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When Debra Clements and Tiffaney Williams first saw plans for the Queen St upgrade they were seriously concerned that their event-hire business, Got It Covered, wouldn’t be able to continue

operating. Got It Covered and the neighbouring Salvation Army Shop were going to lose their access to Queen St when stage one of the $11million upgrade commenced and, without any rear access to their businesses, faced the prospect of man-handling all their deliveries in and out of their

shops. But thanks to the generosity of another neighbour, Lawrie Wilson from Richmond Auto Court, it’s been business as usual with Lawrie freeing up a section of his car yard to allow vehicles to access to his two neighbouring businesses. “Our truck is in and out of here 20 or 30 times a week, so we abso-

lutely needed to get access,” Debra says. “We have 400 chairs, tables and wine barrels and hundreds of table cloths that go in and out, as well as customer picks-ups, so we wouldn’t have been able to run our business without Lawrie’s generosity.” Tiffaney says Lawrie’s offer was also timely because February is

Got It Covered’s busiest month for weddings and they were desperate for a solution. “We didn’t have any answers and we said to the council ‘we had to have access’,” Tiffaney says. “Then Lawrie offered to clear some of his car yard to let our truck and

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Queen St businesses help neighbours FROM PAGE 1 vehicles through - he’s a really nice guy.” Salvation Army Shop manager Paula Taplin says they have trucks coming in twice a week as well as customers dropping off donations, so continued street access was critical. “We are extremely grateful to him,” Paula says. “I don’t know what we would have done without it.” Lawrie says he was happy to help out his neighbours after discussing their concerns with contractor Hawkins’ community relations manager Chris Forman. Although the initial suggestion was to provide access only to delivery trucks, Lawrie says he’s also happy to let

Salvation Army’s Paula Taplin, left, Got It Covered’s Tiffaney Williams, centre, and Debra Clements with Richmond Auto Court’s Lawrie Wilson in Lawrie’s Queen St car yard last week. Photo: Simon Bloomberg. customers use the access way as long as they drive carefully. “It’s worked out well,” Lawrie says. “All we had to do was allow our stock to run down to create some more room on

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An ageing population and more orthopaedic surgeries, like hip and knee replacements, are behind the $25 million expansion of Manuka Street Hospital, which began last month. The redevelopment will see the hospital eventually grow to 22 private rooms, with the number of surgery theatres to increase from three to four. Fifty percent of the surgeries at Manuka St are injuries covered by ACC, with other growth areas including cosmetic surgery and various elective surgeries. The hospital sees around 2500 patients a year. Manuka Street Hospital general manager Margaret Gibbs says the expansion has been in the pipeline since 2015.

“We were running short of beds and we also know that, with an ageing population and more and more dependence on orthopaedics, we were going to need another theatre.” The development has been spilt into two stages, the first costing between $5-6 million and due to be completed by October this year. The second stage isn’t due to start until the Nelson Tasman Hospice has relocated to a new purpose-built site in Stoke in 2019. The first stage centres around redeveloping the ward block and will include a new reception, patient and family lounge, consultation room, an ambulance bay, general store, public toilet block and, most importantly, eight new bedrooms plus four intermediate care beds. “We expecting to be opening our doors with a brandnew ward in October, 2017. We’re

Manuka St Hospital’s general manager Margaret Gibbs and clinical nurse manager Kerry Lineham outside the hospital’s entrance. Photo: Brittany Spencer. working on reduced income until that happens and we really do need the beds, so it’s one of those things where you’ve just got to get cracking and get it done,” says Margaret. “Right now we’re down to 13 bedrooms and it’s not nearly enough, but we’ll struggle through while we build and then

we will go up to 22.” The second, and much larger, stage of the hospital expansion is expected to cost between $15-20 million and will involve demolishing one of the hospitals existing three theatres and building two larger ones. The day stay area will also be re-

designed and moved to the front of the hospital, while the central sterile supply will be increased and the theatre sterilisation unit and commercial kitchen will both be expanded. An inwards goods store, offices, and more consultation rooms will also be added. The hospital has yet to place a timeline on the second stage, “that is just too much crystal ball gazing,” says Margaret. Margaret says the cost to the project is quite significant. “It’s been quite a process to get to here and there is a lot going on, but it’s such an exciting project to be a part of.” The new development was designed by Warren & Mahoney Architects and will be built by Gibbons Construction. The hospital is jointly owned by Southern Cross Hospitals Ltd and the Manuka Street Charitable Trust.

