Samantha Gee

Marlborough District Council wants to hear from the public on what should be done with Marlborough Sounds roads to make them safe and resilient against future flood events. Since that devastating rain… Audio

Conservationists are celebrating the success of a wild kākā breeding programme at the top of the South Island.  

Ten years ago, less than a handful of forest parrots roamed the Abel Tasman National… Audio

Many people will be heading back to their workplaces today, returning for the first time after their summer holidays. 

For some, it was a break marked with a Covid-19 infection or bad weather, for… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

A plan for the country's first open ocean salmon farm is now in limbo, and could be heading to court. 

New Zealand King Salmon got resource consent last month for its one thousand hectare Cook Strait… Audio

The Detail heads to Nelson to survey the damage left behind by a massive storm four months ago. Audio

With less than two weeks until State Highway 6 between Nelson and Blenheim is due to reopen, contractors are working long hours to complete repairs on the flood-damaged road.. 

The repair bill is… Audio

The World of Wearable Arts has been sold to new owners - under the company name STILL.

The festival was created by Dame Suzie Moncrieff in Nelson in 1987.

RNZ Nelson reporter Samantha Gee spoke to… Audio

Sanford's scaling up its production of collagen extraction from fish skin in Marlborough - today opening its $20 million Bioactives Plant just south of Blenheim.

The centre will create new jobs for… Audio

Residents in the Marlborough Sounds are worried about when they're going to get reconnected by road, if at all.

Some roads got knocked out in the severe weather in August and locals have taken their… Audio

Another closure for the road between Nelson and Rai Valley has left residents scrambling to work out how they will organise their day to day lives.

State Highway 6 will be shut for seven weeks from… Video, Audio

Seaweed could be the country's new big industry. While some companies harvest seaweed in New Zealand, there are no large-scale commercial farms or hatcheries. Samantha Gee went along to the Seaweed… Audio

Māori wards have been established for the first time for Te Tauihu in the Nelson/Whakatū and Marlborough local body elections.

Samantha Gee has been speaking to the candidates who hope to win one of… Audio

Nelson councillors have held a meeting with local government and emergency management minister Kieran McAnulty today.

Many residents still haven't been able to return home after heavy rain last month… Audio

In the wake of massive flooding that damaged hundreds of home in Nelson last month locals have had the chance to interrogate their mayoral candidates about climate change. The top job is up for grabs… Audio