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tuesday 11 September 2018
What a day! Stories on pages 6, 7, 23.
Top: Trafalgar Park in all its glory on Saturday night. Left: Allister, Greg, Jade, Lang, Tony, Zak, Jo, and Di on Trafalgar St on Saturday afternoon. Second from left: All Black and Tasman Mako Shannon Frizell celebrates a try with a “fins up”, a Mako celebration. Second from right: Argentine fans prepare for the game at Trafalgar Park. Right: All Black fans got into the spirit on Trafalgar St. Photos: Barry Whitnall/Shuttersport. The All Blacks joined in Nelson’s party on Saturday, securing a 4624 win in front of a packed Trafalgar Park.
The game capped off a memorable week for the city with 21,404 fans packing into Trafalgar Park, most of those in their seats more
than half an hour before kick off. Earlier in the day, Trafalgar St was blocked off to traffic and filled with people eating, drink-
ing and soaking up the entertainment. The day was a stunning success for organisers and will have the drums beating for
a second All Black game to be played in the city. Read more about the day on pages 6, 7 and 23.
CBD living ‘key’ to a vibrant Nelson Charles Anderson Nelson City Council and local developers are looking to the Government’s newly-announced Kiwibuild programme to see if
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it could help develop affordable homes to encourage inner city living. As part of the council’s latest Long Term Plan inner city living is earmarked for particular
attention but has been on the radar for more than a decade. Council’s group manager for strategy and environment Clare Barton says the
council’s role is to help developers. “It is about offering different choices and price points and pursuing Kiwibuild, which might include the city centre as
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an option.” The Government has committed $2 billion for KiwiBuild, an ambitious programme that aims to
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