Port's wine bottle building Port Nelson officially opened its brand new 13,000m2 storage facility yesterday, which will be used to house one of our most popular exports – wine. The Patterson Logistics Centre is the first major building project of a $32 million redevelopment plan. The centre will be the Nelson logistics hub of QuayConnect, the port’s Nelson-Marlborough integrated warehousing, transport, and logistics service which was established a year ago.

Transport Minister Simon Bridges officially opened the building, which is named after the late Nick Patterson who was on the board of Port Nelson for 20 years, serving as its chairman for 13 of those. Port Nelson CEO Martin Byrne says, over its first year, QuayConnect’s primary focus has been on the wine industry. “We manage 80 per cent of the South Island’s wine exports and 90 per cent of the inbound dry goods.”

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Silvan Forest owner Rick Griffin, second right, with NelsonMarlborough Civil Contractors New Zealand members and Nelson Mountainbike Trails Trust trustees, from left, Malcolm Edridge, Andrew Spittal and Gary Donaldson, at the entrance to Silvan Forest Mountainbike Park last week. Photo: Simon Bloomberg.

Simon Bloomberg A group of civil contractors took time out from their busy day jobs last week to complete what they considered to be a high priority community project at the popular Silvan Forest Mountainbike Park near Richmond. Nelson Marlborough Civil Contractors NZ chairman Malcolm Edridge of Edridge Contracting and branch members Andrew Spittal of Ching Contracting and Gary Donaldson of Donaldson Civil, with help from Fulton Hogan and Downer, were on site last Friday to oversee the sealing of the access road to Silvan Forest. The contractors offered to seal the road because the new mountainbike park is proving so popular that increased traffic is creating a dust nuisance for neighbouring property owners. Although all three contractors are busy with big projects around the Nelson-Tasman region, they are also keen mountainbikers and, along with land owner Rick Griffin, members of the Mountainbike Trails Trust that established Silvan Forest Mountainbike Park. So all four were happy to leave their day jobs and be on site on Friday to make sure the community project went smoothly. “We are getting 1200 riders using the park each week and over 600 cars using the access road so it’s creating a bit of dust,” Andrew says. “We put up a 20kmh speed limit sign to slow the cars down and try and reduce the dust but it’s not working so we decided to seal the road as a community project for NelsonMarlborough Contractors.” Andrew says Edridge Contracting supplied the machinery while Downer provided the gravel and Fulton Hogan did the sealing. Ching Contracting and Donaldson Civil also helped out along with the Tasman District Council. Rick says he is amazed at the popularity of the park which only opened in 2015 and now has about 30km of trails. The park’s network is about to be extended again with the construction of the first of three new downhill tracks scheduled to start “in a week’s time”. “When we first talked about the idea of a mountainbike park and then made the first trails, I didn’t ever think it would become this popular,” Rick says. “There’re so many people using it now and lots of young kids, which is really pleasing - we have a philosophy of making 90 per cent of the trails rideable for 90 per cent of the riders and that’s working very well.” Gary says the park’s popularity is due to its close proximity to Richmond and excellent network of rideable trails. Ideally, Gary wants to see the neighbouring council-owned Kingsland Forest developed as a mountainbike park so that it could be linked into Silvan Forest. For more information on the trust go to mtbtrailstrust.org.nz

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Commuters go by bike Simon Bloomberg Police left their cop cars in the yard and commuters left their cars in the garage, and they all got on their bikes and cruised into Sundial Square for a free bagel and coffee as part of Go By Bike Day. About 50 cyclists, some regular bike commuters and others just out to celebrate last Wednesday’s Go By Bike Day, enjoyed a free breakfast and bike check courtesy of the Tasman District Council. There were also giveaways and a chance to test ride a demonstration E bike supplied by Village Cycles. Two of the less frequent cyclists at Go By Bike Day were Richmond police officers Charlotte Donaldson and Jamein Bristowe who were giving the official police bike a spin. The bike is equipped with a siren and flashing lights and is designed mainly for community police work, although Charlotte concedes “we are so busy we don’t usually get enough time to ride it”. “Grant Heney has one at the Motueka station and he uses it quite a bit but we don’t use our much,” Charlotte says. “We usually need to

get around a lot quicker so we use the cars.” Regular cycle commuter Jennie McGuiness, who rides from Nelson to her job at MWH in Richmond three times a week, says she enjoys keeping fit and the “experience of riding along our cycleways”. Council community partnership coordinator Mike Tasman-Jones, who doubled as breakfast cook on Go By Bike day, says it was an opportunity for cyclists to enjoy a free breakfast and socialise with like-minded people before heading to work. Mike says council always supports Go By Bike Day because it encourages people to get on their bikes and make the most of the district’s cycleways. Council is also walking, or at least riding, the talk when it comes to cycling, because last week it was leading its category in the Aotearoa Cycling Challenge. The challenge encourages organisations to get their staff to ride a bike for at least 10 minutes in February and TDC was leading the 200 to 499 staff category with 79 riders, or 30 per cent of its staff, getting on their bikes.

