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Council U-turn on clearway support
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Nelson City Council has u-turned on their support for part of the Nelson Future Access Plan that will see the reinstatement of a southbound clearway at a Tāhu nanui intersection after commu nity Nelsonoutcry.City Council decided during a full council meeting late last month that they could not support Waka Kotahi in their plan to reinstate a clearway at the Bisley Ave intersection on SH6. Mayor Rachel Reese sought sup port to write a letter on behalf of council to Waka Kotahi stating that council do not support the reinstatement. She said if there was not enough support around the table, she would write the letter personally however, sev en other councillors were in full Clearwayssupport. had been briefly in stalled in 2013 but were removed shortly after following communi ty protest over safety concerns. Waka Kotahi, formerly known as NZTA, recommended in May 2021 under the Future Access Plan that priority lanes be in stalled along Waimea Rd and Tāhunanui Dr to alleviate the city’s long-term transport woes. Waka Kotahi is planning to rein state the Tāhunanui southbound
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TRACY ALLAN Stephen Beck’s model railways are a creation of his imagination. “The designs come straight out of my ‘Catherinehead.” Street’ an imaginary York shire village, can be viewed up close and personal this weekend at the Nelson Model Railway Exhibition at Warnes Stadium. This year’s exhibition includes 17 different layouts, displays & demos, traders, and also refreshments host ed by the City of Nelson Pipe Band. And for those true enthusiasts, you can jump on a train ride at the Tāhu nanui Modellers Pond on Sundays and Founders Park on the weekends. Rescheduled due to an earlier postponement in March 2022, this will be the first exhibition in two years and the Nelson Model Railways
Rachel Reese says the community advocation of the issue has been “It’sstrong.this one piece that’s causing distress.”
The TBCA also tabled letters of support from surrounding busi nesses, Bicycle Nelson Bays, Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand, AA and local taxi com panies, who all held concerns over the reinstatement.
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“But I can tell you now, if that lane goes in the pharmacy’s existence is in jeopardy because they won’t be meeting their contractual agreement with the health board, I don’t see why they should be sacrificed,” he said.
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Nelson MP Rachel Boyack spoke briefly during the meeting shar ing her view that overall the Nel son Future Access study was an excellent piece of work.
FROM PAGE 1 lane in early 2023. After the announcement last year, concerns were once again raised by the community about safety and the loss of on-street carparking outside businesses which include a pharmacy and medical centre. Council then commissioned In dicate Limited to assess viable replacement options for the loss of nine short-term carparks that would be removed to reinstate the lane. The assessment focused on options that would assist custom ers of the three medical practic es in the immediate area: Tāhu nanui Pharmacy, Tāhunanui Medical Centre and Medlab. During a snapshot assessment of the carparks use, it found that av erage occupancy on a Thursday was 40 per cent and average oc cupancy on a Saturday was 20 per cent with a peak occupancy of 70 per Alternativecent. options considered ranged from leasing a portion of the car yard, buying and de molishing various buildings to replace with carparks or leasing nearby right of ways. Of the 10 options looked at, none provided a suitable replacement for the loss of on-street parking, particularly for those with mobil ity Forissues.thenearby businesses, road user safety has been at the top of their list of reasons why they are against the reinstatement.
TBCA say they have had no con tact from Waka Kotahi since a letter in December 2021 inform ing the association’s lawyer that community engagement would happen on a more detailed design of the clearway. They say this has not happened, even though the proposed reinstatement is just months away. Paul says overall the NFA is a good piece of work.
Jacinda Stevenson and Paul Mathieson on behalf of the Tahu nanui Business and Citizens As sociation spoke at Public Forum during the full council meeting. Jacinda said their aim was to stop the reinstatement. “It was removed because it was Shedangerous.”sayssince the removal, traffic through the intersection has only Theirincreased.presentation to council in cluded crash analysis data from Waka Kotahi, which she says clearly shows that this intersec tion has the highest fatality and crash rate of any intersection in TheNelson.TBCA stood on Tāhununui Drive for 12 hours on Friday 12 August to unofficially survey the types of traffic using the stretch of Betweenroad. 6am from 6pm more than 10000 vehicles passed through the southbound lane. They found their were around 106 trucks passing every hour, of ten running the red lights which was thought to be due to the in ability to safely brake with large trailer Jacindaloads.says 40 other vehicles ran red lights over the time period.
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Rowan Macdonald “I grew up during the war, so it was a block of wood. And a wooden cotton reel turned into a tank with grooves around the outside, a rubber band through it with sticks at either end.”
“I share the concern around the dangers of this southbound lane, the concern I have is around large vehicles merging together. It’s the one piece of the plan I have had concerns about all along.”
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A precious ring belonging to her deceased partner has been returned to Shaz Nicholls. Last week Nelson Weekly shared the story of the miss ing ring thought to be lost in a handbag left behind at the Richmond Hopsice shop during a Tuesday visit. It was thought the ring and handbag it was inside, may have been left on the counter and mistaken for a donation. However what actually took place was, as Shaz jokes, sim ply a case of a “silly old lady being forgetful”. The ring belonged to her “for ever love” Ken Mansfield, known to many as Bear, who passed away in 2019. Shaz says with her usual rou tine thrown out due to the flooding, she forgot that she had gone out for tea with fam ily to the Anchor Bar and Grill in Nelson on Tuesday evening a fortnight ago. “I’d taken my phone and keys out and left them on the table,” she Normallysays. she would put them in her bag, but says she didn’t realise she had it.
Missing ring finds its way back home Shaz Nicholls and her late partner Ken Mansfield. Photo: Supplied.
“When I get up and leave from a restaurant I’m always look ing behind for anything I’ve left, but I didn’t see it.” When her daughter returned to the Anchor Bar and Grill for dinner the following Fri day, the server recognised her and told her the woman she had been with left something Shaz’sbehind.daughter arrived home from dinner and told her to close her eyes. “She said she had a suprise for me, I thought it was cheese cake,” Shaz laughs, “But it was my handbag. I didnt even react because it didnt make sense, I couldn’t understand how she had “Theit.”whole thing was a bit of egg on my face moment, but at least it’s home,” she says. She says she found the out pouring of love after last week’s article “heartwarming” and thanks everyone for the kind messages and spreading the word to get Ken’s ring home. “It was lost, just not where I thought I’d lost it.” She has now taken the ring and the sentimental key that was with it, out of her bag and put it in a special spot.
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Nelson Weekly turns 12 Nelson Weekly celebrates 12 years this week. The Weekly’s first edi tion was printed on September 7, 2010 and it remains 100% Nelson owned and operated. The big sto ry that week? An exclusive poll showing councillor Aldo Miccio leading the race to become the city’s mayor. In the 12 years since its launch, the Weekly has won nu merous business and journalism awards. Rāhui remains in place A rāhui remains in place in Te Tauihu across the entire northern coastline as floodwaters continue to pose significant disruptions across the rohe. It covers all coast lines, river mouths, and floodwa ters, and prevents the gathering of seafood and kai in these areas as well as swimming and entering the water. The rāhui took effect at noon on Saturday 20 August and covers the area from Te Parinui o Whiti (the White Bluffs) in the east, west to Kahurangi Point. The rāhui will remain in place as long as the environment dictates.
TRACY NEAL Open Justice Reporter Joshua Herbert had already had two near misses before a crash that broke his neck. Late one night in June this year the 30 year-old, already penal ised for drink driving, had had a few drinks then got into his newly-purchased Mitsubishi Mirage. It did not have the in terlock device fitted that his previous car did, but he drove off from his home in Tapawera. The night ended with him breaking his neck after he drove into a Richmond roundabout at speed, sending the car into the air and flipping it upside-down. Charges followed of driving dangerously, and driving over the limit while on an alcohol in terlock order. The accident was to be expected. It was just lucky that no innocent members of the public were also hurt, Judge Tony Zohrab told Herbert when he appeared in the Nelson Dis trict Court on Monday to admit the charges. As Herbert sped north from Tapawera he narrowly avoided a collision with a truck when he lost control while cornering and ended up sideways around a bend in the road at Wake field. The near miss didn’t slow him, police prosecution told the court. He carried on at speed to wards Richmond, and lost con trol of the car again while trying to drive through a roundabout, which forced another vehicle to swerve to avoid a collision. Herbert regained control of his car, then reversed backwards around the roundabout before speeding off and pulling out on the wrong side of Gladstone Road to overtake another vehi Hecle. was only stopped when he hit another roundabout while driving at speed, which launched his car into the air, and flipped it on to its roof. Herbert was seen crawling out of the vehicle. He was lat er found to have been driving with 127 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit for drivers over 20 is 50 mg per 100 ml.He told police he had just bought the vehicle and had been trying to get the interlock device “fixed”. His lawyer, Lucy Patchett, told the court that Herbert had bro ken his neck as a result of the accident. He had changed vehi cles only weeks earlier, and was “in the process of getting a new interlock device fitted”. He knew he should not have been driving, but his behaviour had been triggered by an argu ment, Patchett said.Judge Zohr ab said, in convicting Herbert, it was a serious matter and that his high alcohol level was con Herbertcerning. was remanded for sen tencing on November 9.
committeeInfrastructurewraps up for term Over 200 infrastructure capital works projects have delivered over the last three years. At the beginning of the triennium there was a commitment to increase the level of investment for in frastructure around the city to address long standing and well understood issues. In 2021/22, 82 per cent of the annual plan bud get of $49,129,313 was spent. The infrastructure group is a substan tial part of the council’s business and accounts for 47 per cent of the council operational expendi ture and 72 per cent of the capital works programme.
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With summer just around the corner, hundreds of people like Joyce Thevenaz (pictured) turned out on Saturday morning to help clean Tāhunanui Beach. After last month’s flooding, the beach was littered with tens of thousands of sticks, logs and debris that has also been creating a natural hazard in the water. Over the course of the day, volunteers removed tonnes of material from the beach with just some tidying up still to do. Photo: Jack Malcolm.
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Open Justice — Te Pātiti, a Public Interest Journalism initiative funded through NZ on Air O PE N A man had two near misses before the crash that broke his neck. Photo: File.
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Public health advocate for Nelson Marlborough Primary Health service of Te Whata Ora, Rob Beaglehole, spoke in the meeting’s public forum. “Water fluoridation will dra matically reduce the amount of pain and suffering here in Nelson by approximately 40 per cent - 40 per cent less tooth decay for kids and about 25 per cent less tooth decay for adults,” he “I’msaid.here to remind the council of the role you play in terms of the health and wellbeing of the community that you serve, and one way of doing that is to com ply with the Director General’s direction to start fluoridating the water services.” Mayor Rachel Reese urged councillors to support the re “Iquest.look at the request … and it’s the right thing to do for the peo ple of Nelson, it’s the right thing to do for all of those children who are up there at the hospital under general anaesthetic hav ing to have major dental sur gery because they haven’t got the protection of fluoridated Onlywater.”two councillors did not support it - Gaile Noonan and Tim GaileSkinner.saidshe did not support it on the basis that “the funding isn’t there”. “I’m quite tired of the Govern ment passing directives down to us and not handing us either staff or However,funding.”groupmanager infra structure, Alec Louverdis, said it was all about “trying to get ahead of the curve”. “If we don’t start this plan ning now then we will cer tainly struggle to achieve the 12-18-month implementation, and that is as a result of a whole lot of things [such as] ordering equipment,” he said. “What we’re asking is that this will be unbudgeted while we work through that process with the “Butapplication.Ithinktowait would place us in a very very difficult situ ation.”
