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Wednesday 26 May 2021
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Concern over empty flats Jonty Dine With so many people struggling to find a permanent roof over their heads, Alisoun Frost is dismayed that a pair of flats in
her complex have sat empty for six months. The 77-year-old resident of Russell Flats on Waimea Rd has raised concerns with a number of agencies about the flats, which
she says have been empty for months. “We are all just wondering why no one had been put in there yet.” The flats were sold by Nelson City Council to Kāinga Ora in 2019.
Alisoun says she has lived at the complex for 25 years and has never seen any of the flats empty for this long. “It is not good enough when people are so desperate for
housing.” Alisoun says a friend of hers recently had to leave Nelson due to the housing crisis.
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Students weigh in on uniforms Mia Peacey and Lucy Daughtrey There are a lot of schools around Nelson - some have uniforms, but some do not. But which is better? Uniforms have been a debate for years and been the subject of many speeches. So, with so many opinions floating around we tried to get to the bottom of this issue. There will always be a group of people who do not like the fact they have a uniform and don’t want one, or vice versa. We are students from Clifton Terrace School and Hampden
Street School – Mia is from Hampden St School and Lucy is from Clifton Terrace. One of us wears a uniform and the other doesn’t.
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Nelson Media Club members Mia Peacey and Lucy Daughtrey investigate the issue of uniforms in schools. Photo: Jonty Dine.
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