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Jim Kayes

Jim Kayes (Twitter: @JimKayes) is a regular contributor to Newsroom

End of a bright light in a dark year

It looks like the dream finale of the Super Rugby Aotearoa season before a sellout Eden Park crowd will be off-limits for fans this Sunday, leaving Jim Kayes unfulfilled.

Jim Kayes

Aug 13 2020

sportsroom

Time for rugby’s jazzmen to be able to play

Is it finally time for Pacific rugby to come in from the cold in a new Super Rugby competition? Jim Kayes says it’s time to believe.

Jim Kayes

Jul 13 2020

Rugby

Blues return to Eden Park after costly fee waived

The Blues will return to their main home ground, Auckland’s Eden Park, for the revamped Super Rugby Aotearoa competition after the stadium and Auckland Rugby waived its hiring fee.

Jim Kayes

May 27 2020

Economic Recovery

Rotorua: Fire on ice

The geysers still steam, the mud still bubbles, but Rotorua’s vital tourism industry has been all but extinguished. Jim Kayes reports on the plans for recovery.

Jim Kayes

May 16 2020

Covid-19

Lost at sea

Cancelling a cruise when Covid-19 struck made a lot of sense, but getting those dollars back has proved virtually impossible, Jim Kayes reports.

Jim Kayes

May 10 2020

Business

Freight giant Toll confirms second ransom attack

Updated: A new form of malware is behind a ransom attack on freight and courier firm Toll, writes Jim Kayes

Jim Kayes

May 06 2020

Rugby

Pacific rugby’s message to Sanzaar

Why our Pacific rugby brothers and sisters broke with New Zealand and Sanzaar in World Rugby’s showdown vote. Jim Kayes reports

Jim Kayes

May 05 2020

Business

Affco and meat supplies hit by computer snag

Some meat deliveries didn’t get through to Auckland and workers’ pay was interrupted as freezing company Affco battled sudden IT issues. Jim Kayes reports

Jim Kayes

May 05 2020

Business

Survival of the fittest

It’s an industry created to make people fitter, healthier and stronger, but coronavirus has brought the fitness industry to its knees. Will gyms be another Covid-casualty, asks Jim Kayes.

Jim Kayes

Apr 23 2020

Week in Review

A smaller slice of the pie

The classic pie is in short supply and jobs are on the line as bakeries all over provincial and urban New Zealand feel the impact of the lockdown, reports Jim Kayes.

Jim Kayes

Apr 19 2020

Covid-19

How not to balloon inside your bubble

Let’s face it, we’re most of us eating and drinking more than usual due to being in close proximity to our kitchens 24-7. Jim Kayes ponders the post-lockdown implications of over-indulgence.

Jim Kayes

Apr 18 2020

technology

A Formula for success

Jim Kayes catches up with fast-moving Kiwi motor-racing engineer Michael Harre to find out what’s driven his incredible success.

Jim Kayes

Apr 13 2020

Covid-19

Endless bummer

For surfers, the lockdown was summed up in a photo showing perfect barrelling waves and police preventing anyone surfing them. So what is it that draws surfers to the waves? And why are some finding it so hard to break the habit? Jim Kayes went looking for answers.

Jim Kayes

Apr 11 2020

Covid-19

Chathams hoping for early release

With no Covid-19 cases and its economy desperate to restart, the Chathams is keen to go fishing again, writes Jim Kayes.

Jim Kayes

Apr 05 2020

Covid-19

The long road home from Spain

Like countless New Zealanders stranded overseas, Wellingtonian Rosie O’Hagan will be braving authorities, airlines, airports and uncertainty to make it back from the other side of the world, writes Jim Kayes.

Jim Kayes

Apr 04 2020

Covid-19

How will we get our sports news now?

Sports journalist Jim Kayes was a weekend host for the canned Radio Sport channel - and reckons its demise and cuts to sports reporting nationally can in part be put down to snobbery and neglect.

Jim Kayes

Apr 01 2020

Covid-19

Fiordland braces for the new normal

Only a small minority of tourists to Milford Sound and its stunning surrounds are from New Zealand, but that will have to change if the region is to recover when the lockdown ends, reports Jim Kayes.

Jim Kayes

Apr 01 2020

Covid-19

To fish or not to fish - that is the question

Jim Kayes tests the waters of social media to see how people are coping with being told to avoid their favourite pastime.

Jim Kayes

Mar 28 2020

Covid-19

Racing to save bumper kiwifruit season

Tougher Covid-19 restrictions would have a massive impact on the billion-dollar industry, but growers remain cautiously optimistic they can beat the clock, writes Jim Kayes. Craig Lemon sits in a room usually teeming with people, surrounded by...

Jim Kayes

Mar 27 2020

Covid-19

Stay or come home: Kiwi sports stars’ dilemma

Two Kiwi professional sportsmen and their families caught in Italy - one came home but the other is hunkering down in Treviso. Jim Kayes reports.

Jim Kayes

Mar 26 2020