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Housing shortages, under further pressure from the recent floods, have been given a welcome boost with $2 million in grant funding from Nelson City Council. Council agreed to grant $1 mil lion to the Nelson Tasman Hous ing Trust for the development of 76 Dodson Valley Rd, and $1 million to Habitat for Human ity Nelson for the development of 181 Rutherford St in a meet ing on Thursday. The funding is part of phase two of NCC’s $12 million Housing Reserve, which was established in November 2020 following Council’s sale of 142 community housing units to Kāinga Ora. The purpose of the Housing Reserve is to support the provision of long-term affordable housing to the community. Habitat for Humanity Nelson general manager Nick Clarke says they are grateful and delighted to receive funding from Nelson City Council. “The need for housing is acute in our city, with a wide cross-section of our community needing decent homes. This sup port enables Habitat, in partner ship with Unite Church, to con tribute to addressing this need,” he “Thesays.grant is also catalytic and will attract additional financial support. This ensures the provi sion of at least 15 one, two and three-bedroom affordable rental homes in the central city.” Nelson Tasman Housing Trust (NTHT) director Carrie Mozena says the funding is timely support that helps their project access fur ther Government funding from the Ministry of Housing and Ur ban Development’s (HUD) $50 million Affordable Housing Fund. “We really appreciate this Hous ing Reserve grant from Nelson City Council. The grant will help us to secure almost $3 million in further funding, which enables NTHT to build 10 new affordable rental homes for families on lowto-modest incomes.” Phase one in April 2022 awarded $850,000 to NTHT to develop five affordable rental homes in Mu ritai St and $1 million to Habitat for Humanity Nelson to develop 14 dwellings on Main Rd Stoke.
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Nelson City Council has agreed to budget an initial $60,000 to get “ahead of the curve” on flu oridating the city’s water supply. The council is one of 14 local authorities who have been or dered to fluoridate their water supply in the next 18 months. The directive came from the Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield in July. At Thursday’s infrastructure committee meeting, councillors voted to approve unbudgeted additional capital funding of $60,000 in 2022/23 for the de tailed design of a new fluorida tion system at the water treat ment plant. It is set to cost $750k all up to construct and commission the system, however council offi cers are working with the Min istry of Health, who are making capital works funding available.
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The Nelson Arts Festival team has come up with a unique way to repurpose the 2021 banner that hung on the clock tower of Civ ic House during the festival. The festival’s head of creative and commu nications, Annie Pokel, says the festival is always looking for ways to be more sustain able. Now they have used the banner to cre ate individual bags. “Every year we print this big banner and so it’s really great to be able to repurpose that for people to be able to take a little bit of the festival away with them.” Each of the 46 bags are completely unique, with each one hand-cut from the almost 13-metre-long banner by The Green Col lective’s Emma Saunders. The straps have also been repurposed from car seats recycled at Nelson’s Baby on the WithMove.the material being largely waterproof they can be easily used as a beach bag, over nighter or simply to lug around a lot of be longings, says Annie. To check out the bags visit www.nelsonart sfestival.nz/support From banner to bags Rina Faaiuaso has launched her business ‘Tiny Islands’ from her Nelson home. Photo: Kate Russell.
it’s the same as Rodney HisTrotter’s”.model is a mixture of materials. Trees are made out of modellers’ lichen and sycamore branches from the park next door. He still buys a lot of the supplies from the United Kingdom, and notes, like everything, the prices are creeping up. “Catherine Street is named after a stray cat which used to climb up onto my bed room window 3 or 4 years Lookago”. out for Stephen proudly standing behind his model from 10 am to 4.30 pm at Warnes Stadi um, Stoke. Entry is $5 for adults, $2 for children and a family pass is $10.
Nelson Arts Festival head of creative and communications, Annie Pokel, with one of the bags made from the 2021 banner.
Rina says the process was a bit daunting to begin with. “That’s why it took two years,” she “Therelaughs. was a lot of research. I got other people involved and de signed it from scratch because we wanted it to look a specific way. We wanted it to have Pacific Is land features and not just a typi cal Disney Moana doll look.” The dolls are designed here in New Zealand and then manufac tured overseas. “To offer affordability, that was really the only way we could do it,” says Rina. She says she hopes to fill a gap in the market. “If I was looking for it, then I’m sure other parents are looking for it as well. Because my daughter is Samoan, I wanted her to have a Samoan or Pacific Island-look ing doll - just to bring her a sense of belonging and identity and wanting to teach her about her Theculture.”four dolls - named Teuila, Sina, Naila, and Lupe - are made from the same mould but have different hair, skin tone, and eye Rinacolour.believes she has created a “niche” product and is keen to promote her dolls to local kinder gartens as well as parents.
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“It’s really exciting, I feel very honoured to be able to bring them out in the world.” To check out the dolls, head to the Tiny Islands website at www.tiny islands.store
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When Rina Faaiuaso went look ing to buy a Pacific Island doll for her daughter and couldn’t find one, she set about to design her Twoown. years later, she has created not just one, but four different Pasifika dolls through her Nelson business, ‘Tiny Islands’. “It’s the only doll of its type in the world,” says Rina. “The whole idea around it is to empower the next generation of Pasifika and Māori children by providing them a sense of iden Thetity.” mum of four-year-old Flor ence says the idea came to her while they were living in Mel “Ibourne.wasoriginally doing a dry flo ral business there, but when this idea came to me in 2020, I start ed the process and we decided to move back to New Zealand in April last year. “I kept working on it and we fi nally launched this July.”
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Exhibition Club mem bers are looking forward to opening to the public again. The NMREX group varies in size between 20 -25 and “We take turns and meet up at someone’s house once a month.” Ste phen says. A member of the group since 1977, he has been building model railways since the 1960s. “I love the nostalgia and the atmosphere of the 1960s. It’s slightly less Ascomplicated”.thetrainchugs around the track, he adjusts the po sition of the three-wheeler “Ivehicle.hadto buy this because
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B E S T S E L L E R S A deep-sea fishing company has taken the lion’s share of penalty for illegal fishing, for which the vessel’s skipper was also blamed. The Amaltal Fishing Company has been convicted and fined $59,500 and its vessel, the Amal tal Apollo, was forfeited, as was fishing equipment and $127,000 worth of fish caught from closed grounds in 2018. The sale proceeds from the 22 tonnes of fish caught had been held, pending sentencing. Skipper Charles Shuttleworth was also convicted in the Nelson District Court last week and fined $12,000 for what Judge David Ruth said was an honest mistake, borne from lack of guidance be fore setting off on his first deepsea Thetrip.offences related to a total of 14 trawls in two tranches over 10 days in a protected area on Lord Howe Rise, in the Tasman Sea west of New Zealand. The area was closed to fishing by the South Pacific Regional Fish eries Management Organisation; an inter-governmental organisa tion, committed to the long-term conservation and sustainable use of the fishery resources of the South Pacific Ocean and safe guarding its marine ecosystems. The Apollo had at the time been mid-water Shuttleworth,trawling.a58-year-old with 40 years’ experience at sea, was, along with the company, found guilty in March this year of 14 charges of breaching the condi tions of a high seas fishing per Amaltalmit.
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Fishing Co Limited is a subsidiary of Talley’s Group Lim ited, which owned the vessel. It told Open Justice it now planned to apply to redeem the vessel from forfeiture through the legal channels available.
The Ministry for Primary Indus tries brought the charges after it found the Amaltal Apollo had fished in an area closed to trawl ing by rules that were part of New Zealand’s international obliga tions to protect vulnerable ma rine ecosystems. The court found that the incur sion into the area was the most significant factor in sentencing, as there was no evidence of harm done to the environment or ben thic zone where the vessel had Crowntrawled. lawyer Jackson Webber, who was assisting MPI, told the court on Friday that while no one said Shuttleworth had acted on purpose, what he had done was however “more than mere care Shuttleworthlessness”. had since been de moted to the position of mate and had suffered financial losses of $150,000 to $200,000. The confusion Shuttleworth claimed, which in 2018 led to him taking the vessel into the closed area, was because he had misinterpreted electronic data on the vessel’s SeaPlot software – a multi-layered plotting pro gramme designed to improve catch efficiencies. Judge Ruth said it may have been that the correct layer of data was on the programme but it had not been explained to Shuttleworth. He said the problem might have been fixed if he had compared the information on the plotter with that contained in the high seas fishing permit needed for such a trip. The permit was new and no one had checked the coordinates on the electronic plotter. Neither had it been made clear that the area in question had been closed since 2015, Judge Ruth said. “A relatively low-tech process might have obviated what hap Judgepened.”Ruth was pleased to see considerable steps had been tak en to prevent similar happening again, helped by Amaltal’s intro duction of geo-fencing technolo gy in its fleet which electronically recognised fishing boundaries on plotted maps. “I have reached the view there was a confusion that existed on the boat; some of it down to skipper carelessness but mainly Amaltal omissions,” Judge Ruth said. “I am, however, comforted by the fact that steps have been taken to prevent, or reduce, the risk of incursion into closed fish ing grounds.”
He said that while Shuttleworth accepted he was at fault and that he should have looked more closely at documents on board, it was simplistic to say this was the sole cause of the illegal fishing which took place. Judge Ruth accepted Shuttle worth’s genuine remorse over the “significant inconvenience and cost” for a number of people. From a starting point of $20,000 in fines, Shuttleworth was given a considerable discount to reflect his loss of status and income since 2018, his previous exemplary re cord, and the degree to which he had co-operated with the prose cuting authority, MPI. In sentencing the corporate body, Judge Ruth said it was accepted that Amaltal had suffered some what more than the individual as principal offender, but there were a number of factors best de scribed as “omissions on the part of Amaltal” that led to his finding it was liable. Amaltal spokesman Tony Hazlett said in a statement that the company was disap pointed with the outcome.
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Amaltal Apollo tied up at Port Nelson.
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The Great Nelson Weekly mayoral debate is back for 2022 and will be held this Sunday night at 7.30pm at Kismet in central Nelson. The Weekly hosted its first mayoral debate in 2019. It was such a success it decided to do another the follow ing year featuring local candidates for the general election. This year’s debate will feature five of the candidates standing to be mayor of Nelson, these being sitting coun cillors Rohan O’Neill-Stevens, Tim Skinner and Matt Lawrey, as well as former councillor Kerry Neal and former Nelson MP Nick Smith. The debate will be hosted by Johny O’Donnell with questions supplied by the editorial team of Nelson Weekly. It will be live-streamed on the Nelson Weekly and Nelson App Facebook pages, so those not able to attend are able to watch it live. But it would also like feedback from you. What questions would you like put to these candidates? Simply email your questions to editorial@ nelsonweekly.co.nz
Reni Gargiulo took out the top honour at the Māori Businesswomen’s Awards. Photo: Tracy Allan.
Reni collaborated with Otago University and food industry leaders to produce her refresh ing Atutahi drinks, launched just three days before the Covid-19 lockdown when Reni turned the “impossible into possible. We relied on on line sales which helped us to pivot somehow.”
