Local News

After putting almost all its news online for free for a quarter of a century, Stuff launched subscription-based websites this weekend for its biggest daily papers - The Press, Waikato Times and The… Audio

This week ads for a new start-up appeared seeking reporters in the regions - and offering salaries reporters only get in the big cities these days. What is Regional News Network? How does it plan to… Audio

People are used to getting news from public broadcasters paid for by taxpayers - or as a customer of commercial media organisations. But is news as a social enterprise an idea whose time has come… Video, Audio

Former Dominion Post reporter Talia Shadwell was one of the reporters in a British scheme that’s the model for a new one here designed to put reporters into the regions where there aren’t enough of… Audio

A Christchurch man has a website dedicated to local government issues in the Papanui ward - he describes Think Papanui as an independent initiative to promote community engagement.  Audio

The Nelson Tasman fires were a major challenge for the big media outlets to cover with no idea how bad it would get or how long they would last. Local media also played a crucial role too - including… Audio

Two years ago Treasury warned the government it would have to prop up state-owned TVNZ by 2021 because it was falling behind in an industry in sharp decline. This week the broadcaster's top brass told… Audio

Chances are you’ve never heard of the Independent App Network of NZ, but its members have launched local news apps from Wellington to Ashburton and journalists are being hired to work on them.