Live News Team Leader, NZ Herald
Sophie Ryan leads the Herald live news team in breaking news. Sophie has over ten years of experience in a wide-range of news coverage after beginning her career at the Northern Advocate, working for APNZ News Service and in business journalism at NZ Herald. She has a B.A. from Otago University and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Journalism from AUT University. She works out of the Auckland newsroom. You can contact Sophie at sophie.ryan@nzme.co.nz.
Defence Force to move fuel by road, sea from tomorrow
The Navy ship Endeavour can provide the equivalent of 150 road tankers of fuel.
Rural broadband boost - final cell site switched on
The final cell site in the nationwide Rural Broadband Initiative has been switched on in Waipu.
Portable data centre for Northpower
The pre-fabricated data centre is the first of its kind in the Asia Pacific region.
Fired for three days unauthorised leave
The boss said three days annual leave was conditional on working three Sundays, which the worker thought was unreasonable.