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EXCELLENCE: Waimea College principal Scott Haines, left, with the school’s top NCEA students at the Pink Lamington Celebration of Excellence lunch last Wednesday. Photo: Simon Bloomberg.

Waimea students success celebrated Simon Bloomberg Waimea College celebrated its excellent NCEA results last week when principal Scott Haines shouted the top year 12 and 13 students lamingtons for lunch. Scott started the Pink Lamington Celebration of Excellence last year after taking over as school principal at the end of 2015. On Wednesday, the 102 year 12 and 13 students who were en-

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Wakefield School students are finally able to enjoy the new playground space that their ideas went into designing. Planning began around two years ago, starting with a conversation amongst teachers, students and principal, Peter Verstappen, about where learning happens. “We’re gifted with this brilliant environment here at Wakefield School so we just thought, let’s enhance it and create some more spaces where play and learning can happen in a more creative way,” says Peter. The new play area includes paved pathways, a boardwalk, tyre swing, tiger turf and new shade sails, and was officially opened with a ceremony last Friday. Money for the project came from the school’s annual gala, as well as the Rata Foundation, pub charity and the Ministry of Education Capital Works Programme, al-

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SWAP MEET: Dave Vanstone with some of the old road signs he had for sale at the Nelson Vintage Car Club swap meet on Saturday at the Nelson Speedway grounds. Dave says the signs were previously owned by the late Dennis King who used to work with the AA and were purchased at his estate auction. The swap meet had a wide variety of other treasures for sale, too. The annual event is the club’s major fundraiser, assisting with the day-to-day running of the group, as well as helping to finish off the group’s club room at the Nelson Speedway grounds. Photo: Jessie Johnston.

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‘Bus to Wakefield’, Wednesday, February 8: Those pushing for an express bus service to Wakefield are off to a good start. As well as leaving the petition in the Wakefield Four Square, Chateau Rhurbarbe, HQ Café in Brightwater and the Nelson and Richmond public libraries, they have also received some great feedback after making their way around Richmond last Friday, with many aware of the petition and most willing to sign it. The petition closes on February 28 so if you want a say, make sure you get to one of the locations mentioned and sign your name.

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Tourism growing: For a long time New Zealand has been trying to encourage more tourists to visit us and the benefits of this effort are now paying off. In fact, the Chief Executive of Tourism NZ is now saying that if the present growth rates continue through till 2023, the present 3.5 million overseas visitors could well approach 7 million. This is a problem many countries would love to have. Let’s hope the airport terminal upgrade growth assumptions don’t undershoot as 2023 is not that far away. Ray Wilson.

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Right to Privacy: I am brassed off with the interference of my privacy with unsolicited phone calls from hearing aid merchants, land agents and the like. They just take it for granted that they have the right to intrude in my life whenever they want to. I do not think so. I do not want my dinner disturbed by their inane greedy phone calls. Then when I put the phone down there is a knock on the door by proselyting morons. If I need something I will get it and I do not need or want these greedy intrusions into my freedoms and privacy. I am curious to find out how oth-

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Blame the supermarkets for the $6 a kilo. Go to the fruit stalls outside local orchards and you will find them a lot cheaper than that. A LOT cheaper. Louise Raymond. I stopped at fruit stalls between Marahau and Motueka and paid 50c to $1 less than in the supermarket. Still felt ripped off. Peter Paul Fierek. You would be gutted if you got big hail storm then would only good for juice. Robert Barnes. Is this prediction from the same people who predicted a scorching summer!? Gavin Palfreman. Granddad helps Jess with Buller half marathon: Well done Jess! Such a fantastic achievement and so lovely to share it with your Granddad. Peta-Lee Glen Buckley. Great work, Jess. Good luck with the police force. Sarah and Richard Inglis. To have your say on any local issue email us at editorial@waimeaweekly.co.nz

