Stuart Smith

The MP for the Kaikoura Electorate, Stuart Smith, says its crucial State Highway One is reopened as soon as possible. Audio

The key people who would usually assess damage in Kaikoura were at a meeting in Marlbourough, but have since returned, Kaikoura MP Stuart Smith says. Audio

Stuart Smith has been travelling around the area surveying the damage done. He says that the roads have suffered extreme damage and bridges have been structurally compromised. Audio

Stuart Smith is the National MP for Kaikoura which includes the Marlborough district; Ross Inder is the Chairman of the Marlborough Electric Power Trust which owns the Marlborough Lines Company; and… Audio

About one in eight Marlborough vineyards is now on the market as growers are forced out of business by depressed grape prices Audio

Improving exports are helping pull the wine industry out of its slump, but that's tempered by the high Kiwi dollar eating away at profits. Audio

Hawke's Bay's Paritua Vineyards, along with Cape Campbell Wines, Gravitas Wines and Awatere Vineyard Estates, a large contract grower in Marlborough, have all gone into receivership this year. Other… Audio

Marlborough winegrowers are fuming at a proposal they pay a special tax to offset their impact on the community. Audio

Chairman of NZ Winegrowers, Stuart Smith discusses the issue. Audio