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John Rand lives on Hill St - the worst-hit point of the flooding in Richmond - and has been moving silt and mud for over 24 hours. Photo: Jo Kent.
Civil Defence controller Alec Louverdis says the recovery from the devastating floods will be a long journey and the community will need to continue to rally around each other in the coming days, weeks and months.
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The weekend’s count was 350 significant slips affecting many roads and homes with over 570 properties impacted all across the region. Nine of these were red Thestickered.event saw many schools closed for days and whole com munities islolated, including the Upper Brook Valley, Hira, and Then,Atawhai.on Saturday, heavy rain hit Richmond and Brightwater caus ing a middle-of-the-night flood to hit the Hill St area. Tasman mayor Tim King says Tasman was “phenomenally for tunate” to not have as much dam age as neighbouring Nelson, but added Golden Bay had been hit hard. “The Birds Hill closure is probably having the biggest im pact there with dairy farms on the other side who are calving and are being asked to dump milk.
Civil Defence controller Alec Louverdis says Nelson will take “years” to recover. He predicts this to be a 1 in 80 or 1 in 100-year event. Tim says the community’s re sponse has been amazing. “Like it always is. Golden Bay had a lot of resources put in in anticipation and they’ve done a fantastic job, they’re bloody resilient anyway with what they deal with.”
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He says it’s great to see communi ties chipping in to help each oth er. “It’s the hard slog afterwards, there will be a smaller number of people who have to deal with the longer term consequences of this Heevent.”says it’s good to see newly-de signed infrastructure like the open channels in the Berryfields development doing its job and preventing flooding.
ter was surging through the Mai tai River at its peak on Wednes day at 5pm. The river quickly burst its banks causing the first of evacuations in the Nile St area.
There’s also been a huge amount of surface water,” he says. “The Waimea Plains flooding was almost unprecedented, the river got high but not extreme, but the Waimea Plains has had 10 weeks of rain and the water tables are absolutely saturated. Then there was Richmond around Easby Park that was quite badly affect Heed.”says, from south of Brightwa ter, there was nothing of signifi Incance.the wider Richmond area, 35 properties had rapid assessments carried out by Monday with five homes yellow stickered, meaning they are able to be lived in but re quire significant repairs. None were red stickered, or left Auninhabitable.totalof459cubic metres of wa
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The closure of SH6 Rocks Rd and the Princes Dr prompted officials to urge people to stay at home, with the only access into the city already under immense pressure due to roadworks.
It has been a week like no other in Nelson Tasman with the threeday weather bomb devastating homes, hillsides, and causing evacuations across the region. More than 700mm of rain fell in some places over the three-day period, following ten weeks of wet weather which had already left the ground sodden.
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Keita thanks community for help
For those with long-term health conditions or disabili ties, there are very few ways to increase income, according to “PeopleTessa. are using vitamins and supplements rather than seek ing medical intervention,” she says. “They are cheaper.” The cases they are seeing at Nelson Budget Services Ltd are more complex, with more people in crisis by the time they reach them. “Even businesses are less flexi ble in letting people make pay ment arrangements, they have themselves been impacted by Covid-19 and the flow-on ef fect is they can’t offer the same arrangements now.” Keita would like to thank the community for their generos ity and is looking forward to the day she can give back to her community.
Keita Makoare says the community has been very generous.
A woman who is going through some “significant struggles” has been sitting pe riodically outside the Ware house in Richmond asking for the community’s help, and she is not alone in her tight finan cial Keitasituation.Makoare is thankful to the community who have opened their wallets to help her after she made a sign ask ing for money. “This is the only reason I can get by in life money-wise, be cause of the community,” she Whilesays. her benefit covers weekly costs, she doesn’t have money for extras such as buy ing firewood or contributing to car repairs. She is very open about the difficulties she has faced throughout her life. Born with Mosaic Turner Syndrome, she has been told she has a shorter than usual life expectancy. She has had periods of homeless ness and says she has suffered from depression and anxiety. In the past she has had prob lems with drugs and alcohol but has been addiction-free for the past three years. She is also blind in one eye.
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“I was badly assaulted and ended up in ICU,” Keita says. “I lost the sight in one eye.” Keita says with the high rents in the region, the benefit isn’t “Thingsenough. use to be cheaper,” she Nelsonsays. Budget Services Ltd service coordinator and finan cial mentor, Tessa Bell, says the benefit has never really been enough but now it is even more difficult to make ends meet on a benefit. “When between 60 and 80 per cent of people’s weekly income is going on accommodation, it leaves very little,” Tessa says. She says rising prices for gro ceries and the cost of power is contributing to a reduction in choices for people. “There is not a lot of ability to change the budget when prices are static,” she says.
Tim says he felt the love from people. Neighbours were digging stones away from the house and “Sosalon.many in the community have come together,’ Tim says. “We have had a lot of help. Tim knows it will be a big clean up. He says they are taking care as it is black water, contaminated with Acrosssewage.theroad, strangers had joined in with wheelbarrows and spades, helping move the soil.
Tane Petrie worked on a digger to move silt and debris from Hill Street. Photo: Jenny Nicholson.
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“My sister called me from Wake field at 3am to get me to go out side and check, but everything was fine then. But at 5am I could hear the rumbling of rocks and roar of water on the street outside and came out to all the carnage.”
Flooding hits: The heroes of Hill Street
Maria Hart, who built the entire subdivision by Hart Road, says the flood water drained away in exactly the way it was designed to. “We spent months and months going backwards and forwards with council when getting sign off for the subdivision to make sure if a flood happened, water would drain straight down the footpath and onwards to Pinecrest Drive. It’s doing exactly what it’s meant to.”She says that years ago, council would come along once a year to clear out the culverts to make sure they were fully functioning, however, she says that doesn’t seem to happen much any more.
“Things were pretty crazy in the early hours, but once the flood water level had reached its peak, it was just a case of waiting for it to go down and assess the dam age and help with the clean up,” Paul Neighboursays.
Further along the opposite end of Hill Street, families were evacuat ed overnight after Resevoir Creek burst its banks and flooded Sel bourne Avenue, Polglase Road, Hill Street, Sutton Street and Gil bert Street. Tim Mutch was sound asleep when the police knocked on the door to tell the family to evacuate at 4.30 am. There was water and silt and mud everywhere outside, and across the road water was pouring through a crack in the fence. They were able to walk out, with the water mid-calf and flow ing quickly out on the street.
A friend heard their area was evacuating and offered them a bed for the night. Tim then re turned to the home with Andrew Riordan, laying carpet in front of the house and the Hair Salon on the property. “I think the carpet saved it. No water got inside.”
“One neighbour, Glennis, rang them to help, and they turned up 20 minutes later and stayed the entire time. They really are the heroes as they did it all off their own back just to help out the Tane’scommunity.”brother Rai was out watch ing and says they boys built banks by houses to prevent the water that was raging down the road going into houses. “It is good to help the community and give someone a hand,” Tane Paulsays. Lewis attempted to rescue a wheelie bin which had got stuck in the creek which runs alongside his house, but soon realised it was half full of water, and knew it could pull him down the stream with it so he let it go.
Antoinette Crowther saw a post on social media, and then saw a helicopter. She popped around the corner to check on people, saw the mess and went home to collect her shovel and wheelbar Lochierow.
JO and JENNY NICHOLSON Hill Street residents John Rand and Paul Lewis live opposite each other and were two of the first on the scene in the dark at 5am on Saturday morning. John says he waded out into the knee-deep flood water with a spade desperately trying to find the submerged drain and un block it.