“The shop is the base of our whole ecosystem, but it only represents 20 per cent of what we do. I utilise every moment. I know my limits and I do know when to stop,” she says.
TRACY ALLAN Local businesswoman Reni Gargiulo, who creates and sells Maori kai, has been rec ognised as the best in business - and she couldn’t be prouder. Reni, who owns Nelson-based Kiwi Kai, took out the Supreme Award at this year’s Māori Businesswomen’s Awards or ganised by the Māori Women’s Development Inc. Held at Auckland’s Aotea Cen tre in late July, the awards cele brate and recognise all wāhine Māori in business. “Our whole whanau is proud,” Reni says of the award. “We ticked every box,” she “Company,says. taste, innovation, and the businesses/profes sionals we surround ourselves with,” she says. “Being Māori, we continually strive to do better. A concrete business plan doesn’t always work within a Kaupapa Māori Sheenvironment.”sayssheis guided by pro fessionals, tikanga, tupuna, and whanau, and from there the focus becomes “how we see the future,” which is built around the past. Kiwi Kai Nelson creates and sells Māori kai through a retail shop at markets and festivals and caters for events via Kai Fusionz – an indigenous food catering company. The Atutahi drinks range is their latest offering, which are all made in Nelson from native plant extracts.
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Usually, Rachel Douglas can be found working in her daugh ter’s shop, Louise Douglas Jewellery, but this year she has been missing in action. Rachel took on the mammoth task of walking the entire length of the United Kingdom in memory of her husband Jim who died following a sudden diagnosis of cancer four years Rachelago. and Jim had been train ing together for this UK walk when Jim was diagnosed with terminal cancer and died sev en months later. It was a devastating time for Rachel, but after much delib eration she decided to under take the walk on her own as a personal challenge to herself in her husband’s honour. Starting on April 27 at Land’s End in England, she walked continuously for 82 days, trek king between 15 and 38 kms each day. On the 17 July, Rachel reached her goal and finished the walk at John o’ Groats at the top of Scotland, walking a whopping 2000 kilometres all on her Atown.71 years young, Rachel em braced Facebook with her in formative daily updates. We asked Rachel about the tri als and tribulations of walking 2000km over 82 days. It sounds like a logistical nightmare. How did you plan it all? I used a UK based, specialised walking company to organise the whole walk, from accom modation, route selections, of which there are many options (with a few provisos from me), bag transfers and the many maps required. What was the scenery like?
The walk includes many of England and Scotland’s great trails and dozens of connect ing paths in between. Many, many steep hills, “choc olate box” countrysides, very isolated, atmospheric moors, exceptionally beautiful coastal views and quaint villages. The scenery was outstanding! What were the highlights? I met some amazing fellow walkers, stayed in fantastic B&Bs, hostels, old pubs and guest houses. I was blessed with excellent walking weath er, with only a handful of rainy days. I absolutely loved the outstandingly beautiful coun tryside and being amongst na ture everyday. What were the biggest challenges? My husband had always been the map guy so I had to really apply myself to the navigation Andjob. yes, I did manage to get lost a few times, once in the moors, which was very scary. There were quite few times when the trails were unclear and I took a wrong turn, but I always reached my accommo dation before darkness. What got you through the hard days? Even though I walked for hun dreds of hours on my own, I never felt lonely. I was encour aged and supported by my amazing family and friends. I took loads of photos and posted updates on my Face book page everyday. Their wonderful comments were a big motivator for me. What advice would you give to people wanting to give this a go? Train hard, get fit and do your research. Be prepared to chal lenge yourself physically and mentally every day. Above all, you need to enjoy walking as it’s very demanding. Last thoughts? I have to say, this was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life and I encourage others to get out there and give it a go.
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Rachel Douglas during her 2000 kilometre walk through the UK in memory of her husband Jim.
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Photo: Supplied. Rachel Douglas with her daughter Louise Douglas before she departed at Nelson Airport in April. Photo: Supplied.
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The first European woman to step ashore in Nelson was a determined soul. Anne Bird came on the first immigrant ship, Fifeshire on February 1, 1842. Husband Reuben established a butchery but died in 1850 leaving Anne with five children. She took over the business, bringing in her two sons. Anne died in 1891, leaving a substantial estate of £950 and a freehold half-acre. Anne Bird
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Nelson Boys has always produced great Rugby players including my great uncle William (Wid) Watson who relocated to Australia in the early 1900’s. He went on to be capped and captain the Australian team and the local Warratahs, as well as playing his own countrymen on several occasions. He was friends with the Queen’s father and uncle and also captained the Kings 15. Here he is shaking hands with the King while the Queen’s father looks on. Michael Watson.
Alli Jackson Roger Stuart for the countless hours on over 80 flood jobs doing flood restoration. You’re amaz ing!! Kylie Stuart
The list is really long, thanks to our team and friends at Nelson Airport, thanks to the Beach comber Hotel who offered us a bed to sleep in after the evacua tion, thanks to the cattery in Hira who are keeping our cats safe for the next six months and thanks to the Brook community for their kindness. You all are just fabulous people. Dumas Laury Big shout out to all the NCC cus tomer service reps who have been fielding hundreds of calls from flood and slip-affected residents. Thank you for your hard mahi, the long extended hours and an swering our calls when we were in distress and needed help. Un sung heroes. Andrea Warn Well done, lots of hard work Gloria Holmes Big thanks to the Ezi Sweep guys for doing the roads and hope the guy we passed food to en joyed. Wasn’t the birthday party planned for my niece but she had fun sharing with you and all road workers. Those long hours you pulled, and still are. Big thanks guys, absolute legends. Tara Jay The SVA legends! The guys from Nelson Boys College dug liquid mud from outside my kids’ bed rooms and took it BY BUCK ET down our steps! Then they cleared the deck of sandbags. And then we unblocked and flushed out a buried sump drain in the street. All in two hours!!! Many, many thanks! Andrea Warn Rachael Forsyth was an amazing, generous, gentle, loving friend, who took us in, animals and all, without hesitation. Our godsend that awful day. Thank you, Rach & Liv, we love you so much!
Jace Hobbs Gridlocked city: how Nelsonians coped with traffic chaos I usually e-bike anyway to get groceries, visiting or other things. So, I couldn’t believe it when I biked to Mitre 10 and cars were queued for miles. Mitre 10 was almost empty of customers. One person said it took them an hour from airport to Mitre 10. It was absolutely great to see so many more people out walking, biking, and on scooters. We just need the cycleways to improve so it can become safer and the norm. But I also understand there are many who need the vehicle, who are taking passengers, etc. Diane Chandler I was lucky because I was able to just stay home.
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The car was the only option, and just not travelling where possible. Brian Bishop Being retired I simply followed the recommended advice and stayed off the roads until I had to go to Kaiteriteri last Saturday. I’m easy walking distance to the Stoke shops so could still do my supermarket and produce shop ping without driving. Dennis Goodman
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When something happens that we are responsible for, we should step up and accept the responsi bility bravely and make whatev er adjustments to our behaviour that are required. We redeem and strengthen our character by apologising for something we did wrong and hasten the healing by being truthful and responsive. Folks, that is what is required of us with the Climate Chaos that is manifesting in the world today. The record breaking floods in Pa kistan, the record-breaking heat over vast areas, the rising waters on low-lying coastal areas, these all have causes. We know now with unequivocal science that these are linked to carbon and methane emissions. We know now with unequivocal science where the carbon and methane emissions come from. In the last century and a bit more, they came from our developed world’s burn ing of fossil fuels. The Pakistanis had a very minor role in that as a people, with very low per-capita emissions. We in NZ have a very high emission history. We here in NZ knew as well as anyone of the science behind this. We built our economy and lifestyles around the very highest usage of non-re newable resources. This was busi ness as usual and sadly still is. I argue that we must do what we teach our children. We must step up and accept the burden of re medial actions required by our historical unsustainable actions. We must reform ourselves im mediately to exhibit the character lessons we have always taught our children. We will be better for it! We will build character! We will be another great generation! Oh, and incidentally, we will survive.
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From left: Shane Drummond, Iain Graham, Scott Gibbons and Duane Whiting form the ‘five with the drive’ along with Gary Donaldson, who are relaying the front field at Nelson College. Photo: Jack Malcolm.
Nelson College has one of the best rugby teams in the country – soon it hopes to have the pitch to Thematch.front field at Nelson College has had some of the best young rugby players in the country play on it, including almost a dozen All Blacks since the turn of the century, but the turf they play on has been notoriously poor. At times the pitch has resembled more of a mud pit than a rugby Nowpitch. a group of local business men, dubbed the ‘five with the drive’, are ensuring the next crop of All Blacks made at Nelson Col lege don’t have to face the same Duanebattle.
The total cost of the upgrade is expected to be north of $185,000, which has been totally under written by the group, including five years worth of maintenance costs. “College is not putting a dollar into it and will not be ex posed to put a dollar in,” says Iain. The money will come from do nations, sponsorship and via some fundraisers. One, to adopt a square, has proven to be success ful with some current students even dipping into their savings to buy a $20 square for the Shanecause. Drummond is also planning a charity lunch with guest speaker Sir Steve Hansen. There he’ll have the interna tional playing jerseys of former players James Lowe and David Havili to auction. Iain says the ground, while known for its rugby, will be multi use and there are plans to install ‘roll-on, rolloff’ football goals but with the school’s historic links to rugby in this country, the group are de termined to ensure the school’s top team has the field to match. “It is probably one of the pictur esque grounds in the country. We want these Christchurch teams driving up, seeing our beautiful ly-marked field, all decked out and thinking ‘woah’.”
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“We struck a few brick walls, but we drove through them and in under 12 months we’ve gone from ‘I think we should do something’ to ‘the turf is going to be turned’.”
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Whiting, Shane Drum mond, Scott Gibbons, Gary Don aldson and Iain Graham have se cured the funding to completely overhaul the turf. Work will be gin on September 26 and will see the current grass ripped up and re-laid to a “high-use, high-ware” standard.
Iain says the idea to improve the turf isn’t new, with previous offers to help turned away by the col lege, but this time the group have been able to push it through.
Nelson College players attempt to play in the mud on the college’s front field. Photo: File/Shuttersport.
“Somesometimes.people are surprised to hear I’m still baking three weeks af ter the floods. But the idea is that it’s more about lifting the spirits of individuals in the community.” A lot of requests for food donations currently come from people who nominate someone they know. “Going forward, people will be able to just get a meal from one of our freezers for themselves or a friend. Kindness is what keeps us all going and there are so many people who could use our Eachhelp.”cook-up will take around two hours and all the ingredients will be provided. The public have been quick to donate cash to the effort, but Melissa says the ideal scenario would be to gain sponsorship from local businesses. To get involved follow The Big Bake Up on Facebook.
