Matt Lawrey
Bike Hub Nelson success re-homing bikes
After only a year since launching, Bike Hub Nelson has re-homed more than 700 bikes throughout the community. Bike Hub Nelson co-ordinator Matt Lawrey talks to Jesse. Audio
International businessman gifts reserve, bike park to NZ
An 860 hectare mountain bike park worth about $22 million has been gifted to the New Zealand public. An international investor has transferred the land south of Nelson to the Department of… Video, Audio
The decline and fall of local body reporting
What happens if a local council has a debate on democracy itself and nobody reports it? No, it's not a Philosophy 101 conundrum - it's what happened earlier this year when Hutt City Council reviewed… Audio
Nick Smith in the lead in Nelson
National's Nick Smith is in the lead in the Nelson electorate, ahead of Matt Lawrey from the Green Party. Audio
Nelson city councillor launches election campaign
Nelson city councillor Matt Lawrey takes on the veteran campaigner, Nick Smith, who has held the seat for more than 20 years.He tells Morning Report how he plans to( chip away at Dr Smith's lead of… Audio
Nelson next in line for paper cut
The nation’s biggest news publisher Fairfax Media is proposing to cut back the Nelson Mail newspaper and print it in Christchurch to cut costs. Audio
Quake renews calls for some civil service to leave Wellington
The damage to Wellington buildings from this week's earthquake has given greater impetus to a plan that could lead to some public services being shifted out of the capital. Audio
Transparency of proposed Nelson road questioned
The Southern Link road could be a solution to Nelson's traffic congestion, but a Councillor is questioning whether the controversial project is being dealt with as transparently as it could be. Audio
Politics and the media in 2015
Mediawatch's Colin Peacock heads a panel trying to work out what some of the future manoeuvrings in politics and the media may be. The ABC's Melissa Clarke speaks about the effective criminalising of… Audio