The former head of a Mt Ruapehu ski field which went into receivership disagrees with govt officials' concerns for its future commercial viability, and is bidding to take on the business.
The country's largest flume tank has opened in Nelson - where it is being used to test prototypes of mobile marine farms in a bid to help the sector adapt to climate change.
Heidi Renata reckons her late father would be proud of a new scholarship which bears his name — "giving kids the chance to be something and do something".
More than $160,000 has been raised by Otago-based outdoor gear brand Kea Outdoors in its first week of an equity crowdfunding campaign on crowdfunding platform PledgeMe.