NIWA forecaster Ben Noll says it was a wild winter re sulting in two very impres sive records. “It’s a really big season as just one of those records would be impressive enough but we got both with the warm est and wettest.” He says no areas experi enced below average tem peratures and several fac tors were at play to cause the “August’sweather.extreme rainfall was due by the strongest August atmospheric river on record and caused the 1-in-120-year rain event in “TheNelson.Maitai River reached a max flow of 459 cumecs on 17 August, well above its prior record of 237 cumecs in December 2011.” He says the overall air pres sure pattern saw higher than normal pressures to the east of the country and was associated with more northerly quarter air flows. “This allowed for frequent low-pressure systems to ap proach from the northwest, transporting warmth and moisture from the tropics.” The distinctive lack of southerlies during winter replaced by more warm and wet air masses is charac teristic of La Niña – a key driver of our climate for the third consecutive record warm winter. The influence of La Niña also contributed to the warmest winter sea tem peratures in coastal waters on record since at least “Marine1982. heatwave condi tions occurred offshore of many regions and was ongoing for more than six months in the eastern Tas man Sea. These warm wa ters not only contributed to warmer temperatures on land but also provided ex tra moisture to low pressure systems approaching the Itcountry.”wasthe first winter on re cord where the temperature anomaly exceeded +1.2c for all three months of the sea Theseson. various drivers oc curred against the backdrop of a warmer atmosphere due to climate change which is strongly contributing to New Zealand’s temperature “Becausetrend. a warmer atmo sphere means water will be in its vapour state (which is fuel for rain), it is likely that the extreme rainfall events of winter 2022 were more intense because of climate change.”
“While the season started out with great promise, Mother Na ture had other ideas. The recent rains and warmer temperatures mean that despite our best efforts for the club and staff, we are hav ing to close the season early.” They will remain this week until Sunday 11 September, subject to weather, with one last hurrah be fore shutting the gates for 2022. “The Rainbow Valley Road has been cleared, the T bar line is rideable from the base area, and you can find some good lines at the top of the mountain.” Planned snowmaking means they are also aiming to open the shirt front allowing top to bottom riding, and plans are in place to open the beginners’ area as well. “Come up, support your club and enjoy closing week and weekend. We will have all services, includ ing rentals, café and lessons. “A huge thank you to our staff. You guys make it all happen. Thanks again for your support and we look forward to seeing you up here for the final time in 2022.”
Rainbow ski closes this weekend
The team at Rainbow Ski Field have announced that they’re ending the season this weekend, which is over a month earlier than Mountainplanned.manager Thomas Harry says there is no business like snow business and Rainbow proves this year after year.
Big Bake Up gets bigger Melissa Woodhouse.
Photo: Big Bake Up.
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JO KENT The country has just had its warmest and wettest winter on record with tempera tures in Tasman, Nelson and Marlborough more than 1.2 degrees above av erage, according to NIWA. With three consecutive re cord warm winters under our belts, the nationwide average temperature was 9.8 degrees - 1.4 degrees above the 1981-2010 average. Temperatures surpassed the previous winter record set just last year. Of the 10 warmest winters on record, six have occurred since 2013. It was also the wettest win ter on record and featured one of the most damaging events last month, when a state of emergency was de clared across the region. It was Nelson’s third wettest winter on record, despite the flooding but NIWA said the two previous wettest winters for Nelson were pri or to 1900. Most of the country had above normal or well above normal rainfall and 42 lo cations had a record or near-record wet winter.
Warmest and wettest August on record
JO KENT Due to the phenomenal success of The Big Bake Up, which provides donated home-cooked goods to those affected by floods or experiencing tough times, the group is now planning to hold monthly cook-ups at the Wakefield Community OrganiserHall. Melissa Wood house says it was always in her grand plan as she was involved in a similar effort with Beyond the Bridge in Riwaka after Hurricane Gita struck in “I2018.volunteered flat out for a whole year provid ing meals for those who had been affected and subsequently those go ing through tough times. It’s what I do and what I Theknow.”plan is to get togeth er once a month to make, pack, label and freeze the meals and distribute them to people in Wakefield, Brightwater and Tapawera. Pick-up points will also be in place at local schools, kindergartens or GP sur geries where people can go in and grab a meal if and when they need it. “Currently we’ve been doing door drops to those affected by the recent floods, but we are also about helping those go ing through a tough time after a loss, illness or just the toll life can take on us
A new charity golf tournament has proven so popular it has al ready sold out. The Keir Wilkinson Charity Golf Tournament is being hosted by Summit Real Estate at the Nelson Golf Club this month and will raise money for Nelson Tasman KeirHospice.was a keen golfer and Sum mit real estate agent before he passed away two years ago. He was helped towards the end of his life by Nelson Tasman Hos pice, which led to the formation of the Summittournament.realestate agent Glyn Delany says Keir touched a lot of people throughout the region through business and golf and the tournament is a way Summit can support the community while re membering their colleague. Thirty-six teams have already registered for the day with anoth er three on a waiting list. Glyn says a new trophy has been created for the winning team, but it won’t just be on the golf course that is competitive. “We want to make it the best charity golf tournament each year.
The second run is in the Nelson South area of Waimea Rd, down to Nelson In termediate School, which he does on foot with the help of a trundler and a bag to keep the piles of papers in. Leo says he started delivering the paper at the beginning of the year and enjoys the work as well as the extra pocket mon Heey. also volunteers at the Nelson Hospice Shop and ReStore in Tāhunanui. For his efforts, Leo picked up a double pass to State Cinema Nelson. If you’d like to nominate your local Nel son Weekly deliverer, email kate@nelson weekly.co.nz
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“That’s what I think is fantastic about this tournament, is that it’s people like Glyn who knew Keir personally, and also professional ly, step up to help,” she says. Nelson Tasman Hospice needs to raise 48 per cent of its total in come a year, which is about $3$3.5 million dollars. While team spots have been filled, there is still an opportunity for local businesses to sponsor a hole. To find out more, or for other ways to support the fundraiser, email Glyn at glyn.delany@summit. co.nz
Summit real estate agent Glyn Delany and Nelson Tasman Hospice’s Donna Ching-Tregidga at Nelson Golf Club, which will soon play host to the Keir Wilkinson Charity Golf Tournament.
Leo Lloyd is Nelson Weekly’s deliverer of the month.
We also hosted Health Minister Andrew Little on Daffodil Day We met with Te Whatu Ora Health NZ and were briefed on the flood response and shown concept plans for Nelson’s hospital rebuild I’m delighted to have secured the first tranche of funding for our new hospital and am pleased the rebuild is on track
Ching-Tregidga from Nelson Tasman Hospice says they are “humbled” by the tour nament.“Itmeans a lot to the team because we’re all about caring. We’re look ing after 240 patients a month and when you wrap around the whanau support, which is what we’re all about, it’s a lot.
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Leo Lloyd believes there is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes - and that’s why he is so consistent in deliver ing the Nelson Weekly.
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“We don’t have a figure in mind that we want to raise, we just want to give it 100 per cent and see what the number ends up at the Donnaend.”
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Deliverer of the month:
We’re heading into week three since the region was hit by the August weather event The region has moved into recovery mode and it’s been incredible to see Nelsonians (and further abroad across Tasman and Marlborough) get stuck in with their neighbours, colleagues, families and strangers to help the clean up Last week Housing Minister Megan Woods opened the Temporary Accommodation Service for those who have been displaced due to the floods The Mayoral Relief Fund is also open to those who need that extra financial support Please contact my office if you need help applying for either Nelson has been host to two Ministerial visits in the past fortnight We visited Victory Primary with Associate Education Minister Jan Tinetti to celebrate two years since the Government started free lunches in schools It was wonderful to see and experience the positive impact the lunches have had on the students
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Leo is the newspaper’s deliverer of the month having been nominated by deliv ery contractor Karl Hadfield. He does two paper runs, the first being in the Market Rd area of Bishopdale which he does in a van with his dad Adam.
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Our region consistently ranks as one of the least affordable in the country, and it's hurting our people, our businesses, and our city. Successive councils and governments have failed to address this crisis. It’s time for that to change.
As your next Mayor, delivering housing supply will be a top priority. I’ll look to partner with developers and community housing providers to develop underutilised council-owned land into affordable housing, establish an Urban Regeneration Agency to facilitate high-quality intensification, and progress rule changes to allow for more housing around our city centre and key services – while minimising costly suburban sprawl.
Local organisations who have been working together as the Covid-19 Community Hub changed direction as floods hit to become an integrated ‘Emergency Health Needs Response “TheHub’. hub pivoted seamlessly,” Te Whatu Ora district director Lex ie O’Shea says. “The current state of emergency has seen a huge range of healthcare services combine to deliv er care during extremely challenging Lexieconditions.”saysslips, road closures and long traffic delays meant they had to think of innovative solutions, share informa tion and work shoulder to shoulder. The organisation phoned more than 2000 whānau known to the health ser vices, to get ahead of any health needs that arose from the slips, flooding and “Thisevacuations.early identification enabled timely escalation of public health con cerns and medical care needs to Civil Defence Emergency Management.” Inside the hospitals, incident teams have been set up to help manage pa tient appointments, travel and trans “Thefers. team is doing incredible work, contacting every patient and discuss ing their situation,” Lexie says. They are continuing with as many planned care and scheduled appoint ments as they can, with some moving to Telehealth - online consultations via video or phone. “Our message to the public is that we are there for you.” She acknowledg es that with so many people affected across the region, the situation will require an ongoing recovery pro gramme. “We are working on that recovery planning to ensure there is support for the health and mental wel fare of our community.” Lexie says it is humbling to be part of an integrated system that can quickly, compassionately respond to the needs of the community, whānau and col leagues. “My sincere thanks to all the responders and the health care work force who have collaborated so well, and to the many agencies who have answered calls for assistance from around the motu,” she says. Free general practice visits for flood-related healthcare are currently available.
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Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council formally adopted the Nelson Tasman Future De velopment Strategy 2022-2052 (NTFDS) at a joint committee meeting on 29 August after months of community engagement, detailed feedback, and in formative deliberations.
Let’s talk, because together we can build a city for all.
The NTFDS is a 30-year high-level strategic plan that outlines areas in our region where there is potential for future housing and business growth and will pro vide Councils with an evidence base to inform re views and changes to resource management plans, facilitating the next round of infrastructure strate gies and long-term plans. Tasman Mayor Tim King said the significant amount of input and feedback from the public, including 568 submissions, offered a number of diverse and thor ough opinions for consideration. “Our plans are always improved by the feedback we get from our community. Thank you for playing your part in creating this strategy and we look forward to seeing these outcomes come to fruition.”
Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese said: “The NTFDS outlines a vision of development in Nelson-Tasman that encourages intensification and development close to our main arterial routes. This will support our goals of creating a sustainable trans port system.” As well as the invaluable input from Nelson and Tas man residents throughout the process, both Coun cils acknowledged the contribution of staff, Iwi, consultants, and elected members in bringing this strategy together.
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Community pivots from Covid-19 to flood care Lexie O’Shea says she is thankful to the community organisations and staff at the hospital who worked to provide care during the flooding. Photo: Supplied.
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What are the cleanfill sites?
Stormwater intakes are inspected on a routine basis. Our contractor cleared the Cleveland Terrace culvert, which became blocked during the heavy rainfall, as soon as they could while also responding to many other issues throughout the City. High flood levels were also caused by the overtopping of the Maitai River stopbank between Hanby Park and 25 Mill Street, as well as the overland flow from Cleveland Terrace.
Where are things currently?
