Megan Wilson is a Multimedia Journalist for the Bay of Plenty Times and Rotorua Daily Post.
Megan Wilson started working as a journalist for NZME based in Tauranga in 2021. She writes for the Bay of Plenty Times and Rotorua Daily Post. She graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts and from the London School of Journalism in 2021 with a post-graduate diploma in journalism. Since starting as a journalist, she has primarily covered health and general news, writing about COVID-19, staff and resourcing issues in the public health system, and the battle Kiwis face for unfunded, life-saving drugs, treatments and health screening in New Zealand.
'Huge step forward': New rural 'community base' for Pāpāmoa
Its mission is to 'serve the community' for recreational and educational purposes.
'Golden opportunity': 56ha of 'prime farmland' rezoned, approved for development
More than 450 homes could be built on the land.
Tutor's job saved, 48 students to keep learning at Toi Ohomai
Changes were made to a proposal to axe the programme and role.
'I heard all my bones break': Runner loses leg in farming accident
The 'shattered' bones in his leg were 'like Weet-Bix', he said.
New year, new job? Farmer switched to stacking shelves - and aims to own a supermarket
He started again at the bottom, and is working his way up.
Students 'in tears': Proposal to axe 'invaluable' apprenticeship
The Waipā campus in Rotorua is 'the only facility of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere'.
'Challenging': 4000-patient clinic has no permanent GP
Sometimes locums cannot be found so practices are running with 'insufficient GPs'.
'My life changed in one second': Kiwifruit worker hit by forklift loses lower leg
'Everyday tasks like dressing, showering, and walking have become challenging.'
'Screaming for my life': Man who lost leg in 'horrific' accident now helps amputees
'I can’t even describe... how painful that was. Like the pain went through my organs.'
'Emergency': How getting strep throat led to three open-heart surgeries
'I wouldn’t want anyone to go through it'.
A cut above the rest: Woman's journey from engineer to butcher
"It was the best feeling in the world," she said after winning the regional competition.
Flooding and slips throughout Bay of Plenty, 'more rain on the way'
Flooding was reported in Maketu, Paengaroa and Pikowai.
Declining or flourishing? MP wants 'clarity' on reef life two years after fishing ban
The regional council says it will take time to see if change is happening.
Flying furniture: Family faces up to $100k in damage after tornado
A neighbour also described lying in her caravan, fearful a tree would fall on her.
'Combined effort': Estimated $100k-plus worth of supplies flown to Hawke's Bay
The pilots would keep flying “for as long we have donations coming in”.
Te Puke bridge: Temporary bridge set to be installed
About 30 properties upstream from the bridge have been impacted.
Train track closure could cause 'serious problems' for logging industry
KiwiRail says high water levels are impeding the investigation and track assessment.
Rotorua receives 10% of yearly rainfall overnight
Torrential rain lashed parts of the North Island over the weekend.
'Very humbled': MP Todd Muller promoted, given agriculture, climate change portfolios
Muller said his portfolios were 'critical' for the future of NZ's economic prosperity.
'Huge community response': 4.5kg of rubbish picked up at Waihī Beach
More than 500 volunteers helped with the clean-up effort.
'We stood together and we got the result': Mill workers on getting back to work
'I'm really happy to be getting a steady income again,' one worker said.
SH29A: One person critically injured after car and tractor crash
Police were alerted to the incident about 4.10pm.
'Thoroughly cook mussels': Warning after spike in illness relating to food prep
Five cases have been reported in the Bay of Plenty District Health Board area this summer.
'Beach days and muggy nights': What the Bay will have plenty of this summer
But the warm weather brings with it some concerns for farmers.
The 90% Project: How the vaccine has been rolled out rurally
The challenge now was making the vaccine accessible as people returned to work and school.
Cat curfew? Ban proposed as dead sea birds pile up
The Western Bay Wildlife Trust is urging people to keep their cats inside at night.
'We live off the ocean': Microplastics in Bay shellfish spark food chain concerns
Matire Duncan says change is needed to reduce plastic getting into the ocean and kaimoana.
Mussel-ing in: Battle to save 'eco-system engineers' from sea star invasion
One PhD student said sea stars are threatening mussels in Ōhiwa Harbour.