13 august 2013

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Nelson Weekly Your Community Newspaper

Tuesday 13 August 2013

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Bars reject alcohol plan

The hospitality industry is rejecting all of the proposed changes to the Local Alcohol Policy announced last week. Among the changes to the policy announced by Nelson City Council were for restaurants to stop serving alcohol at 12 midnight, suburban taverns and bars – like the Turf Hotel in Stoke – to stop serving alcohol at 1am and for the introduction of

a one way door policy in the city’s nightclubs from 2am. Bars in the CBD will still be allowed to open until 3am under the proposal. But Hospitality Association president Ron Taylor says after meeting with its members last Thursday, the group will “strongly fight” the proposed changes and says they won’t work.

Andrew Board Editor

andrew@nelsonweekly.co.nz “We’re not saying there aren’t issues out there, because there are. What we’re saying is the measures put in place are not the measures that are going to solve the issues.

We feel it’s a backwards step and we’ve worked so hard to get where we are.” Hospitality Association regional manager Jeanette Swift says the plan punishes business owners and the “vast majority” of those who drink responsibly. “Let’s look where the harm really is and

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Ready for good vibes Marcel Messemaker was just cashing in on a voucher he got for his birthday when he performed his first ever tandem skydive. A nervous wreck beforehand, strapped to an instructor, he was thrown out of a plane thousands of feet above Rotorua. But all of the pre-jump paranoia about what could or might go wrong quickly turned to thrill, excitement and probably relief as he touched down safely following some of the best minutes of his life. But while some skydivers only jump out of a plane once, opting to tick off the bucket list entry and move on to the next thrill-seeking adventure, Marcel was hooked and just wanted to go again. In fact, just three months

Nelson man Marcel Messemaker high above Tasman. He will be taking part in Good Vibes 2013, a skydiving event based in Motueka.

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