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The Glenduan Reserve was chosen as one of these sites as it is relatively accessible for people in the area. Some of the stockpiled soil will be used to improve the reserve’s soil quality and drainage. The stockpile is temporary and surplus material will be removed.Miyazu Gardens was chosen due to its accessibility to Atawhai where there was a considerable number of slips. Material is not being stockpiled directly in the gardens but on a patch of land nearby. Some material at the Miyazu site will be reused to help shape the area. No hazardous or commercial waste can be left at any of these sites, and people looking to dispose of material contaminated by wastewater should phone Council on 03 546 0200. Any excess material will be removed from these sites once there is no longer a need for them. Demand for the cleanfill site at Saxton is dropping off so it’s scheduled to close on Saturday, 10 September. weather event
answered The small, white pipes you can see in the first photograph are for wastewater (the concrete stormwater pipe runs down the road to the left and is much bigger).
What happened with the storm culverts near Nile Street? Secondary flow from Cleveland Terrace culvert affected private property on Nile Street East, as it did in 1970 and 2011. There have been significant stormwater upgrades on this street. Following the 1970 flood, the intake and culvert were upgraded. In 2009, a 1.2m diameter pipe was installed downstream of the chamber on Cleveland Terrace, and in 2019 Council installed a new 1.6m diameter stormwater main on Nile Street East. Modern stormwater culverts are built to withstand substantial rainfall events, but the volume of water (along with gravel and debris) experienced in this event was more than any culvert could cope with.
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We’ve found where the Maitai Raw Water Pipeline is damaged, it’s about 1.3 km from the Maitai Dam. Several sections of the pipe have broken off, leaving around a 12-metre gap. It’s likely a major landslide from the hill above caused the damage. It’s not an easy fix, but the Duplicate Raw Water Pipeline is performing well which means we have enough water in Nelson for normalHowever,usage.as we are operating at a reduced capacity we are asking residents to be mindful of water usage. Try to carry out clean-up jobs that require lots of water outside of our peak hours (7-9am and 4-8pm). Why were there diggers removing gravel in the Maitai River?
Water supply – do we have enough?
that caused the damage to the Maitai Raw Water Pipeline and part of the damaged pipe.
Data on the Maitai River from before the recent weather event showed gravel was evenly distributed throughout the riverbed. But the extreme weather we experienced brought down huge amounts of gravel into the river, which mostly settled near the Collingwood Street bridge. Removing it has enabled us to drop water in the river down to normal levels. The same was done after the 2011 weather event. While removing gravel can help stabilise water levels, clearing it does not prevent the flooding we experienced from occurring. To put the amount of rain in perspective, the Maitai River usually has a flow rate of around 2m3/sec. Peak flow during the weather event was around 350-400m3/sec. Any removal of gravel needs to consider environmental impacts as it disturbs the riverbed.
We know there’s a lot to do to get Nelson back on its feet. It will require the hard work and generous cooperation of our community along with the assistance of many agencies and organisations. Actions and costs will be shared between asset or property owners, insurance companies, banks, Council and central government. This will continue to be important as Whakatū Nelson takes action to get back to business as usual.
During the weather event there were hundreds of slips right across Nelson. To assist people clearing slips from their property and ensure soil and other non-hazardous debris was dealt with correctly, Civil Defence authorised several different sites where soil from slips around the region could be stockpiled as it was being cleared.
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What happened to Devenish Place?
During the rain, part of the road at Devenish Place was damaged. A slip blocked the intake to the stormwater line, and when nearby Oldham Creek overtopped this caused more stormwater than normal to flow down the road. This eventually resulted in the road’s collapse during the weather event. It is common throughout New Zealand for secondary stormwater flow (the natural path that stormwater takes where it exceeds the capacity of the primary stormwater pipe, or where there is a blockage) to travel down roads and other natural topography. By routing stormwater flow along roads, we reduce the amount of water that potentially flows through private property. Our Roading team have worked hard and fast to temporarily fill in the road to provide access to residents. The road will be fully repaired as soon as possible.
NEW MAYOR NEW COUNCIL NEW NELSON FACEBOOK.COM/NELSONCITIZENSALLIANCEWWW.NELSONCITIZENSALLIANCE.CO.NZ NELSON CITIZENS ALLIANCE ATTENTION ALL NELSONIANS ELECTION FOR COUNCIL 16 SEPT - 8 OCT 2022 THE TIME HAS COME NELSONS FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS GIVE YOUR PREFERENCE VOTES TO THE CANDIDATES NCA HAS ENDORSED SPECIALELECTIONLIFTOUT SELECT TO VOTE FOR NCA CANDIDATES1
1. They want to see a more democratic ‘non political’ council elected.
A vote for me, as a community-dedicatedpractical,voice, can return council decision-making back to where it should be. Local decisions for local people.”
ALLAN HOULT
STANDING IN THE - STOKE/TAHUNANUI WARD
MANI RAI
“Throughout the election campaign you have been sending me a clear message. You’re frustrated with current council decisions and processes. Others have spoken of a wish for Butre-engagement.whywasthere a dis-engagement to start with?
ZOE BYRNE “I’m a concerned Nelsonian who is tired of rates on steroids. I’m against the constant trend of centralisation of control and the dis-empowerment of local people that comes with it. We need to be able to make our own decisions about the direction we want our region to move in. I believe strongly in community engagement. It is the bedrock of a good council. I believe in democratic goverance and totally reject any suggestions otherwise. I have volunteered to assist community minded organisations.”
4. They will not make important decisions without first consulting with the Nelson community.
“Time is overdue for Council to assist the Nelson Business Community in the recovery of its retail and commercial enterprises. I would be honoured to be the Councillor to represent those business concerns. My 19 years managing a business in the heart of the CBD and witnessing the decline has given me the motivation to stand for Council knowing I can play a role in the recovery. Issues faced by the community will be overcome by taking more time to listen to ratepayers and need following up with agreed and affordable action plans.”
2. They represent a wide range of areas and interests and have outstanding personal skills.
VOTE FOR THE 10 CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BEEN ENDORSED BY THE NELSON CITIZENS ALLIANCE WHO ARE STANDING IN THREE WARDS NOW HEAR WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR CANDIDATES
STANDING IN THE - AT LARGE WARD
HOW YOU CAN YOU HELP GET NELSON BACK ON ITS FEET?
“Let’s focus on what needs to be done: tackle rate rises, stop overspending, solve the housing crisis by working together building locally owned community housing, and use innovative ideas to create a sustainably progressive, resilient community. Create NZ’s first predominantly solar powered city. A bylaw banning the dumping of consumable food will make healthy food affordable for those in need.”
HARRY PEARSON
3. They have the passion to make Nelson a better place.
STANDING FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL
It is important to understand that all Candidates endorsed by NCA will when elected be independent Councillors and be free to take part in the democratic decision making process as they see fit.
STANDING IN THE - CENTRAL WARD
JAMES HODGSON
TIM SKINNER He has said ‘no’ to the handover of our Three Waters Assets, and is only councillor to say ‘no’ to the excessive $47m+ library project expenditure. Tim has a strong desire for our city to be economically secure and an affordable place to live and raise a family for future generations. He is married with four children, has successfully run an own business for over 20 years, embraces Nelson’s lifestyle, and is an active sportsman. More info on Tim Skinner for Mayor and Councillor can be found on www.timskinner.nz and Tim Skinner Facebook page.
To ensure responsible management of the Nelson City by elected representatives who will be expected to create and maintain a harmonious, safe and healthy environment for its citizens. OUR VISION
“Through raising a family, training as an accountant, social work, leading volunteers, developing policy, supporting whānau, & creating a charity, I have the financial skills & community knowledge to help our council and community thrive. Our council is tasked with delivering positive outcomes in infrastructure, recreation, well-being, and planning. I will prioritise financial discipline, focus on housing solutions, city centre revitalisation, and engagement with our community sector.”
CLEO COWDREY
CAMERONMURRAY
“I have a desire to ensure there is Council accountability to the citizens it serves. I’ll bring management expertise to the Council to ensure cohesion and democracy exists. I am an enthusiastic promoter of involvement in sports, recreation and cultural activities for all in Nelson. I have willingness to work hard to enhance the city’s environs and make this an attractive place for us all and our visitors.”
“After seeing the City I love slowly lose the spark that made it special I knew I couldn’t stand by anymore, I needed to stand up for Nelson. I want to be the voice for the businesses, family, youth and ratepayers who have been left behind by the Nelson City Council. We need to bring it together so that community is the driving force behind positive changes that truly matter.” is a born and bred Nelsonian with a passion for social justice issues, environmental well-being, and building a healthy, vibrant, safe community. As a City Councillor for nine years & Committee Chair for six, he’s proven to be grounded, resilient and community focused. With his business skills, Tim has consistently championed to keep rate rises down. He’s been a strong voice for families and local businesses and ensuring genuine transparent public engagement. Tim has also shown he’s not afraid to speak his mind, and improve the culture of Council.
PETER WIN “With proven entrepreneurial vision and execution, these are skills I am excited to share with a progressive, forward-moving Nelson. Being a solution-based thinker, who enjoys the opportunity to envision creative ways to maintain momentum, I have never been afraid to go against the grain to achieve results. Bringing a business lens with a people focus that puts you and our city’s future at the heart of decision making. Driven to keep rates under control.”
NCA IS NOT A POLITICAL PARTY
“We need A New Mayor, A New Council, A New Revived Nelson” …Your Mayoral Candidate
If you intend to give preference votes to NELSON nocandidatesnumberthenALLIANCECITIZENScandidatesyouonlyneedtojusttheseandothers.
WHERE TO FROM NOW
A bringing back of genuine consultation and trust with our community. And a fostering of healthy debate and discussion, to enable good decision making.
A removal of political party self interest agendas, ideology and bias, that has this term dismissively overridden Nelson residents views and needs.
The only way I see to change this unsustainable trajectory and get Nelson back on track, is ensure quite a different council at the coming table, and to support electing a mayor who understands and has shown practical and prudent financial understanding and restraint.
To do this, we need Nelsonians’ to vote for change, so that common sense is brought back to the table, along with a real change of wisdom and real world experience of councillors at our table.
TIM SKINNER
Authorised by: Neville Male, Convenor. c/o Forests Road, Stoke, Nelson
TO VOTE USING THE STV METHOD WHEN YOU VOTE WITH THE STV SYSTEM YOU NUMBER THE CANDIDATES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE. 1. BESIDE THE CANDIDATE YOU LIKE BEST 2. BESIDE THE CANDIDATE FOR YOUR SECOND CHOICE. 3. BESIDE YOUR THIRD CHOICE... AND SO ON. (SINGLE TRANSFERABLE VOTE) SO WHAT
WHERE IS IT HEADING
HOW IS HAPPENING WITH RATES?
HOW HAS THIS COME ABOUT Noting that the total rates income for council doesn’t change, even if the total value of land or property in Nelson changes, just the distribution of who pays what proportion of that pie can change. The total increase of rates equals the total increased spending budgeted for that year ahead. Thus the straight answer to the rates increases across Nelson, is due to this councils unrestrained spending and borrowing. A total disregard to where the money we spend actually comes from.
“I am hearing from more and more people distraught at how much their recent rates bill has increased. Some residents 30%+ increase, and many business owners up to 80%
In my view, the next Long term financial plan setting due in 2023/24, needs a complete rethink and reset, with genuine public consultation and input, and no more closed door workshops.
