Kaikoura
Our Changing World for 8 February 2018
Designing and testing concrete 'safe houses' for baby paua, and using light to detect art forgeries and the properties of milk. Audio
Kaikōura cancels Seafest after 23 years
After 23 years, Kaikōura's Seafest event is being cancelled for good. The organisers of the festival, Destination Kaikōura, cite rising costs and drinking that's become harder to control as some of… Audio
Whale behaviour back to normal in Kaikoura
Kaikoura whales getting back to normal after underwater mudslips knocked out their food supply following the earthquake. Marta Guerra has been following the whales all summer and tells Summer Report… Audio
Kaikōura: are they there yet?
Kathryn Ryan speaks to Kaikōura Mayor Winston Gray and Dolphin Encounter Kaikōura co-director Lynette Buurman about the town's long hard road to recovery following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on 14th… Audio
Something for The Weekend
The good people from Beatnik Motorcycles in Blenheim are organising a ride down the newly opened State Highway One to Kaikoura this weekend. Co-Owner Michael Gilbert tells is more. Audio
Kaikōura to Picton SH1 reopened
$500 million later, State Highway One, which was devastated by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake last November, has reopened. Video, Audio
North Canterbury welcomes SH1 reopening
Cheviot locals are going to have to start looking both ways before the cross the street again - with the re-opening of State Highway One North of Kaikoura today expected to draw traffic back through… Audio
NZTA to monitor SH1 north of Kaikōura for heavy rain
State Highway 1 north of Kaikoura will reopen today after being closed for more than a year because of the damage caused by last November's earthquake. It's been a long road to get the highway back up… Audio
Kaikōura mayor welcomes SH1 reopening
State Highway 1 north of Kaikōura is due to reopen on Friday, after ten major slips brought down almost a million cubic metres of rock on to the road in the November 2016 earthquake. Large sections of… Audio
Race to complete Kaikōura SH1 nearly over
Road crews are racing to complete the finishing touches on State Highway 1 north of Kaikōura, ahead of its scheduled reopening on Friday. The South Island's main transport corridor was devastated in… Audio
Kaikoura road to open, but truckies not celebrating yet
The countdown to Friday's re-opening of State Highway 1 through Kaikoura has started, but truck drivers won't be celebrating just yet. Audio
Kaikoura locals get first glimpse of soon-to-open SH1
Residents worst affected by the closure of quake damaged SH1 north of Kaikoura got their first glimpse today of what the road will look like when it reopens next week. Logan Church went along for the… Video, Audio
Workers race to finish SH1 north of Kaikōura
Workers rebuilding State Highway 1 north of Kaikōura are scrambling to finish the job, with just one week left until it reopens. The South Island's main transport corridor was severely damaged in last… Audio
Tegel blames quake for slight drop in profit
Tegel has reported a slight drop in profit because of the Kaikōura earthquake.
Kaikoura earthquake - one year on
Kaikoura volunteer fire brigade chief officer Ian Walker talks to Maja Burry about rescuing people from under broken buildings, and the dozens of call-outs in the days following the 7.8 quake. Video, Audio
What Kaikoura has taught us about earthquakes
On the anniversary of the Kaikoura earthquake, more than 100 overseas scientists have joined about 20 more New Zealand geologists in Blenheim for the eighth annual International Workshop on… Audio
Kaikōura a year on: 'A business with no customers'
Penny Betts owns Gecko Gears on Kaikōura's main street. She imports fair-trade clothing and other items from Nepal, Bali, and Thailand. When the quake struck she had had just had two huge shipments of… Audio
Kaikōura a year on: Ceremony reopens devastated South Bay
A ceremony is now underway in Kaikōura to commemorate the first anniversary of the devastating earthquake. RNZ's Logan Church is there, and describes the scene to us. Audio
Kaikoura stories shared one year on from quake
Next week marks a year since the earthquake that devastated Kaikoura. Twelve months on and things are returning to normal, and to celebrate the people have been posting on Facebook with their stories… Video, Audio
Lack of rentals in Kaikoura forcing residents to leave
Many of the homes that survived the earthquake have been rented to construction workers, squeezing the rental market so tightly, there is simply nowhere to live. Audio