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“It was pitch black, so we were shoving the spades and fork han dles down to unblock the drains. We managed to do it temporar ily but the torrent of water was so strong, it was dragging huge rocks, logs and debris down so we didn’t stand a chance.” He says if it wasn’t for two lads, Tane Petrie and Josh Hamilton, who brought their diggers along to help clear the mud, gravel and silt, things could have been so much worse.
Fraser and eight-yearold Daniel Manajah were help ing out. Daniel says his hand got tired moving the dirt.
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“It was a bit unreal,” Tim says. “The fire brigade and police were there. It was quite intense.”
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Garin College students Jake Beekmeyer, 15 and Archie Osborne Bartlett, 16, spent much of Friday diggin gravel out of their local park to divert water. Photo: Sara Hollyman.
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When Garin college pu pils Jake Beekmeyer, 15 and Archie Osborne Bart lett, 16 saw their local park in Atawhai flooding they jumped in to action to pre vent further disaster. The pair, along with Atawhai Drive resident Gav Goodall, spent much of Friday after noon digging and moving a large amount of rock and gravel that had accumulated at Corder Park, Atawhai. They were concerned that come high tide, if the wa ter had nowhere else to go, it would push back through the park and spill onto the road, flooding residents of Atahwai and Rainbow Drives. So they used the gravel to make a form of Gavstop-bank.hadthe day off work because he was blocked in by a slip, so he thought he may as well put his time to good use. Jake and Archie though the “Isame.came at 11 and with hightide at 3pm, we thought we need to clear some of this gravel and branches etc to stop it going out onto the road,” Jake said. “Every little bit is definitely making headway.” Jake spent Thursday door-knocking to check on some of the elderly residents in the area.
Flooding brings out boats in Brightwater
The keen kayaker did a lap around the roundabout near their Rintoul Place home before coming back to pick up his little brother, who jumped in still in his pyjamas. “Monty was in disbelief that he could go kayaking right outside his house. He absolutely loved it.” She says they went for a walk around Brightwater and when they came back the water was gone. ‘It drained away relatively quickly, and I only saw one house where the water had got up into their ga rage near Bryant Rd, which is clos er to the river, so we were all really lucky as it could have been much Herworse.”neighbours were up at 3am walking around with torches and she thinks they door-knocked oth er people to get them to move their cars off the road before things got even “Thereworse.areusually cars parked all over the street, but this morning there was none, so someone clear ly did a good deed telling people to move them before it got really Thedeep.”boys got a bath as soon as they got home in case the water was contaminated, but Agata says they were safe and didn’t get too wet.
“When we left, the property was fill with water and it was streaming in,” Mariaan says. “Friends collected the chil dren and we put towels and bedding along the doorways, which stopped some, but we did get water in the hall and Afterbathroom.”asleepless night they returned to deep mud around their Mariaanproperty.sayswithin five min utes neighbours were there and all were pitching in to “Therehelp. are so many supportive people,” she says. “We just want to say thank you to all the neighbours who helped us, it was unbelievable how generous and helpful they Shewere.”says they are all staying positive, with the help from the community making a huge difference.
Family told to evacuate quickly
Zenon and Monty Scoles decided to make the most of the flood water right outside their Brightwater home.
Albert and Mariaan Liebenberg with seven-year-old A.J. in front of their house that had water get into the entrance, hall and bathroom.
“My boys were so excited to see all that water literally metres from our front door but not actually in our house,” says mum Agata. “Monty loves kayaking so he asked if he could go out on it, so I looked at my husband and he looked at me and we thought, ‘Why not?’”
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JO KENT When four-year-old Zenon Scoles and his eight-year-old brother Monty looked out their window in Brightwater at the weekend they couldn’t believe their luck.
“Lots of the people on the street came out to watch them boating around and were laughing, saying it was nice to see someone enjoy all the water. “It could have been totally differ ent if people’s houses had been affected here, but for us, kayaking outside our house is a once in a lifetime opportunity for the kids. I hope.”
JENNY NICHOLSON When the Liebenberg fami ly on Polglase St were told to evacuate they had just five minutes to get a few belong ings and their cat. With water reaching the level of electricity, they needed to move quickly. The knock on their door came at about 4am on Saturday, and when they looked out side there was a river running down the side of their proper Albertty. managed to clear some gravel to encourage water to avoid the house, but there was too much water and mud.
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1. Rintoul Place turns into Rin toul lake. Photo: Aleisha Hosie. 2. Brightwater School back en trance under water. Photo: Anika Rameka-iti. 3. Residents start the clean up on Poleglase Street. Photo: Jo Kent. 4. The road to Best Island is cov ered in water. Photo: Kim Bryant. 5. Hill St in flood at around 7.30am on Saturday. Photo: Jo Kent. 6. Cows find refuge from the rising water Wakapuaka. Photo: Jack Malcolm. 7. A Main Rd Hope resident looks out at what was her front lawn. Photo: Sarah Board. 8. Scott Rollason and ten-yearold Ellanna Scott-Rollason at the Easby Park playground. Photo: Jenny Nicholson. 9. Debris left behind on a Hill St driveway. Photo: Jo Kent. 1. 8.9.
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Melissa started the Big Bake Up to help those in West port after they experienced flood ing and has revived it now for our local community. “It’s not new to me, it’s what I do.” She says experience has shown her that there are often not clear answers on specifics like how, when and where to take food. “You can’t have a plan with an event like this where you know what happens from the start of the day to the end,” she says. “You work things out as the days prog Alreadyress.”
The past week has been devastating for Nelson and the wider region, with many people displaced from their homes due to floods and slips Our thoughts are with everyone affected and displaced from their homes I want to thank our Emergency Services, Civil Defence, USAR and Geotech teams, local Mayors, Government and Community staff and the many volunteers who have pitched in to help The fast actions of our local Civil Defence team last week undoubtedly saved lives when the Maitai River flooded at a rapid pace I know that the whole community deeply appreciates your hard work and support
Melissa has heard from some who have said they would appreciate some food, but would love to hear from others. She knows many people hesitate to “Ifask.you know a friend, workmate, or family member could do with some food, please contact us,” she says. “We need people to reach out so we can take the food where it is needed. We can take the food to those needing it or drop it off to friends for them to deliver it.”
“Human kindness is what is need ed,” organiser Melissa Wood house Donationssays.of baking flooded into the Richmond drop-off on Satur day and were distributed to those who lived in flooded areas and to those helping with the clean-up. Melissa says there were less dona tions Sunday, and she hoped they would increase again. “The Cheesecake Company gave us a lot of food though, and we distributed that yesterday,” Melis sa says. “People were stoked to get Melissacheesecake.”says people want to know what they can do to help and hav ing an organised group dealing with food is better than people just trying to get food to where it is needed in a ‘higglety pigglety’ fashion.
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Food was delivered to evacuees in a Tāhunanui motel where there were no cooking facilities. A meal and baking was given to a woman who says, “No-one has ever done anything like this for me before.”
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“The little things are making a huge difference,” Melissa says. She has friends who will be clear ing property and knows they may not eat properly, and with a mas sive clean-up ahead, having food supplied will be a help. Previous experience has shown her that when food is delivered people often say, “We are ok, are you sure this is for us?” Melissa says it’s after they accept the food that the stories often come out of just how difficult things have been. “Kiwis are a resilient group and don’t ask for too much help.” She encourages everyone to pop a note in with the food. Email thebigbakeup@gmail.com for food deliveries or message Facebook The Big Bake Up.
Liam Girvin (9) and Jack Eggers (13) with baking ready to give to those affected by floods.
