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Dog attack kills family’s dream home Andrew Board A Nelson woman says the most traumatic thing her family’s Golden Bay she has ever experienced dream is ruined after a and is fearful of a return Rottweiler attacked her to the town because the and her pug dog while Rottweiler is still alive. walking on Pakawau “I think if a vicious dog Beach. attacks another like that, The pug, named Ping, especially when one is was mauled despite be- so defenceless, it should ing in Caren Neeson’s be put down. Now it has jacket on a taste for the beach blood you and is now can’t tell partially me it won’t There was blood do it again.” paralyzed. Caren also everywhere and I The Rotsustaine d was didn’t know if Ping tweiler cuts to designated her hands was alive or dead. dangerous where she by Tasman – Careen Neeson. tried to District pry the atCouncil. tackers’ mouth open as it The attack happened on sunk its teeth into the 10 December 8, when Caren year-old pug. was walking Ping, who is Her and her husband blind and virtually deaf, Mark had been build- on the beach. ing their dream home on She first sensed trouble the beach front, a project when she saw her neighthree years in the mak- bours Rottweiler run toing, working weekends wards them. while living and working “I just knew straight in Nelson. away, so I picked up Ping Caren says the attack was Continued on page 3.
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Walking tour a novel way to employment Russell Jackson is a self-confessed story teller and history buff, so when he found himself unemployed last year he decided to put those skills to good use. Now Russell proudly owns his own business, taking historical walking tours of Nelson, of which the positive spin-offs include giving him a job. He started the tour this summer and encourages people to come along on the tour by chatting to them from his posse at 1901 Square, where he stands dressed from the era of which Nelson was first inhabited by Europeans, 1841. The two-hour tour takes tourists to key historical places while Russell tells their tales as they go. He says his cliental so far has mainly been tourists from out of town but he would also like locals to give the tour a go. “It’s amazing, some of the stories there are about Nelson that people don’t know, it has a fascinating history.” The tour includes a stop at Bishops School on Nile St, the first school in New Zealand and a visit to the original fort on church hill, before the cathedral was built there. Russell says his idea of a walking tour started last year after travelling the world and seeing how popular walking tours are. He believes it is the best way to see the city and says it is all done at a leisurely pace. “It’s good fun and it gives people a chance to see Nelson from a different perspective.” WALKIE TALKIE MAN: Russell Jackson has started a walking historical tour of For more information on the tour give Russell a call on 021 330 925. Nelson after he found himself unemployed last year. Photo: Andrew Board.
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