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Winter energy savings

There was a comment in your Street Talk section in the Wednesday 24 May edition where a lady said her top winter tip for saving energy was to set the heat pump on auto. As a retired heat pump installer and serviceman I can tell you that this is completely wrong and will waste much energy. As heat pumps have one degree of sensitivity, when set at 20 degrees on auto setting it will heat until one degree above 20. It will then switch to cooling until one degree below this setting. It will fluctuate from heating to cooling within this two degree range and so will heat up to 21 degrees then cool to 19 degrees. This two degree range of fluctuation on auto will use much more energy. If you want it to heat, set it on heating. If you want it to cool, set it on cooling. This will save a lot more energy than setting it on auto. AC technicians know this.

Alan Livingstone

Dog walkers cautioned after traps found

I thought these types of traps were banned.

Lou Nicholls

Trapping in such an inhumane way, anywhere, should be illegal; those who support it might like to test the traps and see what they think.

Val Ryder

I’m all for possum trapping, but not in places frequented by people and pets.

Dennis Goodman

Council seeks clarity on rebuild delays

It is NOT a rebuild. A rebuild is when the old structure is demolished and a new one is built. This is more of a refit.

Jo-Anne Glennie

Fishing on Tāhunanui front beach a ‘safety issue’

I have never seen anyone fishing where people are swimming! If I did, common sense would say get in the water further away from them.

Connie Quence

Don’t swim around people fishing, its not that hard, the beach and sea are for all to enjoy. So work together, we should not have to have rules for everyone and everything.

Brian Bishop

99 per cent of the time the people fishing are cautious where they fish and are in the channel where I wouldn’t exactly call it safe to swim due to the current, especially for kids, Can’t say I’ve ever seen anyone fishing down near the playgrounds etc as it just not exactly practical or worthy of throwing a bait out there.

Bowel screening is easy

Common sense seems to be swear word around the country nowadays and is replaced with a rule or simple NO!! You can’t do that. It’s a very, very simple fix, don’t swim where people are fishing!! And where people are swimming, don’t throw a bait over them. There’s a hell of a lot of room and water on that beach.

Saxon Balck

It’s a long beach - room for everyone and fisher people should only be allowed on the back beach. After all, dogs are confined to there and what better place for them to cock their leg on than a stationary fishing rod!

Carey Gary

What a bloody joke, the beach goes for miles. There’s plenty of room for everyone.

Dwayne Key

New manager starts at the

Tāhunanui Hub

Super proud of the Tāhunanui Community Hub, the work it does for our Community is special. Huge credit to Mark for the years of service he gave the hub starting it from breaking point to now. Thanks to Ventura for coming onboard to help the Hub see its full potential.

Spin a Story

Friday, 23 June, 7pm Fairfield House

Come and see 11 - 18 year olds perform engaging and inspiring stories from their own lives that they’ve shaped and developed to perform for you. Tickets through Eventfinda.

World Ride MTB Movie Night Fundraiser

Wednesday, 23 June, 7pm Nelson College

Nelson’s first ever World Ride MTB Movie Night Fundraiser. Support women’s mountain biking worldwide through this entertaining movie night. Auction Prizes and more! Tickets: https://world-ride.com/movie-nights/

The NBS Volunteer Expo

Saturday, 24 June, 10-2pm Annesbrook Church, Saxton

A significant event on the Nelson / Tasman calendar that celebrates and highlights the efforts of all volunteers from cultural groups to environmental charity’s all the way through to social care organisations. Come and see what it’s like to be a volunteer.

Hon Dr Nick Smith

Stoked About Stoke

Stoke has been my home for nearly 30 years and I love it. There is Isel Park, Broadgreen Gardens, Nayland Park Pool, the Classic Car Museum, the Railway Reserve and many good cycleways. It’s only five minutes to Tāhunanui Beach, Saxton Field, the Richmond Aquatic Centre and Nelson Airport. The views across Tasman Bay to Mt Arthur are spectacular. It is no wonder Stoke is so popular and growing so strongly.

My greatest contribution as MP to Stoke was getting the Bypass or Whakatu Drive built 20 years ago. It removed the through traffic and enabled a much more friendly local town centre. But it needs new investment. Councillors, staff and I have been working hard on solving three Stoke issues.

We have struck a deal with Foodstuffs South Island to enable a new and larger New World supermarket, worth more than $20 million, to be built in Strawbridge Square. We are swapping land between Council and Foodstuffs to enable the company to better use its site and the adjacent former Video Ezy site. We are retaining the same number of carparks, improving the square’s layout and widening the Songer Street entrance. Council is also investing $600,000 to fix the stormwater problems that lead to the southwest corner flooding regularly.

We are also improving the bus services in Stoke on 1 August by doubling the frequency to Nelson and Richmond, with new e-buses and a local On Demand minibus service. The new service down Nayland Road means we needed to move the bus stop currently outside Countdown further south. This has been controversial. The final decision was made last Friday after consultation and puts it outside the Turf Hotel. It’s a good compromise.

Council has also come to a new lease agreement with the Stoke Rugby Football Club for the eastern top floor of the Greenmeadows Centre that will see the club invest more than $400,000 for lights on the adjacent fields. The club has been in dispute with Council for years dating back to troubles over its construction. This new deal will enable the club to thrive and grow.

Change always causes a few bumps but Council is getting stuff done. These three initiatives are going to make Stoke even better.

Nelson Matters Nick Smith MAYOR OF NELSON