Civil Defence boss says Canterbury and Kaikoura quakes dress rehearsals
Disaster officials warn that no amount of planning can prepare the country for the reality of a large-scale earthquake. The South Island Alpine Fault Earthquake Response Forum is in Nelson as part of… Audio
Pilots eye Molesworth's wide open skies.
Paraglider and hang glider pilots are hoping to be included in plans to open up more play areas on New Zealand's biggest farm. The future of Molesworth high country station, which links Marlborough… Audio
Questions raised about how cruise ships manage waste
A Kiwi who went on a cruise in Canada has raised questions about how these huge ships get rid of their rubbish. Russell Wells is a Wellington based mechanical tradesman who used to work on diesel… Audio
Live cross to the Climate Strike
It's climate strike day. School kids and adults will join together to march for action on climate change. There are more than 40 events around the country. Reporter Tracy Neal crosses live from… Audio, Gallery
Mayoral candidates in Nelson and Tasman thrash it out for sport
New mountainbike and hiking trails, to putting a basketball hoop in every suburban cul-de-sac. These ideas to engage more people in sport and recreation flowed thick and fast from Nelson and Tasman… Audio
Two petrol stations, 2km apart, but a 33c price difference
While you might be bracing yourself for price hikes at the fuel pump, it could also mean you'll soon be paying more for basic food supplies.
Global oil prices have increased as supplies have been cut… Video, Audio
Thousands of NZ homes at risk from rising seas - NIWA report
Hundreds of thousands of people, and billions of dollars of property in New Zealand are now deemed to be at risk from flooded rivers and rising seas.
The details are contained in two reports released… Audio
Three hundred years of history bowled over in a morning
The removal of four rata trees thought to be about 300 years old is being condemned by a Karamea local who says the regional council's ripped out history. The four trees were bowled over on Tuesday to… Audio
A 500 year-old tradition gets a new lease of life in Nelson
The old printing presses from the former Nelson Evening Mail, and others even older, have whirred back into life. The Armarie Room, which operates from Nelson's heritage park, Founders, is using the… Audio
Greytown to share Nelson's crown as centre of New Zealand
If you want to stand at the dead centre of New Zealand there are now two options -- the traditional one in Nelson and a new one in Wairarapa. GNS Science says Nelson needn't worry about losing its… Audio
Plaque installed marks Wairarapa as second centre of NZ
Where is the dead centre of New Zealand? Officially there are now two answers - Nelson and Wairarapa. A plaque marking the geographic centre of New Zealand's Extended Continental Shelf now sits in the… Audio
Wood wars: Timber manufacturers fighting to survive
Timber manufacturers say growers are caught in the crossfire of the log price war and it's crippling the New Zealand industry. The Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association told a meeting in… Audio
"Squawkzilla" giant parrot fossils found in Central Otago
The ancient remains of a giant parrot have been found in a fossil-rich area of Central Otago. The "truly gigantic parrot" dubbed Squawkzilla by the scientists who found it, was estimated to be up to a… Audio
Squawkzilla a world first parrot discovery
Evidence of what's called a "truly gigantic parrot" has been found by scientists from Australia and New Zealand among 19-million-year-old fossils. The world's largest parrot - dubbed Squawkzilla -… Video, Audio
The carbon neutral future of airtravel
Do you feel guilty when you have to get on an aircraft and fly somewhere? Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon says four billion of the world's 7.6 billion people flew last year. Nelson… Audio
Residents to be told if properties at risk of sea level rise
A Tasman clifftops resident reckons there's too much hype over climate change. The Tasman District Council has embarked on a plan to inform coastal residents if their property might be subject to sea… Audio