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Earlier this week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern joined me in Nelson, alongside Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese Tasman Mayor Tim King Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty and West Coast Tasman MP Damien O’Connor It was helpful for Ministers to get on the ground information about what Nelson will need to recover This has been a significant event and the recovery will be a long one Our teams at the Trafalgar Centre are working hard to connect people to the services they need If you need support accessing services please contact my office
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Both Brendan and Kathryn say telling their children was the hardest part since learning of the “Thecancer.two girls, one is quite blasé, she’ll process it in her own time. She said to one of her friends ‘oh, Dad has cancer, but he’s not go ing to die’. Whereas our oldest is very emotional, she knows what’s going on.” To make matters worse, they can celled their life insurance when Kathryn began studying last year.
His two boys were meant to be in New Zealand for Christmas, where they had a camping holi day planned in Golden Bay with plenty of fishing, hiking and gen eral summer holiday fun. The plans are hard for Brendan to talk “Weabout.just want to enjoy what we’ve got while we can,” he finally says.
“I’d like to take them snowboard ing, something like that, or fish ing in the boat, but we don’t know what we can do. I’ve gone so far downhill in a week, I am worried that by the time my boys get here I won’t be able to do much.”
“Our retirement plan was to work very hard for the next 20 years and at 38 I don’t think that was unreasonable,” says Brendan. “But now my major concern is that I have to support Kat and the kids. The next few weeks will take care of themselves but I’m more concerned about the fact that Kat has a house there that she can’t afford. Mortgage rates are about to go up. Those are my concerns.”
Despite the heavy load on Bren dan’s shoulders, he says he’s hap py with the life he’s lived. “I’ve had a very, very busy 38 years … but I wouldn’t have minded another 30,” he jokes.
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“All four kids haven’t been to gether for almost two years, be cause of Covid, so that’s my focus, getting the four kids together.
“You’ve got to stay positive be cause there’s no point dwelling on things and being wrapped up in a ball of negative energy, that’s not going to help anyone.”
Brendan Hills and Kathryn Young after learning of Brendan’s terminal cancer diagnosis.
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KATE RUSSELL If you have daffodils in your gar den, the Cancer Society would love to have them. Last week’s flooding damaged many of the daffodils in the re gion that were going to be used for the Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day street appeal and corporate flower orders this Friday.
“Our fields in Riwaka are all under water,” says Cancer Society Nelson centre manager, Michelle Hunt. “Our Cable Bay daffodils are cov ered in a metre of mud, our Fleet Rd fields in Moutere have not flow ered as have not had enough warm weather of sun where they are, so we are very limited this year on fresh Michelledaffodils.”saysthey would love to have people pick and donate their daffodils if they have any, or they can organise volunteers to come and pick them up.
If you have daffodils to donate, please phone the Cancer Society on (03) 539 1137 or email info@ cancernelson.org.nz Appeal for daffodil donations Cancer Society Nelson centre manager, Michelle Hunt, is asking for daffodils after their stock was flooded.
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“The shelves are tidy in the store room and that’s not a good thing,” Anete says.
Anete says online selling may have made a difference but doesn’t think having several oth er opshops nearby is detrimental.
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Empty bins and lots of space in their storage and sorting room reflect the decrease in goods coming in. Anete says donations have seasonal variations and they can usually predict habits, but the current trend is a bit more con Whilefusing.they usually have plenty of women’s clothes donated, they are currently asking for more, along with clean and tidy men’s and children’s clothing. Whiteware and furniture are also wanted.
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Anete Smith is worried about the drop in donations at Hospice Shop Richmond. Photo: Jenny Nicholson.
JENNY NICHOLSON Flavia Miorelli is very happy that her campervan stolen from Tāhunanui Drive last week has been located. She was devastated after her be loved mobile home was stolen from Tāhunanui Drive early last Originallyweek. from Brazil, Flavia says she has always felt safe in New Zealand and didn’t expect something like this to happen. Her campervan was stolen some time between Sunday 14 and Tuesday 16 August when it was parked on Tāhunanui Drive. Unable to park the campervan in her driveway, she had parked it outside the Mobil Station for much of the past five years. When she left for work on Tues day morning, she noticed the ve hicle was gone.
She says it’s the personal items and memories she’s made in it that mean more to her. “And I put so much work in,” she Flaviasays. also took to social media to share news that the vehicle had been stolen, hoping it would lead to the camper’s recovery. The campervan was located near by on Sunday. Flavia says the campervan is cur rently with the police, who have told her the fridge and solar pan els have been removed from the “It’svan. now under police investiga tion,” she says. Flavia says the police did a great job recovering the vehicle after it was “Thankstolen.you to the Nelson Police.” A police spokesperson confirmed the vehicle has been located near by after being reported stolen on “ItTuesday.willnow undergo forensic ex amination,” police say. “Enquiries are ongoing.”
Donations to the Hospice Shop can be made during opening hours, 9.30 to 4.30 Monday to Friday and 9.30 to 3.30 Satur day, at the door on Oxford Mews which is off Oxford St. Furniture can be picked up free of charge by calling 03 543 7017. the for
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Ziggie Rose Sergeant in Flavia Miorelli’s campervan which was stolen from Tāhunanui Drive last week. Photo: Supplied.
“I’m not sure if people know that all money raised in the shops here goes to the Nelson Tasman Hospice and their community nurses,” says Anete Smith.
A drop-off in donations is caus ing concern for Richmond’s Hos pice Shop staff. Funds raised by the four hospice opshops in the region are vital to the hospices continued ability to provide free hospice services, ac cording to Nelson Tasman Hos pice chief executive Tony Gray. The shops contribute about $1.5 million each year, with about 240 people receiving free care each Withmonth.the government contribut ing just 52 per cent of funding for the hospice, a $3 to $3.5 million shortfall needs to be made up each year. This comes from fundraising, be quests, donations and from the four Hospicestores.Shop Richmond store manager Anete Smith says in a good year they take about After$750,000.being inundated with do nations following the first lock down, things have quietened down, particularly in the last year.
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Richmond Salvation Army’s Ash Maxwell agrees, saying people of ten make a day of it, going from one shop to the next. “On Saturday, some people start at one end and move through the opshops then up to the mall for lunch,” Ash says. She says their shop may be an anomaly as they are still getting a lot of donations, with retirement villages being one main source. “When people move out or move on to the next life, there can be donations of household goods.” Along with donations, more vol unteers are needed at the Hospice “OurShop. shop colleagues and vol unteers have done an amazing job throughout these ongoing Covid-19 times, but it has been operationally and financially challenging with reduced volun teers and fluctuations in custom er numbers, Tony says.
As a support worker for people with intellectual disabilities it took time to save for the camp “Iervan.had a bank loan I had to pay off,” Flavia says. “Somebody thought they had the right to steal it.”
The vehicle was locked, and she says a lot of people know her “Itcampervan.hasbeen very traumatic. It’s easy to think it’s just a vehicle,” she says. “I am insured but it’s not just about the money.”
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“We are actively looking for vol unteers in all four shops and, as always, actively looking for quali ty second-hand donations.
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Rachel turned up to sur prise Olivia in class, she was shocked and couldn’t believe the Prime Minister had taken the time out of her busy schedule to write her a personal letter. “I just wanted to help in some way and am so glad it made a differ ence,” Olivia says. In the letter, Ardern wrote that she was impressed with Olivia’s ini tiative to set up and organise the fundraiser and congratulated her for creating the “fantastic oppor tunity” for students to both have fun and help.
