30 May 2025

Around the motu: Robin Martin in Taranaki

From Nine To Noon, 10:45 am on 30 May 2025
The new Pouākai Hut.

The new Pouākai Hut. Photo: RNZ / Robin Martin

Robin discusses the latest events in Taranaki including a new high-spec Pouakai Hut replacement built to withstand extreme winds, there has been a funding boost for the Taranaki Base Hospital redevelopment, and the Mt Messenger bypass excavation has reached about 50 metres into the 235 metre tunnel and they aim to break through the other end by November.

Robin Martin is a RNZ reporter based in Taranaki