15 Sep 2025

Around the motu: Samantha Gee in Nelson

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 15 September 2025

Funding boost to reopen the Great Taste Trail after floods, airline steps in for Blenheim to Christchurch route, a job loss tsunami with more than 140 jobs lost in sawmill closure and the proposal for 79 jobs to go at fish factory.

The Wai-iti River after flooding in the Tasman region in June 2025. A damaged cycle bridge for the Great Taste Trail, can be seen in the middle of the photo.

 The Wai-iti River after flooding in the Tasman region in June 2025. A damaged cycle bridge for the Great Taste Trail, can be seen in the middle of the photo. Photo: Samantha Gee / RNZ

Samantha Gee is an RNZ reporter in Nelson.