JO KENT When Waimea College student Olivia Rhodes organised a muf ti day to fundraise for families in the Ukraine, she never imagined it would result in a personal ac knowledgement from the Prime ButMinister.lastweek, while Olivia was in class, Labour MP Rachel Boyack made a surprise visit to the college to hand deliver a sealed letter from Jacinda Ardern. “I had no idea what was written in side it as it was still sealed,” Rachel says. “My only instruction from government was to take the letter directly to Olivia.” Olivia initially wrote to Jacinda when the war broke out in the Ukraine asking about the possibil ity of helping to arrange food par cels to send to struggling families in the war-torn country. But her letter was passed to the Department of Foreign Affairs and put in a pile, and never made it to the Prime Minister herself. So instead, Olivia decided to or ganise a college mufti day where students wore yellow and blue, the colours of the Ukrainian flag, and made more than $1500 to give to the Red Cross. “We saw her story in the Waimea Weekly and sent it across to Jacin da immediately as we thought Ol ivia should get a proper response from the Prime Minister for her efforts,” Rachel says. “It’s so wonderful to see young people who have a heart for sup porting people who aren’t doing so well. And Jacinda loves getting letters from students who are in terested in politics so we knew she would have been sorry to have missed the original letter Olivia Whensent.”
Olivia Rhodes was given her private letter from the Prime Minister in a surprise visit from Labour MP Rachel Boyack.
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“The basic rule of a crisis is that you don’t come out of it the same. If you get through it, you come out better or worse, but never the same.”
The crisis he refers to is, of course, Covid 19. People worldwide have been forced to take notice because of its glob al impact. Many of us put on face masks to protect ourselves and others from a virus we can’t see, but how engaged are we in protecting ourselves and others from unseen ‘viruses’ such as the pan demics of hunger, violence and climate
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There is much suffering from these un seen ‘viruses’ in our country and around the world. It feels overwhelming, where do we start to try to make a difference?
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Francis’ question to us is whether we will come through this current crisis and if so, how?
ADRIENNE HILL Our Lady of the Bays Catholic Parish I was recently given a copy of a book by Pope Francis called “Let Us Dream, The Path To A Better Future,” and from the very beginning I have been hooked. Pope Francis sees the time we are liv ing in as one of “reckoning” where our ways of thinking are shaken up and our priorities and lifestyles are challenged.
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Piece of Richmond’s history will live on Great to see it being repurposed and thanks to Geoff Sherlock for having the foresight to preserve buildings.
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Nature walks to put a spring in your step Lani Evans and Prashanti Lovegrove have designed two walking routes for families as part of the Step into Spring initiative.
Changes to Immigration New Zealand’s (INZ) Accredited Em ployer Work Visas have left a local recruitment agency scram bling to place migrant workers into jobs in the region, while companies are left “crying out” for INZstaff.rolled out a new compulsory Employer Accreditation system in May this year, and the new Accredited Employer Work Visas (AEWV) in July. With the new system, when a mi grant seeks a new work visa, the employer must now pay $740 to apply for Employer Accreditation and $610 to apply for a Job Check for a specific job in the region to show local candidates. In addi tion to those costs, a new AEWV work visa application costs $750. If a migrant worker is employed in Nelson, they can change em ployers easily through a ‘Varia tion of Conditions’ application, as long as the role and region re main the same. The cost is $210 and the application takes a few Forweeks.aVariation of Conditions ap plication to succeed, the job has to be in the same region. Previ ously, regions were based on re gional Work and Income offices, which meant Nelson, Tasman and Blenheim were one region for the Labour Market Test.
Dreamt up by Health Action Trust, Top of the South Neighbourhood Support, Te Whatu Ora Nelson Marlborough and both Nelson and Tasman councils, it’s hoped the walks will provide an opportunity for peo ple to connect with each other and explore the environment on foot. Hosted by locals, the walks will cov er a range of themes and purposes, catered to different target audiences, such as heritage walks, nature trails, beach clean-ups or edible neigh bourhood walks.
If a Variation of Conditions is possible, the migrant worker can change employer and remain on their current wages rate. He says these changes have affect ed 20 - 30 migrant workers just in their business in the Nelson-Tas man region alone.
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JO KENT Passionate ecologist Prashanti Lo vegrove jumped at the chance to or ganise two family-orientated nature walks for the community as part of a new ‘Step into Spring’ initiative. The October festival is a month-long collection of safe, guided walks or ganised by community groups or individuals across the region, and there’s still time to host your own.
“I like talking about plants and the natural environment with other people in my role as environmental education officer at Tasman District Council, so hosting my own walk will give me the chance to observe nature with the wider community,” Prashanti says. “My team leader Lani has also helped map out the route.” Her events will look at freshwater migration, and how we can use na tive plants as medicine. “I’ve decided to run my walks in the school holidays so families can do something fun for free, be outdoors and learn more about nature.”
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“It means migrant workers are very much geographically re stricted as to where and for whom they can work. There is a much greater cost and time involved in the employment of these workers by companies who are already crying out for staff,” he says. “As a result of making it harder and more expensive, INZ under their new framework, are de terring companies from employ ing migrant workers at a time when they need them more than Heever.”says this, coupled with “unre alistic minimum pay rates” and a lack of communication from INZ, means that the opportunity to employ them is no longer via ble for many businesses. New work visa applicants now need to be paid $27.76 per hour.
“I predicted this number would be in the high hundreds, if not low thousands, across all sectors just in Nelson-Tasman.”
“It has created a perfect storm, making it harder than ever for employers to employ migrant workers. This comes at a time when the need to do so is stron ger than ever and when we are fi nally no longer restricted by bor der MBIEclosures.”immigration policy man ager, Andrew Craig, says the AEWV is designed to be a more “streamlined system” that is much simpler for employers and “Themigrants.shift to using city and re gional council boundaries is consistent with the Public Ser vice Commission’s principles for determining regional boundaries and supports a shift to have gov ernment agencies using common regional However,boundaries.”Tobiasbelieves there needs to be recognition that Nel son and Richmond are one eco nomic zone. “It makes no sense to define Nelson as a distinct la bour market from Tasman just because it is a unitary authority.”
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However, under these new chang es, regional council boundaries are being used - this means Nel son, Richmond, and Blenheim are now separate regions.
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The first walk is on 5 October at Jim my Lee Reserve and will focus on na tive birds and plants, and her second event on 7 October will explore the waterways at reservoir creek setting off from Easby Park. Closing date for applications is the end of September. Email Yulia.Pan fylova@tasman.govt.nz for more in formation on how to apply. A full list of guided walks will be available next month.
A director of a local recruitment company, who wishes to remain anonymous, says the new system has created barriers for both em ployers and employees.
He says it is having a huge impact across all sectors, including con struction, manufacturing, hor ticulture, viticulture, hospitality, and tourism.
Tobias Tohill, a Licenced Immi gration Advisor serving the Nel son region, says this is a major flaw. “This means a restaurant in Richmond that hires a chef work ing in Nelson will not be able to hire them through a quick Varia tion of Conditions. The employer and migrant will need to spend $2050 in application fees and wait weeks in processing time delays.”
Growing up in the district, I witnessed first-hand the amazing community spirit and the best of our district. It is from this, that I feel passionately about being your councillor so that I can give back to you, our community and district. I would utilise my skills to communicate with compassion, to be pragmatic regarding problems and, most importantly, to conduct myself with integrity. My role as your councillor is to be your voice, your advocate and to champion your issues. I will be available to every individual and use my energy and enthusiasm to be present in the community and at its events. This election is our chance to put you first, let me work hard for you every day to help make this community and this district a better place. You have a voice; and it matters now more than ever, I shall get it heard.
