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tuesday 5 June 2018
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‘Stoked’: Liquor store a no go
Fancy pants
Kate Russell
Jonty Dine After a 134 years, Nelson College for Girls will allow students to wear long pants to school. The decision has been described as a major win for the LGBTQ community. Sarah Eynon and Katie Greenaway are the co-leaders of GALS, (Girls Alliance of LGBTQ and Straights), and have been at the forefront in the fight for their right to wear pants. The seventeen-year olds say it has been a long process. The idea was initially proposed to principal Cathy Ewing. Then students completed a survey to students before it was put before the school board. “Happily, they saw it as a good addition to the uniform,” Katie says. Katie and Sarah say the change was for students who didn’t feel comfortable with the gender restrictions of having to wear a skirt all the time. Katie says there was very little resistance and they were quite overwhelmed by the support.
Nelson College for Girls students and GALS co-leaders Katie Greenaway and Sarah Eynon model the pants that will now be offered at the school. Photo: Jonty Dine.
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Stoke has spoken and a controversial liquor store application has been withdrawn after hundreds of objections from local authorities and community members. The Black Bull Liquor chain has backtracked on its plans to open a bottle store on Songer St after 205 objections were made to Nelson City Council last month, including a petition with 112 signatures. In April, Nelson Weekly reported that, if approved, it would be the seventh off-license liquor store within a 1.5 km radius. Among the objectors were churches, schools, neighbourhood support groups, a GP, Nelson Grey power and the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board. NMDHB alcohol licensing officer Carol McIntosh wrote that the application demonstrated “insufficient knowledge of the environment surrounding the proposed premises”. “An additional off-licence would provide increased access to alcohol increasing the likelihood of harm in this community.” Nelson Police also objected, saying that in the past year there had been 151 calls
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