Robin Martin

What I cover: I cover most anything and everything that happens on my patch be that courts and crime, local body politics, business developments, environmental issues, iwi settlements, general news and stories about the people who make this part of the country unique.

My background: After studying history & politics at Victoria University of Wellington I trained as a journalist at the Auckland Technical Institute under former Auckland Star editor Jim Tucker, where I went onto to have my first job in journalism. After working at the Star and its sister publication the Sunday Star-Times for a handful of years I headed overseas where I worked on some community titles in London before moving to Germany and out of journalism for some time. On my return to New Zealand, I moved into production journalism and was chief sub editor on the Howick and Pakuranga Times, did a stint subbing on the ill-fated Daily News and the equally transient New Zealand Business Times before transitioning through the Northern Advocate to the subs' benches at the New Zealand Herald. After a lengthy shift at the Herald, I headed home to Taranaki to lead the Journalism School at the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki where I rekindled my love of the craft which inspired me to join RNZ.

Contact me:  If you have an idea for a story or have feedback for me, please feel free to get in touch: robin.martin@rnz.co.nz