I’m goal-oriented with a natural business acumen. Every venture I have been involved in has been successful. The Tasman District Council is a whole new level of challenge, and that is what excites me the most. I’m inherently positive which has allowed me to navigate extremely challenging business environments over the past two Thosedecades.skills qualify me well for the turbulent financial waters ahead for the Tasman District. I listen with the intention of understanding before answering and am a strong, focused, natural leader.
A change in leadership and direction is needed to implement better outcomes for both council and the ratepayers. I respect the community consultation process and the rights of the public to express their views before a judgement is made. I am committed to retaining and attracting talented individuals into an inclusive council. I think clearly and have a reputation of making good decisions.
Ray VoteGriffith For Richmond Ward Community Focused Goverance Authorised By: Ray Griffith, RG4TDC@outlook.com COUNCILLORS IChristeenForbringTIM KING 4MAYOR EXPERIENCED POSITIVE COLLABORATIVE Authorised by Tim King, Eves Valley, RD1, Brightwater 03 542 timbking4@gmail.com3849 Feature
Let’s make things better. I will bring enhanced leadership to the governance of council. I’m passionate about Tasman, its people, economy and environment. I understand the importance of reducing rates increases and managing the currentlygrowing debt within sustainable levels. The growing cost of living is increasing pressure on our community, the council needs to take this into account. The current ten year plan and vision is for additional debt and spending is not sustainable and we need to live within our means.
Max Clark 4 MAYOR Let’s make things better TASMAN DISTRICT COUNCIL Authorised by Maxwell Clark 027 457 7575
The residents will certainly know they’ve got the mayor on their side because of my confidence, strength of character and the presence of mind I have which allows me to speak up in any situation. I’m fortunate to have the support of my wife and children. When I’m not working or exploring the region with family, you’ll find me racing Vet Motocross or cross-country.
We live in a beautiful region with enviable access to the natural environment. The recent extreme rainfall event has highlighted the importance of good planning, building community resilience, and ensuring we are accounting for growth and climate change in our infrastructure delivery. Supporting economic vitality, environmental sustainability and our diverse communities, while managing the challenges around growth, housing, infrastructure, water quality, biodiversity and climate, are key priorities. Council’s core role remains investing in new and improved infrastructure, managing our natural resources, delivering efficient customer-focused services, and providing recreational facilities. I’m committed to ensuring that the community has input and influence on the many central government reforms. It has been my privilege to have served the community as Mayor for the past three very challenging years. With my governance experience in business, community organisations and on Council, I’m committed to working collaboratively to tackle the challenges and capitalise on the opportunities for our region. I am positive about the future and seek your support to continue providing practical, hardworking and accessible representation.
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A proven track record as a Chief Financial Officer in a $500m Communityorganisationunderstanding and Energy,connectionscapability, passion and Christeentime
For Moutere-Waimea Ward “As your councillor I will be listening to you to ensure our region thrives now and into the future” I bring Skills & experience in finance and governance
I am asking for your vote so that I can continue in the role as a MoutereWaimea Ward Councillor for TDC. I have worked hard to make a significant contribution around the Council table for the benefit of the district. My experience as a Chartered Accountant, with a proven track record as an executive in central government, has allowed me to apply my expertise both for Full Council and also as Chair of the Commercial Committee. My meeting attendance rate demonstrates my commitment to being your representative. While chairing the hearing panel for the Moutere-Waimea Reserves plan, I developed an appreciation of the passion and commitment our residents have for our reserves and green spaces. As a qualified hearing commissioner under the Resource Management Act, I have built my understanding of that piece of legislation and its impact on consents and plans for our district.I’m a Foxhill resident living on 15 hectares where we produce food, plant trees, and commercially grow flowers. I enjoy spending time with my family, exploring our beautiful region in my campervan and I am involved in many community activities. I have the skills and experience to continue to do what is right for our district now and into the future.
Authorised by Christeen Mackenzie 34 Leigh Road, Foxhill
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“As your councillor I will be listening to you to ensure our region thrives now and into the future” I bring Skills & experience in finance and governance
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Hi, I am Dan Robinson and I am seeking your vote for the Moutere/Waimea ward of the Tasman District Council. I am a first generation kiwi who has grown up in Tasman and lived here most of my life. My parents decided to immigrate to New Zealand from the United States when I was seven. A big part of their motivation was raising children in the best possible environment. Rural Tasman District suited that objective and also provided the employment opportunities to support a family. My school and working life have been predominantly in Tasman, and I have enjoyed the challenge of being self-employed as an IT Contractor here. I enjoyed playing rugby as a kid and am today the president of the club my parents forced me to play for. I currently reside in Stoke with my wife and two children aged 11 and 13. Please take time to learn more about me at dan4tdc.nz
A proven track record as a Chief Financial Officer in a $500m Communityorganisationunderstanding and Energy,connectionscapability, passion and time
The interests of ratepayers must be protected, and I’m very aware of the cost of rates and the impact this has on families and our residents, in particular those on fixed incomes. Understanding central and local government processes, I believe one of the key issues for our Richmond community is to continue to lobby central government to address the growing traffic congestion Experienced,problem.motivated and dedicated, I’m Kit Maling.
Authorised by Christeen Mackenzie 34 Leigh Road, Foxhill
Authorised by Christeen Mackenzie 34 Leigh Road, Foxhill For Moutere-Waimea Ward “As your councillor I will be listening to you to ensure our region thrives now and into the future” I bring Skills & experience in finance and governance
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Authorised by Christeen Mackenzie For Moutere-Waimea Ward “As your councillor I will be listening to you to ensure our region thrives now and into the future”
A proven track record as a Chief Financial Officer in a $500m Communityorganisationunderstanding and Energy,connectionscapability, passion and time
Born and raised in Christchurch where I spent 20 years in local government, in the drinking water and wastewater area.
Currently a member of the Māpua and Districts Area Community Association Executive, Māpua Boat Club Committee, Māpua Waterfront Area Masterplan Working Group and a Trustee of the Māpua Community Boat Ramp Trust. My focus is and will be to ensure accountability in local governance, that our voices are heard and that informed decisions are based on community aspirations. We need to protect our environment for the future and build resilience into our decision-making that takes account of climate change.
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Authorised by Christeen Mackenzie 34 Leigh Road, Foxhill
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Council has delivered a wide range of projects for the Richmond community this past term, including stormwater management, Champion Road roundabout upgrade, and new water mains. It is always a balancing act to provide the infrastructure required for our residents, and to keep rate increases to a minimum.
Authorised By: Kit Maling, 12 Magnolia Place, Richmond, Nelson
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A proven track record in my current role as a TDC Councillor and as a Chief Financial Officer in a $500m organisation Community understanding and Energy,connectionscapability, passion and time
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Hi I’m Kit Maling. It has been a privilege to have served Tasman District residents and I’m asking for your support again to continue to represent the people of Richmond.
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2006 purchased a business and moved to Māpua, have successfully owned and operated businesses in the transportation and food distribution in the top of the South Island, now retired.
Open to working with different people and organisations, I have volunteered locally with refugees and worked in the wood processing, hops and specialist commercial vehicle sectors, giving me a good understanding of the many challenges we face, some of which can only be addressed by a capable and Responding to our challenges with the resources at hand is the balancing act we must do, whatever our age, politics, religion, ethnicity or location; kaitiakitanga (guardianship) sums it up. As a husband, father and neighbour, I offer the fresh perspective, open mind and responsiveness to keep Tasman a fantastic place to live in. I need your vote to help make that happen.
