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Fastest growth in NZ
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Andrew Board
of them coming to Nelson and Tasman. Public services in Nelson are But that growth is putting presbursting at the seams as new sure on services, including data shows the region is the fast- health and education. est growing in the country. President of the Nelson PrinciAccording to recent population pals Association, Don McLean, data released last week by Sta- says schools are recording retistics New Zealand, Tascord numbers, some up man was shown to be the by more than 100 stufastest growing region dents on last year. in New Zealand with a “There are definitely growth of 1.68 per cent. more kids around and That same data showed we’ve got to house them Nelson in third place and provide a learning with a growth of 1.54 per environment for them.” cent. Auckland was in Nelson Marlborough Nick Smith. second place with 1.65 District Health Board per cent growth. secretary, Mike Cummins says Much of that growth can be they too have noted an increase put down to an exodus of Can- on services, especially an intabrian families moving away crease in the number of people from the earthquake-ravaged enrolling for GP services, aged city. The figures show 5000 peoSEE PAGE 2 ple have left Christchurch, 1500
Steve Steele, right, takes Allan Weaver for a spin in the $50 Falcon in front of hundreds of spectators at the popular Nelson Car Show over the weekend. Photos: Jonathan McKeown.
Car Show the ‘best yet’ Jonathan McKeown
5000 people attending, organiser Peter Van Humm of the Nelson Tyre-shredding burnouts, moto- Car Show, says it was the "best cross riders jumping cars, mon- show yet". ster trucks and vehicles being "It’s a great family-type day with dropped out of the sky, was just plenty of entertainment. We're resome of the engine revving fun on ally happy with the weekend." show at the eighth annual Nelson One of the crowd favourites at the show was the burnout competiCar Show. Cadillac Way in Annesbrook was tion. aptly named as classics, hot-rods, It was started ® in proper fashion turbos and muscle cars snaked in by a car being dropped from a through the gates on Saturday and crane and motocross riders soarSunday. With 280 cars on show ing through the® air. The first with selected Stressless featured and a record crowd of closerecliners to burnout in January 2012. Steve Steele in
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his $50 Ford, and a special guest. Allan Weaver’s mum won a radio competition to ride shotgun in the first burnout but after not much thought she quickly gave the opportunity to her eager son. The 1992 six-cylinder Ford Falcon ripped onto the burnout pad, thrashing like an eel on deck and smoking like Bob Marley with Steve in enough control to salute the crowd with one hand while he manoeuvred the orange Falcon
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