Nelson City Council - Latest News [Page 3]
Funding For Eight New Affordable Rental Properties Approved
Monday, 26 June 2023, 12:11 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council has approved $1.2 million in grant funding from Phase Three of its Housing Reserve to support the development of more affordable housing in the city. In a meeting on 4 May 2023, elected members agreed to grant $1.2m to the Nelson ... More >>
Annual Plan Adopted As Council Seeks To Cushion Impact Of Cost-of-living Crisis
Thursday, 22 June 2023, 3:22 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council’s Annual Plan 2023/24 has been adopted by elected members at a Council meeting held on Thursday 22 June. Nelson Mayor Nick Smith says Council made some sensible tweaks and managed to keep the lid on the rates increase at a ... More >>
Stoke To Get Bigger And Better New World Following Land Swap
Monday, 19 June 2023, 11:34 am | Nelson City Council
A land swap between Nelson City Council and Foodstuffs South Island has paved the way for a new 3,229m2 New World supermarket in Stoke, while ensuring no parking is lost in Strawbridge Square. The new supermarket will stretch across the western side ... More >>
Stoke Bus Interchange Decision Made At Hearings Panel
Friday, 16 June 2023, 4:56 pm | Nelson City Council
The location of the new bus interchange in Stoke will be outside the Turf Hotel on Main Road Stoke, just one of the changes to bus stop locations that have occurred as a result of community feedback heard by today’s Hearing Panel at Nelson City ... More >>
Damaged Roof Trusses Add Costs And Delay To Elma Turner Library Reopening, Further Section Opening Planned
Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 3:59 pm | Nelson City Council
New structural damage found in the roof trusses of Elma Turner Library during the process of earthquake strengthening has delayed its full reopening. A partial reopening, including the main entrance and another large section of library floorspace, will ... More >>
Extent Of Contaminated Material At Back Beach Being Investigated
Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 2:43 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council is urgently investigating the extent of contaminated material found after routine testing of sawdust at the Tāhunanui Back Beach area. In the 1960s, sawdust material from a local timber mill was used in this area as fill for ... More >>
Big Bill For Landslips Remediation Work
Monday, 15 May 2023, 5:29 pm | Nelson City Council
Fixing the 18 landslips on Council land from the August storm to a standard that reduces future risk is going to cost $17.2 million, for which Nelson Mayor Nick Smith is seeking Government support. “We need to do right by the 33 property ... More >>
Council Land Purchase To Support Bus Hub
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 11:07 am | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council has purchased 41 Halifax Street, adjacent to Millers Acre, for $970,000 to support the development of the new central city bus hub. Elected members voted to purchase the property at a confidential meeting on 3 April and bid at auction ... More >>
Sunshine For A Rainy Day: Solar Power Facility Investigated For Bell Island Wastewater Treatment Plant
Friday, 5 May 2023, 11:27 am | Nelson City Council
The Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit (NRSBU) is investigating the feasibility of a large-scale solar facility on Bell Island, beside the wastewater treatment plant, that will reduce the plant's energy costs and potentially provide energy to the wider ... More >>
Working Together To Enable Recreational Access In Nelson
Monday, 24 April 2023, 12:30 pm | Nelson City Council
Discussions between Ngāti Koata and Nelson City Council about securing access to land with a high recreation value continue in a positive vein. Around 80% of Nelson’s trails are on, or accessed through, land owned by Ngāti Koata. Council and Ngāti ... More >>
Mayor Part Of Nelson Quartet To Run In The New York City Marathon
Tuesday, 4 April 2023, 7:03 am | Nelson City Council
Forty years after he won the New York City Marathon, Nelson-born runner Rod Dixon is back in his hometown with fellow running legend Lorraine Moller to help four Nelsonians, including Mayor Nick Smith, prepare for the largest marathon in the world. In turn, ... More >>
Nelson’s Annual Plan Aims To Build Resilience To Severe Weather Events
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 5:20 pm | Nelson City Council
Significant recovery costs from August 2022’s severe weather event are one of the key changes in Nelson City Council’s 2023/24 Annual Plan Consultation Document as the organisation looks to increase the city’s resilience to floods and heavy ... More >>
Nelson Gains Port Of Entry Status For Recreational Craft
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 4:40 pm | Nelson City Council
International recreational boaties can now arrive in Nelson after the marina gained port of entry status with its registration as a Transitional Facility with the Ministry of Primary Industries. Nelson Mayor Nick Smith says this is a positive development ... More >>
Annual Plan Consultation Document Goes To Council On Thursday
Monday, 20 March 2023, 4:15 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council will consider proposals for a 7.2% average rate increase, in line with inflation, at a meeting on Thursday. “The Annual Plan 2023/24 and budget process has been particularly tough this year with tens of millions in extra costs ... More >>
Nelson Tasman’s New Buses Are Delayed – But It’s A Service Worth Waiting For
Monday, 20 March 2023, 1:16 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson Tasman’s brand-new bus service will now start on August 1 due to a delay in the arrival of new electric buses for the service. Group Manager Infrastructure Alec Louverdis says the buses are already on their way from overseas, but due to ... More >>
The Work Of Recovery Continues – Stabilisation Of Moana Avenue And Completion Of Geotechnical Assessments
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 3:49 pm | Nelson City Council
Work will start by the end of the month to enable Moana Avenue to return to two lanes of traffic, one of the remaining few roads in Nelson still impacted by the August 2022 weather event. Nelson City Council’s contractors will be installing ... More >>
Nelson Mayor Urges Government To Exempt Nelmac From Three Waters Transfer Plan
Monday, 13 March 2023, 3:13 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson Mayor Nick Smith has called on the Government to leave Council-owned business Nelmac out of its Three Waters transfer plans at a select committee hearing this morning (Monday 13 March 2023) in Wellington. Mayor Nick outlined Nelmac's crucial ... More >>
Nelson Mayor Disappointed Science And Technology Precinct Not Proceeding
Friday, 10 February 2023, 1:10 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson Mayor Nick Smith says he is disappointed but not surprised that Port Nelson Limited and Cawthron Institute have been unable to commit to progressing the proposed Science and Technology Precinct given the sharp increase in interest rates and construction ... More >>
City Centre Business Forum Eyes Revitalisation Of Central Nelson
Thursday, 9 February 2023, 12:43 pm | Nelson City Council
Terms of reference have been confirmed for the City Centre Business Forum, which aims to better connect Council to Nelson’s retail, hospitality, and property businesses. The forum was established by Nelson City Council on 10 November 2022. Initially, ... More >>
Pop-up Library To Expand As Repairs Completed On Schedule
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 6:08 am | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council is delighted to announce the Elma Turner Pop-up Library will extend into the Maitai River side of the building on Wednesday 25 January. To allow library staff to prepare for the opening, the Pop-up will be closed in the morning ... More >>