“I am a local young professional who is inspired by people, thriving communities, and the natural world. I am putting my name forward to be your Richmond Ward Councillor because I have the community connections, contextual understanding, experience, and skills to be a strong leader for the expanding community. I am a considered decision-maker, financially prudent, and I view each decision with an intergenerational lens. My priorities for this term are well-designed urban areas, resilience to climate change, enabling the local economy, providing high-quality service delivery, and ensuring the voice of the whole community is heard and acted upon. I am currently an elected member of the Motueka Community Board, a resource and environmental planning student, and a volunteer for local and national organisations. I am passionate about the representation of different sections of our community and a strong democracy. One of my skills is being able to find the middle ground, and the ability to keep a level head. I will lead with tenacity, sincerity and openness.”
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I am a local business owner, operating my refrigeration business from our home in Wakefield. I am also partner in an events management company for off-road motorcycle racing /coaching. My wife Sarah and I have been married for 22 years, and we have 2 children. In the 10 years we have lived in Wakefield, I have been active in community projects and events that benefit local youth and families. Successful establishment of the recreation facility McGazzaland is my greatest achievement. I am a regular attendee at Wakefield Community Council and Focus Wakefield meetings. I bring a fresh and energetic view to community growth, with a passion for cost-effective events and facilities that will benefit our families and young people in our fast-expanding region. It would be a privilege for me to be involved in the future of Tasman District.
To find out more, please contact me at jonifortdc@gmail.com or visit www.jonitomsett.com
I am an advocate for local business and the rural community. I think positive council engagement with business can be mutually beneficial. I am a strong advocate for private property rights. Pressure groups and minority interests often dominate discussion, I like to think I can champion the concerns of the silent majority. I believe local government is a public service, goals and finances should focus on core functions only. Local government is at cross-roads, central government seems determined to take control of the regions, I am strongly opposed to loss of local selfdetermination. I am opposed to Three Waters; I am deeply concerned about the Future of Local Government Review and changes to the Resource Management Act. I am opposed to Māori co-governance and local Māori wards; I believe this is the wrong path for a unified democracy. I believe Māori should have a strong voice both regionally and within council, but not at the expense of democracy. Climate change and environment collapse are the existential threats of our time, council needs to lead change with practical initiatives and sound future planning.
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Wakefield Fresh and energetic approach Focus on value and cost effective planning Dedicated to our future community ‘LET’S BUILD CONNECTIONS’ Dan Shallcrass
Fresh to local politics, I grew up in rural Northland and met my Nelsonian wife while studying in Dunedin. We travelled and worked widely, including overseas, before moving to Richmond with our young daughter a
“Our Medical Officers of Health have advised people to treat all floodwater as contaminated, and for people on their own water supplies, who have been impacted by flooding, to boil their water.
Visit www.HealthPoint.co.nz to find contact details for your local GP or pharmacy, they will be able to provide further advice.
Health Incident Controller, Hilary Exton said, “It is a privilege to be part of such a well-connected community, which comes together in times of need. Civil Defence in Nelson Tasman and the Marlborough District Council have a done an amazing job at keeping the community safe and informed as homes were evacuated and infrastructure severely damaged.”
Dr Nick Baker, Chief Medical Officer said, “Over the next while it will be really important to keep our focus on the normal routines that keep us safe. Hand hygiene, which has been critical to our COVID-19 defence, now shows its benefits in terms of keeping us safe from water contaminants that could lead to gastrointestinal illness.”
“Our Health incident management team which incorporates our Primary Health Organisations, Te Piki Oranga, St John and community and hospital services, has enabled us to give a coordinated response and escalate needs as they arise.”
Te Whatu Ora Nelson Marlborough is proud of the emergency response in the wake of the severe weather event across the district.
“Travel between Nelson and Wairau hospital has been impacted which is resulting in some changes to appointments as staff or patient travel cannot take place.”
“In response, emergency measures have enabled Pharmacy to provide some regular medications without a prescription for those affected by the flooding and unable to access scripts or medications. Pharmacy dispensing for flood related health treatment is also being funded free to those in need.”
“Mask wearing and distancing are much harder when we are away from normal routine, but still very important for preventing and managing winter bugs including COVID-19. It remains important to stay away from others when you are unwell with tummy bugs and respiratory symptoms.”
Going through tough times or a big shock takes a toll on all of us and coping is not always easy. We know people respond in many different ways to an emergency. Good mental health helps us carry on and deal with all that life throws at us.
“Our administration team have been busy contacting people. If you haven’t heard from us, then your appointment or procedure is going ahead as planned. If there is a change, we will contact you.”
In challenging times we can go through a range of emotions, and at our own pace. Feeling like you’re all over the place, a tad on edge or a bit overwhelmed are completely normal reactions to a very abnormal situation. Not all right? Free support is available. Traumatic events affect each of us differently, and we all need a bit of support from time to time. If you or someone you know is struggling, there is free help available. Call or text 1737 any time, 24 hours a day, for a free confidential chat.
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“If you can safely come to appointments please do so. If it is not safe, please stay at home and let us know you are unable to attend, by reaching out via the phone number on your appointment letter or contacting the hospital and asking for the relevant department.”
“Thiselse. means we can’t safely operate the ski area without snowmaking or fresh snow.”
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Maureen Clinton-Baker from the St Arnaud Ski Racing Foundation says they won’t be postponing it this year either. “It is with great disappoint ment that the St Arnaud Ski Racing Foundation decided to cancel the 2022 Rainbow Atomic Masters. With the cur rent weather, the snowpack would have been very wet.” It would have been the 31st occasion of master’s racing at “ThereRainbow.are many local fami lies who have supported and entered this event over those 30 years. The Seifried Family, Allan Scott, The Martellas, The Stratfords, to name just a few,” says Maureen. “So many others also give time, energy and prizes. Many vol unteers have given their time to make ski racing happen at Rainbow. All getting older now, with a few like Philippa Askew still racing.”
“As we are still at the hands of the weather gods, the length of time this will take is undeter
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The operations team head ed up the hill to begin snow making on Monday night, but it’s thought that three or four good nights of decent snow making is needed to repair enough to reopen.
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Rain wipes out beginner’s slope at Rainbow Ski Field Rainbow Ski Area before the rain.
Manykeep-yourself-safehousesbuilt since the 1980s have underground power supplies. This means there may be an underground power cable (your service line) connecting your house to the network cables that run under the strip of land between your house and the road.
“Inmined.saying this, we will likely stay closed until this Thursday at the earliest.” He says it’s a really tough posi tion to be in. “We are gutted for something like this to happen mid-sea son. But with the support of the committee, we will make every effort to reopen. He says there are still many weeks to go of the 2022 season. “Let’s hope September is kind er than August.” It was a double blow for the ski field because the 2022 Rain bow Atomic Masters event scheduled for the weekend had to be cancelled, too.
Heavy rain has significant ly damaged the snowpack at Rainbow Ski Area, with the be ginner slope being completely wiped out after last week’s storm, according to mountain manager Thomas Harry. “Rain on Friday night did the most amount of damage out of the entire storm. Two rivers have cut through the base area and the beginner slope is com pletely gone.”
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Holes have developed in the snow pack across the hill and the area has lost a significant amount of depth everywhere
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PE: Eddie Izzard. PD: Billy Connolly. I love storytellers and he is the king! So fortunate that I got to catch him live before he retired from live performance. What’s the best and worst thing about your job?
PE: One beer, a glass of red and bed (not always in that order).
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New $70k crossing revealed Tasman Alliance worked on the construction of a new crossing on Champion Rd which was held up by the rain throughout July.
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PD: Paul and I have golf addictions so if you know anyone that can get us on to a premium course for free send them our way. What can people expect from your tour?
