10 Jan 2023

Northern tourism operators count cost of bad weather

From Summer Times, 9:08 am on 10 January 2023

As former Cyclone Hale batters the upper North Island, many tourist operators are counting the cost of what has been a very stormy summer. For Dive Tutukaka the first week of January is normally the busiest of the year but the bad weather has meant they can't get their boats out and they have lost all their bookings for the week. Dive Tutukaka owner Kate Malcolm joins Anna to talk about the impact of one of the worst starts to the new year she can remember.

Niwa graphic of Cyclone Hale tracking over North Island

Photo: Niwa