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Experience New Zealand’s only 5 Star Lifemark show home, located at 14 John Sutton Place, Richmond. This custom-designed home has been built with the principles of Future-Proof Building in mind and features solar panelling, widened doors and hallways, and ribbon lighting. See it for yourself. Open daily from 1pm to 4pm
Experience New Zealand’s only 5 Star Lifemark show home, located at 14 John Sutton Place, Richmond. This customdesigned home has been built with the principles of Future-Proof Building in mind and features solar panelling, widened Jennian Homes Nelson Bays doors and hallways, and ribbon lighting. 6 Champion Road, Richmond
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A Nelson couple are facing bankruptcy as well as losing their rural home this week after the High Court ruled they are liable for a 2009 fire that caused damage to forestry and another home. Steve Garnett and Tracey Lynch say the past three years has been like hell and a decision in the High Court last month was the final nail in the coffin of their dream retirement. At 61, Steve has lost everything and says he’s unable to start again. They say the system has let them down and they wanted to tell their story about how they lost it all. On November 24, 2009 Steve threw some ashes that had been sitting in one of the bed and breakfast cabins on their property out onto a grassy bank. The ashes had been sitting in the cold fire for 36 hours. Two hours later two men working nearby smelt the smoke and came knocking. Steve and the two men attempted to briefly
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andrew@nelsonweekly.co.nz fight the fire before calling the emergency services. The fire spread to neighbouring properties, burning down the home belonging to Caroline Wade and trees belonging to Nelson Forests Ltd. Steve still disputes that the ash was the cause of the fire because it was “like dust” when he threw it out. But it did start on their property and the insurers of Nelson Forests, along with the New Zealand Fire Service and the Waimea Rural Fire Committee went after Steve and Tracey for costs under Section 43 of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977. The couple’s property was insured but they didn’t have liability insurance on their two cabins because
Mother’s Day fun
The Jennian Homes Fun Run attracted women of all generations on Sunday as a record number of mums, daughters and grandmothers took part in the annual event, including mother and daughter duo Linda Connor and Moorea Smithline, pictured above, who crossed the finish line piggy back style.
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