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Plenty of talent at skatepark tour Alex Moreu, 9, impresses the judges and the crowd during the 2017 Tasman Skate Park tour on Saturday at the Richmond Skatepark. Photo: Jessie Johnston. Jessie Johnston The 2017 Tasman Skatepark tour came to an end on Sunday, having showcased the regions talented skateboarders, scooter riders and BMXers over the last few weeks. Amongst the enthusiastic competitors was the Moreu family including dad Mike and sons Alex, Sam and Tom. “We’ve been skating for about two years now. Sam got into skating first, we were at a friend’s house and they had penny boards and we were all kind of smitten with them. Sam got one for his birthday soon after and that was it, we were hooked,” says Mike. This is the family’s third year competing in the skatepark tour, although it’s the first time that Mike has entered into it himself, promising the boys he’d give it a go. “Tom is a really good freestyle skater, Sam’s really good at street skating and kind of surf-inspired skating and then Alex is like Tony Hawke junior, so his thing is big airs, he’s kind of the daredevil of all three,” says Mike. “It’s really cool we have something that we all enjoy doing together, my wife Gaila skates, too.” Nikita Turu took out the junior scooter title with Alex claiming the junior skate thanks to some big air and a Superman. “It’s just a really fun sport, it’s a nice way to get around and instead of going on the computer all day it’s nice to get outside and have fun,” says Alex. “It’s cool because there’s a whole group of skateboarders and we can all skate together, I think more people should do it.” Ryan McHugh, Reggie McDonald and Tom Banett claimed the senior scooter, skate and BMX categories respectively. Meanwhile, veterans Blake Eden, Ben Short and Ryan Dando turned up the heat, entertaining the crowd with technical and gravity-defying tricks to win them the open scooter, skate and BMX titles.

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Giants repay support to fans Andrew Board Over the years, Joss Cumming has spent countless hours in the Trafalgar Centre screaming for her Giants – now the team are returning the favour and supporting her. Joss has been a regular at Mike Pero Nelson Giants’ home games for around 15 years, sitting behind the goal post, wearing a blue wig and known to give plenty of unsolicited advice to referees. After getting married in late 2015, her husband John started heading along as well, holding up a whiteboard with various slogans depending on the team the Giants were playing. Joss says she’s been a season ticket holder for years and loves supporting the team. “They’re so good. They’re our local team and you get to know them, too, over the years. They’re a good bunch of guys, they get around with the crowd.” But last May the Cummings had to put basketball to the side as John suffered a heart attack while at work. As he fell he cracked his head on the floor causing a brain bleed. Paramedics later said if it wasn’t for a co-worker doing CPR be-

Joss and John Cumming with Mike Pero Nelson Giant Ali Granger, centre, ahead of the NBL basketball season which starts next month. Photo: Andrew Board. fore they got there, he probably wouldn’t have survived. John says he doesn’t remember the incident. “All I know is that I was at work and I’d come back to the warehouse from some reason and, in

the process of picking up paperwork and trying to get something done, I had a minor heart attack, but I fell backwards onto the concrete floor and cracked open my head. The warehouse manager managed to keep me going until

the ambulance arrived about five minutes later.” While in Wellington Hospital, between intensive care and head injury unit, Joss was bedside relaying scores and updates from the Giants games to an uncon-

scious John. “It was one of the things we spoke about, how they were getting on, who scored the points,” says Joss. John suffered another set-back in December and now has to wear headgear to cover up a hole in his skull until a titanium plate will fill it. It’s been a tough few months for the family but with the Giants season rolling around again they were looking forward to a welcome distraction. And hearing of the tough year the Cummings endured, the Giants wanted to make sure cost wasn’t a barrier to them attending games, giving them season tickets for the 2017 season. Giant Ali Granger says it was the least they could do. “From the Giants, that’s what we try to be about. It’s not just about selling the most tickets. Giving season tickets to two people who are die-hard fans, that’s what makes the Giants special.” The Mike Pero Nelson Giants tip off the regular season on March 16 in Invercargill. The first home game is two days later on Saturday, March 18, and you can bet that sitting behind the hoop will be Joss and John, screaming as hard as they can.

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Jessie Johnston Over 100 corvettes of all shapes and sizes made for an impressive assembly at Founders Heritage Park on Saturday. The display was part of the National Corvette Convention and featured cars from around the country, including Jim Frater and his 1979 Corvette and Craig Jaquiery and his 1968 C3 Corvette. Both are first time Corvette owners and it’s safe to say their vehicles are their pride and joy. Craig has only had his Corvette for five months after purchasing it from the previous owner in Golden Bay. “Because it’s

1968 it’s more exceptional than the rest of them, it’s the first year of manufacture for the C3s,” says Craig. “[I’ll own it] forever, I’m going to be a wrinkled old man and still driving it.” Jim, on the other hand, has been enjoying his car for the last six years after purchasing it from Indianapolis. “I’ve always wanted one, they’re an incredibly attractive car and if you look around today there are just some incredible cars here,” says Jim. Jim’s Corvette is definitely a step up from his previous set of wheels, “I had a 1939 E series Morris 8 which had eight horse

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