WHAT IS ESSENTIAL TO MAKE THIS CHANGE
More rates and debt increases are ahead year on year for the next 9 years as we enter just the second year of our 10 year plan, if we continue with the spending set in this Council’s Long Term Plan Budget. We are now in danger of hardworking families leaving Nelson, and small businesses moving their leases to Richmond. Something has to give, as this is an unsustainable trajectory.
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Text-to-donate! Make your own $3 donation to the Nelson Marlborough Mayoral Relief Fund by texting ‘Storm’ to 3493. The $3 will show up as a charitable donation on your phone bill.
In partnership with Top of the South Neighbourhood Support and Volunteer Nelson, there is now a Facebook group to help connect people in our region in need of support with those offering to help. To join, search Nelson Tasman August 2022 Weather Event Community Response & Recovery on Facebook, and please share with friends and whānau. Not on Facebook? Visit shape.nelson.govt.nz and click on the ‘Volunteer to help’ tile to register your interest. We have seen remarkable acts of kindness from the community, with people mucking in to help friends and strangers clean up and recover from the weather event last week. But there is still a lot left to do. We understand this is a very difficult and emotional time for many in our community. We can’t do this unless we do this together, so please continue to be kind to each other, look out for your neighbours, family and friends, and support one another as best as possible.
Taonga Tuku Iho: protection of
A draft strategy that updates Nelson Whakatū’s approach to preserving our heritage and collective identity is open for feedback. Chair of the Community and Recreation Committee Tim Skinner says the Strategy plays an important role in protecting more aspects of our diverse heritage.“Theword ‘heritage’ typically makes people think of buildings and artefacts, but this strategy expands that understanding to include the non-physical parts of culture, like stories, language, and traditions, that are also an important part of Nelson’s history,” says Councilor Skinner. “The name Taonga Tuku Iho was gifted by iwi to reflect the wider purpose of this strategy. We have been talking to Te Tauihu iwi, heritage groups, and community partners as part of the development of this draft strategy. A key outcome we’ll be seeking is for all of us to work together in the protection and management of taonga in Whakatū.”
To read more and have your say visit shape.nelson.govt.nz and click on ‘Taonga Tuku Iho Strategy’
treasures handed down from our ancestors
Have your say today There are only two days left to give feedback on Taonga Tuku Iho, Heritage Strategy 2022-2032. Feedback closes on Friday 9 September 2022. We’ve had 866 donations, raising $566k, including $300k from central government and $266k from individuals, local businesses and organisations A reminder that you can get a tax credit for your donation. Please direct applications for donation receipts for tax credit purposes to Finance.Officer@ncc.govt.nz and include the following in your email: name of donor, bank account number, and amount donated.
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For every ticket sold to Wednesday's (7 September) Mako vs Wellington match and Sunday’s (11 September) Mako vs Taranaki match, the Tasman Rugby Union is donating $3 to the Nelson Tasman Mayoral Relief Fund. Tasman Rugby Union CEO Lyndon Bray says the donation is about showing support for the region. “As a group, our staff and players feel for everyone impacted by the recent weather event. We want to make a difference for those affected and contributing to the Nelson Tasman Mayoral Relief Fund is going to get support where it’s most needed. Many of our fans at the two Mako matches within our ‘storm week’ will also text a donation to the appeal.”Mayor Rachel Reese says the Tasman Mako community heart is evident on and off the field “This is a team that is so much a part of our region, showing their support to the community. We know that right across Te Tau Ihu the impacts of the natural disaster will continue to be felt for some time to come and money raised will go directly to those impacted.”
Thanks to everyone who has donated, this money will go a long way to helping people affected by the floods.
Keen to lend a hand? Info for volunteers
Thank you Tasman Rugby Union!
The Nelson-Tasman Mayoral Fund is now worth more than half a million dollars
Photo: Amy Russ
Huge auction prizes up for grabs
NZ Motorhome Rentals Ltd have donated a week’s family campervan hire, worth $1800, to the Ownercause.Tony Terrell says there has never been a better time to travel around the country.
“We always have generous dona tions from local businesses and this year is bigger and better than Discoverever.”
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“We love the Walk with Us Char ity as it really does provide for those who need help in the school community. If we can raise funds by donating a week’s hire in one of our lux ury camper vans, then all the Ticketsbetter.” for the auction cost $30 and include tra ditional Kiwi food, with live and silent auctions running throughout the evening.
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The next big charity auction fundraiser for Walk With Us takes place on Tuesday 25 Octo ber at Richmond’s Waimea Old Boys Rugby Club and tickets are on sale now. The theme of the night is Kiwiana with ex-All Black Wyatt Crockett the special guest for the evening. Since 2012, the Walk with Us Charity has given away over 700 pairs of shoes to school children in need across Nelson Tasman. Demand for the service is high and the charity are hugely de pendent on community support.
Photo: Jo Kent.
Looking forward to the warmer weather the couple say they can’t wait to see the town vi brant and busy again. “I love to see people smile as soon as they come in. It is just a happy place.”
JO KENT
Ticket holders will be able to bid for items such as a helicopter ride for six, a week’s family mo torhome hire and two nights’ ac commodation for two in a beachfront cabin. Also to auction are a tugboat tour, Harley-Davidson motor bike rides, a beautiful Christmas hamper, luxury accommodation for four in the Wynyard Quar ter at the Auckland Viaduct, and luxury accommodation at Bur rawang, two hours from Sydney, which includes a contribution to the cost of airfares or rental car, a huge array of vouchers and much Walkmore.
Tony Terrell owner of Discover NZ Motorhome Rentals is giving away a week’s family hire in a sixberth camper, worth $1,800.
Penguino owner Coki Verri with a scoop of their gold medal winning Immune System Boost Sorbet.
Excitedly open for business again, Penguino Ice Cream Café kicked off its summer season with a bang, with their recent gold and bronze awards win at the 2022 Ice Cream and Gelato Awards. “It is extremely important to us to create an excellent quality product and main tain the highest standards for our clientele,” say owners Coki Verri and Fabian Amor. “And we feel very humbled to have received these awards. We would like to thank every single person that comes to Penguino every day and contribute to our success especially our local community. The continued support that we have had from them over the years have been amazing and we appreciate it very Themuch.”business opportu nity was a perfect fit for the couple, purchasing the business in 2017. “Fabian and I didn’t doubt it as ice cream has been in my blood since my dad opened his ice cream shop back in Ar gentina when I was 11 years old.” Fabian has a full-time job as Operations Manager of Nelson Hockey and works hard behind the scenes at Penguino during the weekends and after hours to make the ice creams. “Even though I am the face of the shop because I am here full time, I could never have done anything without his help,” says Coki. “He also makes the Stroop wafels and it was his idea to present the 2022 Gold award-winning flavour to the Ice Cream competition. Thank you Fabian, I love you so much!” Creating new flavours comes with many perks. “First, we think of what new com binations can go well together, something dif ferent, something new, sometimes the cus tomers will give me some new ideas and sometimes they even bring me the ingredi ents if they are hard to find and then the FUN begins. I start putting all the ingredients together, adjusting quantities and keep tasting until I get what I want. You can imag ine that the testing part is the best part ever!”
A winning smile with every delicious scoop!
Jill says they already have more than 60 auction items and the list is “Wegrowing.havesome big ticket items for the live auction plus many, many smaller items for our silent auction, so something for every one. There’s some great buying on “Weoffer. are so grateful to the com munity for helping raise funds for this vital charity, especially after Covid-19, and the recent flooding has put many businesses under the pump.” Jill says the non-profit organ isation provides vouchers for school shoes amd sports shoes to families under financial pressure at all primary and intermediate schools across the region. Tickets cost $30, or tables $300 for 10. Be quick, tickets limited to 180 spaces. To buy tickets or to donate new goods or services to the auction, email walkwithus nz@gmail.co.nz or call/text Hel en 027 561 5973.
With Us trustee Jill Taylor says the evening provides a vital source of income for the charity as well as offering a great night out for the community.
NELSON WEEKLY’S
Arts Wednesday 7 September 2022 21 Come and hear what five major Mayoral Candidates have to say about the region’s most important issues. Email the questions you’d like us to ask the candidates on your behalf to editorial@nelsonweekly.co.nz. IT WILL ALSO BE LIVESTREAMED ON THE NELSON APP AND NELSON WEEKLY FACEBOOK PAGES. 11th SEPTEMBER Kismet, 151 Hardy St, Nelson • 7.30pm Rohan O’Neill-Stevens | Matt Lawrey | Nick Smith | Tim Skinner | Kerry Neal
KATE RUSSELL
The Nelson Theatre Collective and Wakefield Country Players are bringing a mysterious thriller to the stage this month. “I have been fascinated by the story of ‘Pic nic at Hanging Rock’ ever since I watched the Peter Weir film in 1975,” says director Hugh HughNeill. and a cast of five talented teens, aged 14 to 18 years, are bringing the 2015 play ad aptation to the Wakefield Hall for five shows beginning 21 September. “I have been blown away at the way my young cast of five have embraced their various roles in the play with such impressive commit Thement.”story is about a group of Australian schoolgirls and a romantic Valentine’s Day outing which ends in an intriguing mystery. Also based on the Joan Lindsay bestselling novel, the play explores a baffling disappear ance that takes its toll on a small community in the countryside. Hugh says it is a “delicate look at crisis, greed, and honesty” at the turn of the 19th/20th “It’scentury.afascinating story - a psychological thriller and the sort of play you’ll go away afterwards having questions as to what had Withhappened.”thehelp of music and sound effects, the play shows that what seems pristine and prop er on the outside may not be free of moral corruption on the inside. The final climactic twist is shocking and bittersweet, with an un forgettable impact. All shows are picnic BYO - bring your own cutlery, crockery, glasses and food. Coffee, tea, and milo provided.
From left are Emily Rodley, Rhiannon Sinclair, and Holly Cameron in Picnic at Hanging Rock.Supplied.Photo: andpicnicaplay
Picnic at Hanging Rock is on for five shows on 21, 23, 28, and 30 September and 1 Oc tober, at Wakefield Hall, all starting at 7.30pm with doors opening at 6.30pm. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for under 18 year olds. To book, phone 541 8869 or bookcountryplayers@gmail.emailcom
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A little blue penguin/ Kororā pokes its head out of a slip following the August floods.
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“It was incredible to see the pen guin’s head poke up and that it had survived being buried about a me tre deep,” Department of Conser vation ranger Julie Murphy says.
Kororā clamber up the slope above the beach into the vegetation at night. It is thought that is how it became trapped by the slip.
Julie and camp manager Simon Bayly and fellow ranger Mathew Hopkins were digging in the mud bank to re-form the track on Mon day 22 August when the penguin’s head appeared.
A little blue penguin has been saved from a slip on the Abel Tas man Coast Track. The penguin was buried by a 20-metre-long slip of mud and vegetation that fell onto the track during the heavy rainfall that struck Nelson Tasman on 17 to 20 August. The team working on the slip above Waiharakeke Bay were surprised to see the penguin.
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Penguin dug out of slip
Photo: Julie Murphy.
Fergus Robertson gets some air time as he navigates a rocky section of a Wairoa Gorge trail. While mountainbike trails around the community faced significant damage, Wairoa Gorge Bike Park has emerged from the recent weather event with barely a scratch. Wairoa Gorge Bike Park operations manager Greg McIntyre says their 75km of trails are open and in perfect condition. “Trails were washed clear, not damaged.
