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Marlborough District Council
New Zealand
Marlborough District Council is a unitary authority with offices in Blenheim and Picton. It looks after Marlborough's outstanding natural environment, investing in its infrastructure, people and quality lifestyle. The region is well known as the centre of New Zealand's wine industry and for the natural beauty of the Marlborough Sounds.
Marlborough District Council - Latest News [Page 46]
Hammering Down The Barriers On International Women’s Day
Monday, 8 March 2021, 12:10 pm | Marlborough District Council
Breaking through glass ceilings isn’t so much the challenge for women working in Marlborough’s construction industry - try concrete floors and steel beams instead. As New Zealand’s celebrates International Women’s Day, this year focussed on ... More >>
Tsunami Threat Level Cancelled For Marlborough, Top Of The South And East Coast Of The South Island
Friday, 5 March 2021, 2:38 pm | Marlborough District Council
The tsunami threat level for the Marlborough coastline has been cancelled. This means there is a no longer a threat to beach, harbour, estuary or boating activities. Marlborough Harbour shipping and ferry operations have resumed as normal. Marlborough’s ... More >>
Tsunami Threat Level Confirmed For Marlborough And The Top Of The South
Friday, 5 March 2021, 10:38 am | Marlborough District Council
The tsunami threat level for the Marlborough coastline has been confirmed. The Top of the South from Farewell Spit to Port Underwood including Picton and the Marlborough Sounds can expect strong and unusual currents and unpredictable surges of up to one ... More >>
Have Your Say On Marlborough’s Future Waste Services
Monday, 1 March 2021, 2:18 pm | Marlborough District Council
How we manage and minimise waste for the next six years in Marlborough is open for discussion with the Council’s draft strategy now open for public comment. The proposed Waste Management and Minimisation Plan (WMMP) 2021-27 has been developed following ... More >>
Muller Road Services Upgrade
Friday, 26 February 2021, 5:02 pm | Marlborough District Council
Investigation works are nearing completion and digging will start this coming Monday in Muller Road as part of a significant services upgrade in Blenheim. The Council is replacing the wastewater, stormwater and water mains along Muller Road, between ... More >>
Lower Speed Limits Coming Soon
Friday, 26 February 2021, 4:27 pm | Marlborough District Council
Slower speeds are just around the corner for a number of Marlborough roads in a bid to put the brake on vehicles and reduce crashes. The full Council voted yesterday to proceed with amendments to the existing bylaw as a result of the Local Road Speed ... More >>
Council Agrees Ten Year Budget Priorities
Friday, 26 February 2021, 10:18 am | Marlborough District Council
Mayor John Leggett and Councillors discussed and considered a wide variety of agenda items at yesterday’s Long Term Plan Budget meeting. Staff were complimented by the Mayor for the high quality work that had gone into the reports and presentations. ... More >>
New Sportshub Will Help Turn The Wheels Of Marlborough Sport
Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 9:33 am | Marlborough District Council
Just as spokes unite in the hub of a wheel, so too will a number of Marlborough’s sporting codes join together under one roof in the Lansdowne Park Sportshub. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2102/e5c229ae9ced9a5fdd3a.jpeg" ... More >>
Innovative, Green Solution Sought For Moorings
Monday, 22 February 2021, 12:39 pm | Marlborough District Council
After discussions over several years about a new solution for Waikawa Bay’s boat moorings, Marlborough District Council is putting out a Request for Information (RFI) to test what’s available. The RFI seeks to gain information from commercial parties ... More >>
Regional Land And Public Transport Plans Open For Submissions
Friday, 19 February 2021, 3:40 pm | Marlborough District Council
Marlborough’s roading and public transport priorities for the next six years are now open for public comment. The ‘Connecting Te Tauihu (Top of the South)’ Regional Land Transport Plan 2021-2027 (RLTP) and Marlborough Regional Public Transport Plan ... More >>
Infrastructure, Inflation And Freshwater Quality Drive Up Long Term Plan Costs
Friday, 19 February 2021, 10:27 am | Marlborough District Council
Marlborough District Council’s Long Term Plan 2021-2031 priorities will be discussed at the Council Budget meeting this Thursday 25 February from 10.30am. The Mayor and Councillors will discuss the overall budget and a number of items requesting increased ... More >>
TEAM Business Survey To Capture COVID-19 Impacts
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 12:53 pm | Marlborough District Council
The Council and TEAM (The Economic Action Marlborough) Group are underway with a survey of local businesses across all sectors to investigate the longer term impact of COVID-19. “We would like to better understand the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 ... More >>
Benefits Go Far Beyond Pipes In The Ground
Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 8:37 am | Marlborough District Council
What lies beneath Blenheim is a mostly unseen but significant driver of economic activity for Marlborough. Since Marlborough emerged from COVID Level 4 in August last year, more than $30 million in critical infrastructure contracts have either ... More >>
Go By Bike Day Postponed
Monday, 15 February 2021, 3:20 pm | Marlborough District Council
Marlborough’s Go by Bike Day in Blenheim and Picton this Wednesday morning has been postponed until further notice. Braden Prideaux, the Council’s Sustainable Transport Manager, said it was disappointing but the right thing to do. “Due to ... More >>
Tory Channel Navigational Risks To Be Addressed
Friday, 12 February 2021, 4:40 pm | Marlborough District Council
Work is underway to identify the controls, including the operational and risk management practices that need to be in place, to enable the ongoing safe transit of vessels through Tory Channel and Queen Charlotte Sound, said Captain Luke Grogan, the Marlborough ... More >>
Planning For The Future Of Marine Farming
Friday, 12 February 2021, 11:48 am | Marlborough District Council
The clock is ticking for the public to have their say on the Council’s suggested changes to marine and finfish farming provisions in the Proposed Marlborough Environment Plan. The public consultation process closes on 26 February 2021. Variations 1 (marine ... More >>
Twenty Projects Win Working For Nature/Mahi Mō Te Taiao Funding
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 3:38 pm | Marlborough District Council
In its inaugural year, the Working for Nature/Mahi mō te Taiao fund has awarded environment grants to 20 projects across Marlborough to protect and restore native habitats. In November, the Council received 34 applications from community groups ... More >>
Bicycle, Bicycle, Bicycle
Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 3:32 pm | Marlborough District Council
I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike, I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like. If you need an excuse to ‘ride that bike where you like’ or just to trade four wheels for two on your daily commute, Marlborough District ... More >>
New Team At Marlborough Convention Centre
Monday, 1 February 2021, 1:52 pm | Marlborough District Council
Following a significant tenure managing the Marlborough Convention Centre, Scenic Hotel Group’s lease agreement has come to an end, effective today, and the management of the centre is being handed back to Marlborough District Council, who will take ... More >>
Rai Valley’s Village Green Dream May Come True
Monday, 1 February 2021, 10:07 am | Marlborough District Council
The community’s long-held wish for a village green may finally come true for Rai Valley. A suitable site, which could also include new public toilets, has been identified in the Rai Valley Tavern car park. Last week the Council’s Assets & Services ... More >>
