Hamish Clark has been appointed to head New Zealand Media and Entertainment"s (NZME) South Island news team. Clark joins an expanded team of multimedia journalists in the NZME Christchurch newsroom, building on the excellent work of the Herald"s Kurt Bayer, Newstalk ZB"s Christchurch-based reporters - led by Anastasia Hedge - and Newstalk ZBs talk hosts Simon Barnett, Phil Gifford and Chris Lynch. Clark has been Newshub"s South Island Bureau Chief since early 2016.