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Published on: 17th May 2010 HOUSING INITIATIVE PUTS WELCOME MAT OUT FOR MPS HOUSING INITIATIVE PUTS WELCOME MAT OUT FOR MPSLabour MPs were among the first to visit nine new townhouses which the Nelson Tasman Housing Trust has built in Richmond for low to medium income families. The homes, on three sections in the Bramley Estate subdivision on Bateup Rd, are nearing completion and expected to be tenanted next month. The trust is targeting people who would usually fall into Housing New Zealand’s category C waiting listing for its new Richmond homes. The two-bedroom townhouses will be rented at $240 a week, 75 per cent of the market rents. They have been built by Jennian Homes with high energy-efficiency ratings. The development was made possible by a $2.2 million grant from the Canterbury Community Trust. (The Nelson Mail, Tuesday 11 May 2010) RELOCATED MAITAI LODGE THERE TO STAYA building that has become the bane of some Hope residents’ lives is there to stay but consultation with affected residents could have been handled better, says Tasman mayor Richard Kempthorne. Residents whose properties front on to the Hope Reserve were gobsmacked by the sudden appearance two weeks ago of the large building looming over their front yards which has robbed them of sunlight and mountain views. The lodge once housed the former Ranzau School and was at least a century old, Mr Kempthorne said. It was now used by members of groups that used the reserve, including local Freemasons. (The Nelson Mail, Tuesday 11 May 2010) $4M GRANT FOR MAORI SCHOOL2012 opening date in Richmond The Government is giving more than $4 million to build a new Nelson school for Maori immersion education. The school for up to 61 students will be built on land behind Salisbury School in Richmond and is to open at the start of 2012. It means families in the top of the south and the West Coast will have the opportunity to have their children learn almost completely in te reo Maori. A group called Tuia Te Matangi has been pushing for a total immersion school or kura kaupapa in the region for three years, and Dayveen Stephens, its kaiwhakahaere (co-ordinator), said today she was ‘‘totally ecstatic’’ over the decision. (The Nelson Mail, Thursday 13 May 2010) A TOXIC LEGACY REVEALEDSecret site list released The Tasman District Council’s fight to keep its secret contaminated site register under wraps has failed, with the Ombudsman forcing its release to the public. Released yesterday, the list reveals the region’s most toxic land, which has been left contaminated by a history of heavy-handed chemical use as well as the dumping of chemicals. Of Tasman’s 763 listed sites, 471 are pre-1975 orchard sites around Mapua, Waimea, Appleby and the Moutere Hills. Lead arsenic sprayed on the fruit trees is still likely to be found in the soil of the sites’ 4000 hectares. (The Nelson Mail, Friday 14 May 2010) OPINION DIVIDED ON PLAN FOR PAKAWAUThe lack of coastal camping grounds in New Zealand has become ‘‘a national crisis’’, according to some Pakawau residents opposed to the building of 20 apartments on the former camping ground at Pakawau Beach. Pakawau residents Jill Newport, Fiona Wilson and others highlighted the issue while giving evidence today, on the final day of a three-day resource consent hearing at the Pohara Boat Club into the application by Pakawau developer Landon Carter’s Sustainable Ventures Ltd. Of 86 submissions on the application, 43 were in support, 35 against and eight neutral. The hearing is before commissioner David Collins, councillor Noel Riley and Derek Todd. (The Nelson Mail, Friday 14 May 2010) CAUTIOUS BUYERS BEHIND DROP IN LOCAL HOUSE SALESInvestors playing ‘‘the waiting game’’ caused a drop in house sales last month, Reinz Nelson Marlborough branch president Vaughan Borcovsky says. The institute’s latest statistics show that house sales in Nelson and Tasman dropped from 158 in March to 131 last month. They were also down on April last year, when there were 141 sales. Mr Borcovsky said first-home buyers were still out there but investors were awaiting next week’s Budget announcements. The Government is expected to make tax changes around properties. Median house prices in the Nelson region have continued to climb, hitting $367,000 in April, compared with $353,250 in March and $320,000 in April last year. (The Nelson Mail, Saturday 15 May 2010) PROPERTY WATCHKeen interest in home An inner-city Nelson home that has been owned by the same family for 90 years has sold at auction for $837,000. The four-bedroom, two-living room home is situated on a 770-square-metre site at 53 Halifax St and has a rateable value of $720,000. Summit agent Trish Kay said several parties bid. She would not comment on where the new owners were from and said she did not know their intentions for the property, which is commercially zoned. ‘‘There was obviously demand for that property, and that’s why it sold. All parties were happy.’’ Houses snapped up Two character bungalows at 14 Pitt St and 26 Weka St in Nelson, and a more modern three-bedroom, three-bathroom home at 22 Farleigh St, Atawhai have been signed up for sale through Haven Realty agent Sandy Warren within the past fortnight. The three properties had RVs ranging from $355,000 to $390,000. Every sale was in excess of the RV, with prices ranging from $375,000 to $420,000. Haven Realty principal Darryl Marshall said more than 75 groups went through the Pitt St property during the four weeks it was listed. ‘‘There is good interest in that price range of the market,’’ providing that properties were well located, well presented, well marketed and well managed, he said. Engineering expansion Engineering consultancy firm Cameron, Gibson and Wells is opening an office in Richmond. Director Rob Gibson said the company, based in Nelson’s Halifax St, needed more office space, making it an opportune time to branch out to Richmond. It has leased offices through Summit commercial agent Bevan Dixon at 1/237 Queen St. Four of the company’s 16 staff will work from the new premises. ‘‘It will be mainly environmental, roading and civil design initially,’’ Mr Gibson said. The company was leasing a fibre optic link from Network Tasman to make the best use of technology between the offices and would endeavour to open the new one as soon as possible, he said. Wendy's lease expires The Wendy’s icecream outlet in Richmond Mall has closed. Mall manager David Hill said the lease had expired and the chain was looking for a new franchisee. The area formed part of the mall’s next stage of redevelopment plans, he said. ‘‘There’s a number of vacancies we’re holding to relocate tenants. We’re hoping to make some announcements in June.’’ (The Nelson Mail, Saturday 15 May 2010) THOUGHT FOR THE WEEKTo hate a person is a waste; half the people you hate don't care, and the other half don't know. |
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