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Wednesday 15 June 2016
Wave pool reopens Page 15
Anger at $500,000 overspend
WOB upcoming Club Day
Standing the Test of Time Page 18 - 19
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Simon Bloomberg
they had not been informed. “In all my time in this counOne of Tasman district’s cil, I’ve never seen a figure longest serving council- like this come from a comlors, Trevor Norriss, has al- mercial subcommittee,” Treways called a spade vor told the meeting. a spade and he did “There’d better be a just that last Thursbloody good expladay in a heated denation, that’s all I bate about a “huge” can say Mr Mayor.” budget blowout on Trevor, who is chair the Mapua Wharf ’s of the engineering Shed 4. services commitRichard Trevor was speaking Kempthorne. tee, also said he was out at a full council concerned that staff meeting in Richmond, after had not followed the right hearing that council’s com- process by failing to inform mercial activity had councillors about overspent its budget the overspend. by $577,000, with “In engineering, or “the majority of this with any other staff, overspend” relatif there is an overing to the work bespend they come ing undertaken at into council and ask the Mapua Wharf. for it. I want to know Trevor It was the first time how the services for Norriss. councillors had been some of that work given any indication of the were completed and if they extent of the overspend and SEE PAGE 2 Trevor wanted to know why wheelchairs mobility scooters walkers/canes electric bed/hoists lift assist chairs bathroom solutions incontinence products daily living aids/products
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Milestone Homes Nelson Bays regional manager Adam Hills, right, and Top of the South Speedway president Wayne Martin, after announcing their new sponsorship deal last week. Photo: Simon Bloomberg.
New major sponsor for speedway Simon Bloomberg
Milestone Homes Nelson director Simon Collett has always been a speedway fan, regularly attending meetings at the Top of the South Speedway and even putting the pedal to the metal in the Demolition Derby. So it’s no surprise that Milestone Homes decided to contact the Nelson Speedway Association when it was looking for a club to sponsor earlier this year. And the end result of that initial
“We thought speedway was a good fit too because it’s a family orientated club that attracts our target market. It’s also really popular in Nelson and has a high profile site, so it was exactly the kind of club we wanted to sponsor.” Nelson Speedway Association president Wayne Martin says they are delighted with the new sponsorship after raffling the naming rights to the track for the last two seasons. Wayne says the sponsorship gives
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contact was announced last week when the two organisations signed a sponsorship deal giving Milestone Homes naming rights for the Top of the South Speedway for the next nine years. “We were having a discussion at the office about sponsorship to get involved in the community, and Simon suggested the speedway,” Milestone Homes Nelson manager Adam Hills says. “Simon has been a speedway fan for years and drove in two derbies, so he was keen on the idea.
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