PE: Two stand-up comics with over 35 years’ experience between them. It’ll be a very funny, very rude night. PD: Have to leave some of it a mys tery, but we do a little on stage togeth er followed by each of our respective sets. How has it been being in standup over the Covid years?
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The Paul Paul Comedy Night - with Paul Ego and Paul Douglas at The Playhouse Cafe and Theatre, Friday 26 August, 8pm. Tickets from Eventfinda. Stand-up comics Paul Ego and Paul Douglas bring their tour to the Playhouse on Friday. Photo: Supplied.
PE: It has really sucked. Doing gigs over Zoom just doesn’t work - there’s nothing that replaces a live audience. How did you get into comedy? PE: I got bullied into doing it by my sister. I only agreed to try one gig so she would leave me alone, but I loved it so much I kept going and now I’m 28 years deep. PD: I used to talk a lot of nonsense growing up as a kid and used to love watching Billy Connolly and a few other comics ... It wasn’t until I was in the States and went to a comedy club in Cleveland that I had a “I could probably give this a crack” thought. Then I signed up to the open mic at the Classic Comedy Club in Auckland about 12 years ago and here we are. Who is your comedy icon?
PD: The buzz you get from making a room of strangers laugh is definitely the best part for me. The worst part is just the unknown of when and how much work you might get. You have to learn to be comfortable with the random nature of it all. Routines are hard to get into with comedy. What do you do after a gig? PD: It’s not as exciting as you might think but usually a cheeky beer to de brief the show with the other acts and then cruise home and watch some thing on TV to wind down. Even I’m getting too old for any late night antics but they do come out time to time.
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A new pedestrian crossing costing $70,000 has opened on Richmond’s Champion Rd. The crossing will help retirees, families and school students cross the increasingly-busy street Tasmansafely.District Council com munications officer Darryn Palmer says the official open ing was delayed due to the wettest July on record since “The1932. construction job includ ed reshaping the kerbs and moving them to allow for fu ture development and cycle ways on the street. “It’s taken longer because the weather has affected the proj ect, but now it’s open it will really make a difference to pe destrian safety in that area,” he Bothsays. Summerset retirement village and Garin College are near the crossing, and with the new Countdown at the end of the road traffic flow has sig nificantly increased in the last six months and is expected to continue to do so. “Many of the roads around Tasman are getting a lot bus ier, high volumes of traffic make it difficult for some of the elders and younger kids to cross,” Darryn says. He says the decision to widen the roads by pushing the kerbs back means the job is already future-proofed for when cy cleways are introduced as part of an ongoing safer transport project taking place in the re gion.
PD: On recommendation! Had seen a few acts play the Playhouse over the years and always wanted to check it out. Got in touch with the team and the rest was history. Have you ever been to the re gion before? PE: I’ve played the Nelson region a few times on the 7Days Live Tour and Paul Douglas and I once did a gig in PD:Takaka.Ican’t believe I haven’t visited as a tourist. But it’s at the top of the list. Any place you go to when you are here?
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DIANNE SCOTT Albert John Palmer was born in Waimea West on 27 Octo ber 1851, son of John Albert Palmer and Mary Anne White. In 1876, Albert purchased property at Foxhill and opened a country store to supply the miners at the Wangapeka. On 10 January 1877, he mar ried Lucy Ann Ladley at St Paul’s church in Brightwa ter. Lucy was the daughter of James Ladley and Elizabeth TheBrown.couple raised nine chil dren on their property at Fox Alberthill. grew his business, opening a branch at Motupiko in 1883. The land where the store was situated was trans ferred from William Quinney to Albert John Palmer on April 5, 1883, for seven pound, 10 Theshillings.lateGeorge Landon-Lane remembered when the store was opened and managed by Robert Thomson, the brotherin-law of A.J. Palmer. Moleskin trousers then cost 10 shillings. First class watertight boots were 22 shillings, while shop ones were one pound. A work shirt cost three shil Thelings.late Thomas Quinney re membered looking after the store one day while Thomson was away, and one of his cus tomers was William Flana gan, who had walked across the hills from the Wangapeka goldfields to buy himself a pair of Theseboots.country stores stocked most of the everyday require ments, including foodstuffs, clothing, footwear, and other goods right through to some essential farm items. When a branch store was opened at Tadmor, Robert Thomson used to travel over there each week, leaving the Motupiko store to be managed by his Later,family. this Tadmor General Store was taken over by his son, R.L. (Len) Thomson, and after Len’s death it was run by his grandson, Gerald. In 1894, Albert was the fore man of the panel at the inquest of William Batemen, The Top House murderer. Albert put the store at Foxhill up for sale in 1897, but it ap pears this did not sell at that time. In 1900, a new store was built at Tadmor, and the following year Albert was appointed Postmaster at Tui. This store was destroyed by fire in 1913. In 1916, Albert again put the Foxhill Store up for sale, this time being successful as the goods were auctioned off. I am presuming that this is when Albert and Lucy moved to Grove Street. On June 7, 1917, Albert’s son Percival, died of wounds re ceived at Messino in France. In 1925, Lucy passed away at their home at 27 Grove Street, with Albert following in 1931. Albert was heavily invested in the Community serving on various committees including the Nelson Automobile Asso ciation, Motueka Valley Rac ing Club, the Belgrove Cricket Club, the Foxhill Atheletic and Cycling Club and the Hope and Ranzau School Commit tee. Source - Historic Stories from Nelson’s Wakapuaka Cemetery Facebook. Every effort has been made to provide complete and accurate information, the au thor does not guarantee the ac curacy of content.
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Scores: North Harbour 35 (Kade Banks, Tevita Li tries, Bryn Gat land 7 pen, 2 con) Tasman 27 (Sevu Reece 2, Andrew Makalio, Noah Hotham tries, Campbell Parata pen, 2 con). HT: 23-17 Harbour.
Halfback Noah Hotham contin ues to grow in this environment, but the option-taking outside him was a concern, with players tend ing to play conservatively rather than trusting their instincts, a Mako strength in the past. Up front, Makalio, loosies Sione Talitui and Braden Stewart, plus props Luca Inch and Sam Maten ga stood out in a much-improved set piece However,performance.theywillbegin to re group, albeit quickly, before meeting Canterbury in Blenheim on Friday in what is becoming a very testing and cut-throat na tional provincial battle.
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Leicester Fainga’anuku returned for Tasman against North Harbour at Albany today. Photo: Shuttersport.
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PETER JONES Tasman slumped to their second Bunnings NPC loss in a row at Albany on Sunday, going down 35-27 to hosts North Harbour. The Mako will look back at a match where ill-discipline and an inability to mount lengthy peri ods of pressure cost them dearly. They outscored their hosts four tries to two but were sunk by the unerring boot of Harbour first five Bryn Gatland, who landed seven penalties and two conver sions for a personal haul of 25 points. Aussie referee Damon Murphy played a merry tune on his whistle, both sides constantly inviting him into the game with indiscretions galore, especially at the breakdown. More than 30 penalties turned the match into a stop-start affair which was always likely to be decided by the boot. Tasman led 27-26 after 53 min utes before two Gatland penalty kicks pushed the home side back into a 32-27 lead with 10 to play. Tasman had their chances to clinch a decisive try over the fi nal period but were frustrated by their own inaccuracies and lack of Thecomposure.returnof All Blacks Leices ter Fainga’anuku and Sevu Re ece gave the Mako an attacking boost, with the latter picking up two tries from fullback. Howev er, the game was decided in the tighter regions and it was fitting that Gatland had the final say, landing his seventh penalty in the 78th minute and denying Tasman a second bonus point. Tasman scored some delightful tries, and the inevitable lineout drive touchdown to hooker An drew Makalio. Hicks produced a clever knockback of a bouncing ball in the corner to set up Reece’s first five-pointer. First five Camp bell Parata, who had a mixed af ternoon, also cross kicked clev erly for the fullback’s second try.
