Rate My Professor Lydia Anderson

Prior to her current role, Anderson worked as the Otago/Southland regional reporter for Radio New Zealand (RNZ), reporting on regional issues including Central Otago surpassing Auckland in housing unaffordability, kiwi hunting for conservation at Orokonui, Oamaru as a model town of the future, and comparisons of urban development between cities. She previously served as deputy website editor at 3 News (now Newshub), contributing to online editorial content in 2014. Anderson also reported for wire services New Zealand Newswire and APNZ, covering stories such as crunch time for paid parental leave extension, a wasp swarm attacking a woman and children, Waihi beach closure after a shark sighting, education key to addressing sugar problems, dangers of dipped headlights on rural roads, and Kiwi accounts of the London theatre collapse horror. These roles demonstrate her versatility in broadcast, print, and wire journalism across local, national, and international topics.