“Our terrain is different. It’s steep, been really well built and it’s not on a clay base like a lot of trails in town.”
Photo: Daniel Blight.
“The rescue was one of those joy ous, heartfelt moments,” says Julie. The penguin looked around and seemed none the worse for wear from being buried. “It was still quite toey, pecking at my hand as she picked it up after it had been dug out,” says Julie. The team dubbed the plucky little penguin ‘Mr Lucky.’ Once rescued, it waddled off down the track and back down to the beach.
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Located on Quarantine Rd, op posite Mitre 10 Mega and the WOW Museum, the award winning gastropub The Spei ghts Ale House is the ideal place for Christmas work func Thistions.modern, new-look prem ises has capacity for small and large groups with plenty of in door seating, and outside there is a large open space and sundrenched garden bar area. The Speights Ale House is well known for its good healthy portions of southern-style food, Speight’s exclusive range of award-winning tap beer, Panhead and Guinness, and extensive wine list, so it’s the ideal place for functions. “We also have a courtesy coach available for pickup and dropoff.” says co-owner Chris ForWatson.great food and friendly ser vice, come to The Speights Ale House this Christmas. Book ings are essential. For reservations, please use the form on the website: www.ale Tohouse.co.nz.findout more, phone 03 547 7336 or email: housenelson.co.nz.admin@ale
If you’re looking for some where to hold your end of year function or staff Christmas party, look no further than Ca ble Bay Adventure Park – Nel son’s number one adventure Ourdestination.parkis set amongst 400 hectares of regenerating native forest, boasting stunning views over Cable Bay, Delaware Bay, and D’Urville Island. Our main attraction is the Skywire – one of the world’s longest flying fox Journeyexperiences.on 3.2km of slacked cable soaring high over the val ley floor. Other big draw cards to the park include our guid ed quad bike tours, paintball matches, mountainbiking and bespoke team building experi Weences.have two stunning ven ues to offer, our Skywire Café, situated at 300m in elevation, and our Base Café. Both are li censed until late with different catering options available for all group sizes. We are happy to build custom packages to suit all groups in cluding a combination of dif ferent activities, transport, ca tering and more. Get in touch with our team for more information, or for a packaged quote deal you can email us at; ataward-winningIndulge03venturepark.cominfo@cablebayadorcalluson5450304.yourcrewwithanexperience
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General Admission $40 - Table of 8 $280 (all tickets include food platters) - CASH BAR NBS Nelson City Brass and Jazz Ensemble John McGough ‘The Trumpet Guy’ Saturday 17 September, 7:00pm Rutherford Hotel Ballroom
Source - Historic Stories from Nelson’s Wakapuaka Cemetery Facebook. Every effort has been made to provide accurate information, the author does not guarantee the content. Workers inside the Griffin’s factory. Photo: Supplied.
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John Griffin, along with his wife Charlotte and seven children, arrived in Nelson on board the Ashmore, 26 September 1854, having left Gravesend at the end of May. In 1855, advertisements began appearing in the local newspaper. John had opened a bakehouse in Trafalgar Street and was advertis ing that he was commencing the baking of bread on 31 May 1855. His bakehouse was near Mr El liott’s printing office in Trafalgar JohnStreet.bought land on the corner of Alton and Nile Streets in 1869. Here, he built a house for the fam ily and established a flour mill. In August 1869, John was adver tising that he was connecting his bread-baking business with the mill. He added a biscuit factory in The1870.Alton Street business was en tirely rebuilt in 1877, consisting of a three-storeyed building with the biscuit factory flanking it on the north side. The packing and storing of bis cuits were carried out in the up per storey. In December 1881, John Griffin expanded his milling business to Motueka where he in stalled the latest machinery for separating and cleaning wheat. This was the Motueka flax and flour mill. In 1883, the northern portion of the building was occupied on the ground floor by a shop, offices and biscuit factory with biscuit rooms above, the southern end formed the flour mill. The third floor was used as a granary. Each floor measured 51 feet by 37 feet with the top storey capable of ac commodating over 3000 sacks of wheat. Flour milled on site was exported in considerable quanti ties to Wanganui, Hokitika, Grey mouth and other places outside JohnNelson.Griffin died in April 1893 and two of his sons continued the business. John, and his wife who died four years before him, are both buried in Fairfield Park, the old Trafalgar Street cemetery. After a fire in Alton Street that took place on 7 February 1895, the following morning revealed there was nothing left of Griffin’s mill apart from the chimneys. Having little insurance, the Grif fin brothers had to start from scratch and did so by forming a public company, subscribed to by the Nelson public. Further assistance by Thomas Cawthron allowed the compa ny to progress. The new factory fronted on to Alton Street with the ground floor 31ft by 114ft. The office and sample rooms were situated at the front, as was the biscuit factory worked by new Themachinery.factory led back to the ovens. A tramway connected the upper floor of the main building with the packing room. The biscuit mixing room was at the front of the upper floor. Every precaution had been taken to build a fire-proof factory. Choc olate-making was added in 1897. On 18 November 1903 fire once again razed the factory to the ground. With only a limited insur ance the brothers again sought subscriptions from the public to finance a new brick factory. Temporary premises were erect ed until the rebuilding of the new factory was completed. It was opened in 1905. A third fire broke out in the factory in Febru ary 1912. Smoke issued from the roof at the northern end of the main buildings, with the fire lo cated in the boiling and panning department on the ground floor. Fortunately, the business was not seriously impacted by the fire and was in full swing again after a cou ple of days. The business expand ed and by 1930 there were 170 people employed in the factory. However, the biscuit-making sec tor was transferred to Lower Hutt while the Nelson factory focussed entirely on confectionery. Large quantities of biscuits were shipped to the Middle East during the second World War. Griffin and Sons Ltd became one of the largest businesses of its kind in the Southern Hemi sphere.In 1965 the company changed hands when it was sold, the new owners being Nabisco, an American firm. The decision was made to close the factory, which occurred in 1988. This was, in part, brought about by the necessity of a big upgrade to meet new earthquake standards. Other factors were the high freight costs to Nelson along with the removal of tariffs on imported confectionery. The factory was subsequently demol ished, with the land being later being used for expansion of the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology.
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Club manager Peter Watson says while some holes will take some work to get back to their former state, six of their nine holes es caped the recent flooding com pletely unscathed. “It’s fixable. It’s going to take some time but we’re confident we can at least get the course open within weeks, even if we’re not playing all nine holes. “The big thing we’ve got to solve is getting people over the river. . . but we’re sure we can solve that problem pretty quickly.” With the footbridge that pre viously crossed the river being washed out by logs, the club has been using a concrete ford to get across to the course. The course was at the centre of one of the worst hit areas from the flooding, with large concrete parts of their bridge found over a kilometre down river and the sign for the 18th hole turning up on Rabbit Island. The major damage occurred on holes eight and nine, with silt and gravel covering the fairways and heaps of trees and stumps scat tered over the lower end of the course. Peter says club members were able to get to the course days after the flooding by walking in, clean ing up the greens which would have been the most expensive to
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Waahi Taakaro Golf Course club manager Peter Watson says that despite their footbridge being washed out by the recent flooding they’re confident they will be able to reopen the course, with the majority of holes coming out unscathed. Photo: Jack Malcolm.
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FCL Nelson Men produced a win from their last game of the season, beating Prices Waimea Ahurei 59-41. In the other result from NBS premier netball’s final round-robin game of the sea son, Jacks OPD beat Prices Waimea Pango 59-41, and Richmond F45’s game was de ferred with Nelson Girls Col lege senior A away for a tour Withnament.games still to be played this week to determine seed ings, it’s unknown what the semi-final match-ups for Thursday will be, but Pric es Waimea Ahurei and Jacks OPD are the two front run ning teams who are expected to make the final. With both squads having sig nificant absences, it was a close game between the Men and Ahurei, with the two teams neck and neck through the first 30 minutes. The men were without their captain Jared Lock as well as Matt Davies and Ricky Fry all unavailable, Ahurei were also missing their captain Shar Lowe along with key players Dayna Kerr and Kalyssa Ras Whilemussen.the Men had dominated throughout the season, being unbeaten, they were given a real test by Ahurei as they led by just two points at the half time break.
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Valley’s Waahi Taakaro Golf Course are confident they will be able to get back up and running at some capacity in “a matter of weeks”.
FCL Nelson Men’s Jamie Brown looks to work the ball up court during his team’s 5941 win over Prices Waimea Ahurei in their last game of the season. Photo; Supplied.
“Itreplace.was pretty heartbreaking to see the extent of damage of the lower level of the course.
Ahurei were able to shut down the Men’s attacks, but as the energy levels started to fade, as did their spirit. The Men capitalised on the pace slowing down, with their height advantage around both offensive and defensive rims starting to make a difference. Ahurei coach Mandy Whiting says they were getting smoth ered by the time the final quar ter rolled around. “It seemed like every time we went to throw the ball, there was an arm there. It was the fourth quarter more so than the third. We had a tired men Shetality.”says it had been difficult to find stand-ins who were com fortable matching up with the men, but they fit into the team “Itwell.was a good thing that they had played for us before they went to uni. “There just wasn’t enough shots in the fourth.” She says the team that played put up an effort that she was proud of.
“Thereceived.council has been very pos itive in helping to get the course up and running again.
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“The course was in the best con dition it had been for many years.” Damage to hole nine, which Peter says would be the course’s signa ture hole because you hit across the river to the green, was one of the hardest hit and will take “a bit of Membershipswork”. and concession ticket holders will have their passes extended for the duration of the closure and a raffle will be held for one person to win a re fund of their membership when they reopen. Clubs around the region have also waived fees for members of Waahi Taakaro. Daily working bees started on Monday, with a big volunteer drive planned for this weekend to help get the course back to its former state. In some places that will be im possible, with the river where the bridge once stood growing by approximately a third, while the recently opened recreation hub is in Thetatters.pathway around the club house has been warped and large chunks of the pump track have been completely washed away to expose the piping underneath. Through it all, Peter says the club is keeping a positive outlook and is thankful for the support they’ve
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Another season of first XV rugby is done and dusted for Nelson College as they missed out on a Final 4 spot with a nail-biting 2629 loss to John McGlashan Col lege on Saturday. Despite being an incredibly young team, with over 20 play ers from last year's squad leaving, they had high aspirations of win ning it all, says co-captain Nele soni Malaulau. "We wrote down on December 1st that our goals were to go out and win everything." While they couldn't achieve what they had set out to do, it was one of the most exciting local school boy rugby campaigns in recent Goingmemory.into the season, head coach Jono Phillips had hedged expectations because of the inex perience of the squad, but right from the outset it was clear he had collated a special team. After a win in their first game of the season over St Andrews Col lege, 36-13, they were given a shock to the system with a 25-22 loss to Timaru Boys High School the following week. Nelesoni said after the game that the team had gone into the match too confident and were punished for their casual attitudes. The defeat may have been just what the doctor ordered, giving the team fuel as they came back out with a 60-17 win over Selwyn Combined the next week as their performances continued to im prove week-on-week. Quadrangular Miles Toyota
Nelesoni Malaulau lifts the trophy as his team celebrates having beaten St Bede's 45-19 to win back-to-back Miles Toyota first XV titles. Evan Barnes/Shuttersport Road,
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Their only other defeat in the reg ular season was to St Thomas of Canterbury, who boasted a mas sive squad that had been picked as a Final 4 contender early in the Theseason.33-31 loss highlighted Nel son College's approach to the game throughout the season, with an attitude of a good offence being the best defence. They relied on a venomous attack that saw them consistently pile on the points, but were at times caught slipping tackles on de fence that would ultimately prove to be their final undoing. Their game against McGlashan saw them behind for the majority of the game despite scoring first, having to play catch-up against a resilient opposition of hard tack ling southerners.