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WEDNESDAYS U3A MEETING 10am Wednesday 24 August, at Football Club rooms, Saxton Field. Speaker is Lucinda Blackley-Jimson on the future of NZ’s oldest museum, Nelson Provincial Museum. All welcome CENTRAL GARDEN CLUB Meets second Wednesday of each month 1.30pm at the Meth odist Church Hall, Neale Ave STOKE. Guest Speak ers and Afternoon tea. New Members Most Wel come. Contact Bob or Lynn ph;5418468 NELSON NEWBIES, coffee morning every Wednesday 10:30 - 11.30 a.m. at Deville’s Cafe, 22 New St.Want to get out & meet people? Join us for coffee & chat. New people always welcome. Ph: Clive 021 205 4731 mem THURSDAYS EX PUPILS OF WAITAKI OLD GIRLS’ AND WAITAKI OLD BOYS’ are meet 6pm at Mc CashinsTap Room, Main Road, Stoke onThursday 25th August for drinks and dinner to follow at 6.30pm. Partners most welcome and everyone pays for themselves. Queries 027 673 1145 TAICHI IN RICHMOND: Thursdays 10am12noon. Quiet Heart Tai Chi, Holy Trinity Church, Dorset St. Meet outside at 10, inside at 10:30. Do nation. Contact Merrick, email quiet.heart.tai.chi@ gmail.com Ph 021 063 6620. All welcome RICHMOND WELCOME GROUP Want to make new friends join a friendly group of people for cof fee & a chat.10am on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at Paragon Cafe Langdale Drive Rich mond Ansley/Phillip 5410 350 RICHMOND CREATIVE FIBRE Meets at Birch wood Hall, Richmond Showgrounds. 9.30am 2nd, 3rd & 4th Thursdays of the month. Come & meet others who enjoy working with fibre. Phone 5443315 (Sandra).
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• Download the Antenno app from the app store on your mobile phone. Antenno is a free and an easy way to get notifications straight to your phone about things affecting areas you are concerned about. You can save multiple areas such as your home, work and school.
The Mayoral Relief Fund is open to any resident, ratepayer, business owner and non-profit organisation in the Tasman District that has suffered financial hardship because of the weather event. You may be eligible for additional support. Ministry of Social Development representatives are at the Trafalgar Centre daily, or you can call 0800 559 009 for further details.
Roading Our contractors continue to work to restore damaged roads after the storm, however due to the number of slips, washouts and other damage, this is going to take a long time.
If you have concerns about farm livestock or pets, please contact MPI (Ministry of Primary Industries) on 0800 00 83 33 or the SPCA on 03 547 7171.
Where to turn to for help Nelson Tasman Civil Defence has set up an information centre where you can get help.
The rāhui, which took effect at noon on Saturday 20 August, covers the area from Te Parinui o Whiti (the White Bluffs) in the east, and west to Kahurangi Point, including Aorere and Tai Tapu. It covers all coastlines, river mouths, and floodwaters, and prevents the gathering of seafood and kai in these areas as well as swimming and entering the water.
Joint Committee of Nelson City and Tasman District Councils
Iwi Emergency Management Rōpū Tikanga Pou lead Barney Thomas said the rāhui would remain in place as long as te Taiao dictated. “It has to be healthy and that could be some time off. It’s sad that we are here again, but that is Tāwhirimātea and what we must do as people of the land is work with that – work with what we are handed.”
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It’s a good idea to take as many photos of the damage as you can.
• Visit our website, tasman.govt.nz.
• Follow our Facebook facebook.com/TasmanDistrictCouncil.page,
There will be a lot of heavy machinery out there so please take extra care on our roads, drive to the conditions, observe all temporary speed restrictions and don’t forget to give our traffic management teams a smile and a wave at road works sites.
Free dumping of flood-damaged household materials
The first one is a Council map which shows the road closures and conditions of all our local roads, and the second is a Waka Kotahi map showing the conditions and closures of the state highways.
A clean-fill dump site is available at the corner of Main Road Stoke and Saxton Road east. It's accessible off Saxton Road at the old circus set-up location and is a free service. But note that this site is for soil and mud only.
We are allowing free tipping of flood-damaged material at our Resource Recovery Centres at Richmond, Mariri and Tākaka. Residents will need to complete a declaration form with their details and produce some form of identification like a driver’s licence or utility bill. They will have to sign that if their insurance pays out, they will pay for the tip fees then.
The Incident Information Centre at the Trafalgar Centre is open from 8.30 am 6.30 pm until further notice and is the best place to go to talk to support agencies. There are insurance experts there to talk to or you can also call your insurance company directly.
Monday 29 August, 9.30 am Motueka Community Board Tuesday 30 August, 4.00 pm Submissions Hearing Thursday 1 September, 9.30 am Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Friday 2 September, 9.30 am Community Grants Subcommittee Tuesday 6 September, 9.30 am. No public forum.
Contamination With the clean-up well underway, the issue of contamination needs consideration. There’s a chance that the mud and debris on roads and around affected properties have been contaminated by raw sewage. In many sites around Tasman, the wastewater pumping stations were overwhelmed by the volumes of water passing through them causing them to overflow. If you are involved in the clean-up, please ensure you wash your hands thoroughly, use hand sanitiser and wear a mask to prevent inhaling dust particles from any dry material. While most of the surface water has subsided now, it’s still important to be aware of potential contamination from sewage after any spell of wet weather. All urban streams and waterways will be affected to some degree by all the other runoff that gets into the stormwater system. Everything from dog excreta to material from car brake linings washing off roads and even run off from farms. For your own safety please avoid having contact with any waterways, and refrain from harvesting things like watercress after sustained periods of wet weather.
We have three key channels that we keep up to date with information when we have a weather event or other emergency – our website, our Facebook page and Antenno.
Nelson City and Marlborough District Councils also use Antenno, so you can get notified about different areas across Te Tauihu (top of the South). You can also use Antenno to send us a quick and easy report of any issues you spot around the District.
The rāhui was implemented by the Iwi Emergency Management Rōpū, which works as part of the Nelson Tasman Emergency Operations Centre, with the support of the eight mana whenua iwi of Te Tauihu. A rōpū of mana whenua iwi gathered at Tāhunanui for karakia to acknowledge the implementation of the rāhui.
Are you looking for specific information such as road closures? Visit tasman.govt.nz/road-conditions for two interactive maps.
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At Orange, meetings will take place in person and via Zoom. Public forum presenters can speak in person if they wear a mask, follow one-metre distancing, and attend one at a time.
Rāhui in place for entire region Keeping yourself and your loved ones safe is an ongoing priority as we begin the recovery period from this weather event. Avoiding environmental health issues is one of the things to consider in the coming days, and as part of this, local iwi have issued the following which applies to the entire top of the South. Te Tauihu iwi have placed a rāhui across the entire northern coastline of Te Tauihu o Te Waka-a-Māui, as floodwaters continue to pose significant disruptions across the rohe.
Visit tasman.govt.nz/meetings-calendar for details and the Zoom link.
Most important is your own personal health and wellbeing. If you are feeling overwhelmed or stressed there is someone you can talk to confidentially, you can call or text 1737 for 24/7 for support. COUNCIL HUI
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