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Published on: 25th October 2008 HOUSE OF ‘LOVE AND FAMILY’ IS 30 HOUSE OF ‘LOVE AND FAMILY’ IS 30Nelson’s Manuka Community House has celebrated its 30th year with chocolate cake, entertainment, balloons and speeches from its founding members. A large crowd of all ages turned out to mark the anniversary of the Wainui St centre on Saturday. It now houses a licensed early childhood education centre and family support services. (The Nelson Mail, Monday 20 October 2008) DEVELOPER, RESIDENTS AT ODDS OVER CENTREThe developer of a proposed childcare centre near Nelson’s Botanical Reserve is determined to proceed with his plans despite continued objections from neighbours. Nelson City Council planning and consents divisional manager Richard Johnson said the plans had attracted public submissions and would now go to a formal hearing. SVS Land applied for resource consent to develop an early childcare centre catering for up to 75 children on a property on the corner of Hardy St East and Pitt St. The property currently houses a fire-damaged villa. (The Nelson Mail, Tuesday 21 October 2008) CYCLISTS UNVEIL VELODROME PLANSCycling Nelson has unveiled its dream velodrome for Saxton Field, which includes a $1.3 million banked track around the perimeter. Saxton Field is preferred by cyclists as the ideal location for a replacement track. They are now seeking a guarantee that it would be built sooner than its earmarked date of 2014 in the Saxton Field development plan if the track at Trafalgar Park is lost to planned development. (The Nelson Mail, Thursday 23 October 2008) APPROVAL TO UPGRADE PARK SEEN AS POSITIVEA $3.8 million makeover for Trafalgar Park has been widely welcomed as good news and a bold move in the face of global belt-tightening. The Nelson City Council took most of yesterday to reach a decision over the controversial upgrade, which attracted one of the biggest public responses in years. Many submitters agreed the park needed improving, but did not back an expensive option to suit the needs of rugby alone. Yesterday’s resolution forwarded by Cr Grail Collingwood and approved by the council was for a $3.35 million upgrade, together with design and resource consent costs of $450,000 already in this year’s budget. The council has also signalled it would spend a further $2.55 million on park lighting and seating if the Tasman Makos stayed in the Air New Zealand Cup and the city’s Rugby World Cup bid was successful. (The Nelson Mail, Friday 24 October 2008) RESTORED LIGHT TO SHINE ON CITYIt was extinguished more than 25 years ago, but a Nelson treasure is set to once again shine brightly – though not in the traditional sense. For the past three months, the nearly 150-year-old lamp that used to illuminate the Nelson lighthouse on the Boulder Bank has undergone a thorough restoration, and is expected to be put back in its proper place within the next two weeks. Port Nelson workshop manager Craig Terris said the suggestion to restore the lamp came from the port company board of directors, but he felt the weight of responsibility for looking after a valuable piece of Nelson’s history. (The Nelson Mail, Friday 24 October 2008) MATAKITAKI RESERVE, HALL TO GOThe Tasman District Council has voted to remove the ageing Matakitaki Recreation Reserve and hall and offer the land to the Department of Conservation. A hearing was held last Friday and yesterday the council’s community services committee agreed the status of the land should be revoked. Community services manager Lloyd Kennedy said the council had made a similar recommendation in 1997, and he did not think the transfer of the property to DOC would affect a proposed hydro scheme on the river or the existing community. Community services committee chairman Stuart Bryant said the hall had not been used for about 20 years and was in a serious state of disrepair. This was a good opportunity to clean it up, he said. (The Nelson Mail, Friday 24 October 2008) TDC MAKES MARUIA HALL GRANTThe Tasman District Council has agreed to make a financial grant to the Maruia Hall Board of $5000-$10,000. The council’s community services committee yesterday agreed to the grant, which would fund ground works to enable the hall board to seal and kerb the hall’s carpark. The hall is in the Buller district, but about 20 percent of its users live in the Tasman district. The rest of the $52,000 cost of the work is to be funded by the Buller District Council, and through grants. (The Nelson Mail, Friday 24 October 2008) PROMENADE UPGRADE BEGINSThe next stage of work to make Nelson’s waterfront more attractive has begun with the start of an upgrade of the Wakefield Quay promenade. Nelson City Council community projects manager Andrew Petheram said construction had begun on a jetty and walkway above Stoney Beach between the Sealord Marine Rescue Centre and the Crop and Food Research building. Mr Petheram could not give a firm finishing date for the $610,000 project. A plaza, which will include a public seating area, will be developed next to the rescue centre, and the new jetty will extend off an enhanced walkway area embellished with coastal vegetation and night lighting. (The Nelson Mail, Friday 24 October 2008) HUB GETS $12M AIR SERVICES UPGRADEJanuary, after the project was secured against strong competition from other regions. A new hangar will be built beside the current one, which Air Nelson has leased from Nelson Airport since 1989. The Nelson Airport Company will contribute $2 million towards the project, to help with the extension of the existing hangar, and in making land available to Air New Zealand. The investment is seen by the airport company and its two shareholders, Nelson city and Tasman district councils, as a strong vote of confidence in the region’s future, despite the challenging economic times. Construction is to take place in two to three stages over several years to meet Air Nelson’s projected growth. (The Nelson Mail, Saturday 25 October 2008) ROAD PLANS UPSET MOTEL OWNERA Richmond motel owner says he is not being offered financial compensation for the negative effect he thinks major changes to the highway at the front of his motel will have on his business. Kerry Mitchell said about 55sq m of land had been taken from the front of his property, Oxford Court Motels, under the Public Works Act. The New Zealand Transport Agency, formerly Transit New Zealand, has taken the land so it can upgrade Gladstone Rd, which forms part of State Highway 6. As part of the upgrade, a ring road system the Tasman District Council wants to introduce in Richmond, traffic lights will be installed at Oxford St. A resource consent hearing for the work is set down for next Wednesday. Mr Mitchell has lodged a submission opposing the application, on the grounds that he has not been compensated fairly and that the transport agency has not considered other alternatives. (The Nelson Mail, Saturday 25 October 2008) PROPERTY WATCHAuction properties passed in (The Nelson Mail, Saturday 25 October 2008) |
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