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Winger Callum Robertson darts away from the defence in their South Island final to John McGlashan College.
It's not a defeat to hang their heads on though, with McGlashan boasting the sons of four former All Blacks with Andrew Hore's son Max, Aaron Mauger's son Felix, John Timu's son Jack and Jamie Joseph's son Ben in their Theysquad.are also the only first XV in the country who remain un beaten, having been destined for a push at a national title with the majority of the team playing with each other since at least the U14 grade. Through it all, the Nelson College team kept their composure as a group of outstanding young men who made their school proud. They also have trophies in the cabinet, having won the Miles Toyota Cup by beating St Bede's 45-19 for back-to-back titles and an impressive run at the an nual Quadrangular Tournament in Whanganui to win it for the fourth time in a row. Despite their youth, it was a sea son that also featured some spe cial players coming to the fore and making a name for them Fromselves.number 8 Matt Lowe's pow erful ball running that consist ently made forward metres week in and week out to the backline that worked seamlessly together, it was a special team. With at least two more years of school ahead of him, Harry Inch had a brilliant season and one of his best performances in their last Thegame.young first five-eighth is a special player, fearless on defence and almost prophetic on the at Combiningtack. with halfback Tylah Blake, the pair made a formida ble combination that regularly re sulted in points on the board. The outside backs also had a break-out season, with Neleso ni's powerful carries a standout at second-five, Nic Saruia's pace at centre and Fletcher HewittSmart's footwork at fullback. In the forwards, lock Hennie Fa'avae was the go-to man at the back of the lineouts, while prop Sione Mafi was a rock in the Thescrums.flanker combination of Tayne Hemopo and co-captain Dane Leppien were also impressive in their consistency and work rates. There was also space for some special individual performances, with Nelesoni's hat trick of tries standing out after he was chal lenged to show why he is the best second-five in the country. Having produced an exciting sea son of rugby, he says it had been important for the team to walk down the school's front steps for those who were leaving after this "Jonoseason.asked us where we all want ed to play and it was the front "Walkingfield. down those stairs meant the world to us. Putting on the blue jersey one last time." Looking forward to next season, the squad have the potential to make a real statement in 2022 with a team full of first XV expe rience and burgeoning talent.
Waimai hockey club’s Nic Brydon and Jo Holdaway with Taylor Duffy and Alisha Lewis who pose with a welcome sign as Taylor flew in on a flight run by Wings over Whales from Kaikoura for the premier women’s hockey final.
When Waimai’s premier women’s hockey final was postponed due to weather, one of their star play ers, Taylor Duffy, was stuck on the wrong side of the Whangamoas and unable to drive back. The team also had Alisha Lewis in Christchurch and with the roads in and out of town closed, time was quickly running out if they wanted to get back in time for the That’sgame. when the team banded to gether, all pitching in to buy re turn flights for the two players so they could take the field. Money was also donated by club Comingmembers.into the game against Stoke Hockey Club, Waimai were the self-described underdogs, having a 2-1 record against them through the regular season. Co-captain Joanne Holdaway says they put in their best performance of the season, walking away with a 1-0 win. “I put a message to the girls on “TwoFriday.of the girls had a massive ef fort to get here and what does it take to bring that onto the field,” Joanne says.
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Having had Covid-19 the week the finals were scheduled, she says there were multiple times when she thought she’d miss out on playing in the final.
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“Having the whole team there, the buzz was awesome. Everyone did their part.”
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“The whole build-up it was all against us. “For it to all come together was pretty special.” She wanted to thank everyone who helped chip in to make an idea into reality.
“As soon as we stepped on the field, we were fairly dominant. “We had a collective camaraderie, everyone was really keen to put in their best performance.” She says after a “tumultuous” sea son, with injuries and sickness plaguing them throughout, it was a perfect way to end. “The Stoke team are all really ex perienced ex-rep or current rep “Theyplayers.were the competition’s top team,” she says. “It was a huge effort to bring ev eryone together both physically and Taylormentally.”saysshe was taken aback by the generosity of her clubmates in helping her get to the game.
Sam Dempster reflects on ‘unreal’ Tall Blacks experience
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Sam hopes to get another op portunity with the Tall Blacks in the future, but for now he is content to have experienced an opportunity that he grew up dreaming about.
Photo: Supplied. With a huge volume of debris still floating under the surface posing a hazard to the lightweight racing skiffs, a special crew of elite rowers was out on the water chipping in with Nelson Rowing Club’s efforts to clean up after the recent flood ing. The coastal quad was crewed by world champion Lucy Spoors, Olympic gold medalist Michael Brake, Bibi Colgan, Olympian Brook Robertson, and Sally Knight (not pictured). Brook says he was eager to come back to his home town, bringing some of his Cam bridge crewmates with him to help the clean-up crew, in between their practice for the World Coastal Row ing Championships in Wales in Oc tober. Photo: Sally Knight.
Sam believes that his im proved season with the Nelson Giants – being named the Sal’s NBL Most Improved Player –played a role in helping him get noticed by the Tall Blacks. “I want to keep improving, keep getting better and [the Giants] had a heck of a sea son, so I definitely think that helped me to be recognised.”
“I know how much mana there is in the way they wear the jersey, and it’s something I’ve wanted ever since I was young and was watching the Tall Blacks in the World Cup and the Olympics – it has al ways been a dream of mine,” Sam says.
Sam Dempster thought his time to be a Tall Black had come and gone, but after winning the most improved player in the Sals NBL this year, he travelled to Japan for a preparation camp with the team.
“To get my name called was surreal and it was extra special to have a phone call from him, as someone I’ve always looked up to. It was very cool to be able to tell my wife and kids about it. “In all honesty I thought at this point of my career, I kinda thought I was past it. So it was just an honour and a privilege to be recognised for the effort I had put in this year.”
For Sam Dempster, getting se lected to the Tall Blacks squad was a dream come true for the 32-year-old forward. After an ‘unreal’ week in Atsu gi with the men’s national team for a preparation camp and a friendly game against Japan, Sam made the personal deci sion to re-unite with his wife and children in Nelson, with the region heavily impacted by Reflectingflooding. back on his time with the Tall Blacks squad, Sam says it was an emotional and ‘very special experience’. “Every expectation I had of being a Tall Black was exactly what it was. “It was such an emotional ex perience when I got handed my singlet before the game, and then stepping foot onto the court and playing the friendly against Japan was amazing and is something I’ll never forget. “I just soaked it all up – soaked up the culture and getting to know the guys – and focused on being part of the team and doing whatever they needed me to do.” Sam says that he was surprised to get the call-up into the na tional team squad – especially at his age – and was excited to be part of the Tall Blacks cul ture for the first time. “Being selected caught me off guard to be honest, I got an email to say I was in the squad and then I got a phone call from Pero [Cameron], some one who I watched when I was young, watched his career as a Tall Black.
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ART EXHIBITION. During the month of Sept there is a beautiful display of oil paintings by artist Amelia Valle in the Art Corner of the Nelson Golf Club Cafe, 38 Bolt Rd, Tāhunanui. Open to the public daily. ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN wanting to make a difference in the life of a child? We are looking for caring Christian people who are willing to open their home to care for a child/young person. To find out more, Ph: Mika at Open Home Foundation 027 461 0497 mika.ito@ ohf.org.nz ST JOHN COMMUNITY SHOP friendly and fit volunteer needed to assist with furniture deliveries and donation pick-ups around Nelson. Ph: Stacie 03 548 8598 or visit instore 46 Rutherford St, weekdays 10am - 4.30pm. SURVIVORS AND THRIVERS If you have or have had cancer, sup porting someone with cancer come and meet others in this friendly atmosphere Register LUNG CANCER CONNECT for those who are going through or who have gone through lung cancer Register 539 1137
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NELSON WOMEN’S CENTRE end of season Op Shop Fundraiser Sale, Sun 11 Sept, 11am-4pm, 44 Trafalgar (beside Trafalgar Park). On sale are beautiful pre-loved (some new) jackets, cardis, dresses, tops, pants, children’s wear and much more!
MONDAY FRESH FOCUS 19 Sept: Sandy Stephens. Victories and Fiascos: Sto ries of rural community development in Africa, Asia and Melanesia. Sandy will illustrate her talk with some of the stories arising from her involvement in rural development programmes. At the Elim Christian Centre. email: ffnelson2021@gmail.com
VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT CLUB of Nelson Concert on Sat Sept 10 @ 2 pm. Entry: $5. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Hall, 271 Songer St. Stoke. All welcome. Ph: Ken 5474301. HOPE TENNIS CLUB Opening Day and Love Tennis. Sun 11 Sept 11am-4pm. Everybody welcome. It's free, racquets supplied, BBQ, prizes and giveaways. Ph: 027 673 1145.
TUESDAY WELLBY Talking Café: 1.30pm-3pm Tues 13 Sept, Richmond Li brary. Wellby Talking Cafés are about social connection and finding out about groups, activities and services. www.wellby.org.nz 03 5467681. NELSON 50+ TUESDAY WALKING GROUP. Sept 13. Brightwater 2 Rivers. Meet 10am at Snowden’s Bush, Brightwater. Phone Gwen 022 1638714 or Sally W 021 02694610. KIDS-N-KOFFEE PLAYGROUP Tues in term time. All Saints crèche, 30 Vanguard St. 9.45-11.45 Indoor / outdoor play areas, crafts, music session, fun and fellowship. Ph Lois 0274331213 No charge.
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CAR BOOT MARKET Richmond Church of Christ, Darcy St, Sat 10 Sept, 9am-12pm. Sellers stalls after 7:30am. $5 each. Anyone looking for books, dvd, clothing, plants, BBQ and Chinese food plus more treasures. Cancelled if Rain. Ph: Richard 0276180547.
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PHILOSOPHY CLUB meets second and fourth Mon of every month. Meeting at Melrose House at 10am. Thoughtful conversation. New comers welcome. Text Gay 027-434-1841. HAVEN QUILTERS Friendly group meets every Mon from 9.30am in Nelson. Bring hand or machine work. $5 per session. For information Ph: Lesley 027 295 4986. STOKE SENIOR CITIZENS is a Friendship Club accepting all INDOOR BOWLING beginners and players, Mon and Fri 1:30-3:30pm. An an nual $5 subscription and a $2 mat fee covers costs levied for the afternoon. Mats and bowls are provided by the club. Phone 5479814 or 5473052.
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FALLS PREVENTION: Free 2hr session for anyone who has fallen or is at risk of falling. Info shared in relaxed informal group setting and ACC Strength & Balance classes for seniors available throughout Nelson. Improve strength & balance in friendly, safe environments. New & returnees all welcome. Ph: Ange Baker Nelson Bays Primary Health 021 790415.
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