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Upgrades Planned For Nelson Marina Hardstand
Friday, 2 October 2020, 4:05 pm | Nelson City Council
Beginning late November, Nelson City Council will undertake work on the Hardstand at Nelson Marina to ensure it is operating as efficiently and effectively as possible for those who use it, and the environment. Council was issued an abatement ... More >>
Nelson City Council Advocates Against Discriminatory Laws On Māori Wards
Tuesday, 22 September 2020, 2:34 pm | Nelson City Council
Discriminatory laws that place unreasonable hurdles to increased Māori participation in local government need to be urgently reformed, says Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese. In a Nelson City Council meeting held on Tuesday, 22 September, Council resolved ... More >>
Nelson City Council gets behind the Great Kereū Count
Friday, 18 September 2020, 10:53 am | Nelson City Council
Making it count - Nelson City Council gets behind the Great Kereū Count and launches a subsidised trap project to help protect native birds More >>
Santa Cruz Bicycles To Fund Brand New Mountain Biking Track In Nelson
Monday, 14 September 2020, 3:55 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson Mountain Bike Club (NMTBC) and Nelson City Council are pleased to announce the PayDirt Fund, founded by Santa Cruz Bicycles, will co-fund the new 3,000m Fringed Hill trail, due to start construction in November this year. The PayDirt grant to ... More >>
Gracefield Sewer Diversion To Improve Wastewater Resilience
Friday, 11 September 2020, 12:33 pm | Nelson City Council
Work to create a new wastewater diversion system from Whakatu Drive (between Annesbrook and Beatson Road) through to Annesbrook Drive will start at the end of September. This is a major project that will improve the capacity of the sewerage network and ... More >>
Linking The Railway Reserve To The Maitai – Extending Nelson’s Shared Pathways
Friday, 4 September 2020, 10:35 am | Nelson City Council
Nelsonians will soon be able to cycle and walk safely all the way from the Railway Reserve Shared Path to the Maitai Riverside Precinct once work to fill a missing gap in our cycling/pedestrian network is completed. Starting on 14 September and ... More >>
Nelson City Council Establishes Preference For The Future Of Civic House
Tuesday, 18 August 2020, 11:22 am | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council has voted in favour of the development of a business case for the refurbishment of Civic House, a proposal that would focus on Council operating from its current base. Councillors were asked to decide between three options at ... More >>
Nelson City Council Granted $2.86m For First Phase Of Three Waters Services Reform
Sunday, 16 August 2020, 2:35 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council has agreed to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government to participate in the first phase of the Three Waters Services Reform and will receive initial Government grant funding of $2.86m. Funding is being provided ... More >>
Nelson’s Local Elections To Be Decided By Single Transferable Vote
Thursday, 13 August 2020, 6:09 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council has voted to move to a Single Transferable Vote (STV) voting system at the next election in 2022 to support increased diversity and proportional representation. Mayor Rachel Reese spoke in favour of changing the voting system ... More >>
Council’s Development Contributions Policy Is Up For Review And Council Is Seeking Feedback
Wednesday, 5 August 2020, 12:15 pm | Nelson City Council
If you are thinking of subdividing, building, connecting to Nelson City Council’s services or otherwise undertaking development within the city, Council would like to hear from you. Council’s Development Contributions Policy is up for review and ... More >>
Proposal To Name Saxton Field’s Main Road In Honour Of Kerry Marshall
Saturday, 1 August 2020, 2:24 pm | Nelson City Council
The Mayors of Nelson and Tasman, Rachel Reese and Tim King and Nelson MP Nick Smith have proposed that the main road through Saxton Field be named “Kerry Marshall Drive” in memory of the former Tasman and Nelson Mayor. Kerry, who devoted much ... More >>
Nelson City Council Welcomes Government Investment In Nelson
Saturday, 25 July 2020, 5:47 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese says yesterday’s announcement of Government investment will boost economic development in the region. Three Nelson-based projects are to receive funding from the Provincial Growth Fund and the Infrastructure Reference ... More >>
Council Offers Further Business Recovery Support
Monday, 20 July 2020, 12:35 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council is providing further financial support to local businesses and community groups to help encourage Nelson’s economic recovery from the impact of Covid-19. During Level 4 of the COVID-19 shutdown, the Council provided a three-month ... More >>
Nelson City Council’s Community Investment Fund Is Open For Applications
Tuesday, 14 July 2020, 4:03 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson’s non-profit community groups can now apply for a helping hand from Nelson City Council’s Community Investment Fund. This year, the fund has $125,000 available to support non-profit community organisations to deliver programmes and activities ... More >>
Nelson’s Beloved Maitai / Mahitahi River Receives Funding Boost
Sunday, 5 July 2020, 7:00 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council has been successful in its bid to the Jobs for Nature projects fund, receiving funding of $1.7 million to implement an Ecological Restoration Plan for the Maitai / Mahitahi River catchment ecosystem. Jobs for Nature is a programme More >>
Brook Tree Harvesting Delayed To 2021 To Help Local Businesses After COVID-19 Shutdown
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 4:46 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council’s Forestry Advisory Group (FAG) has made the decision to delay the harvesting of Council trees in the Brook/Codgers area until July 2021. The delay is designed to give businesses that operate in our forests some breathing space while More >>
Innovating Streets For People Fund Success – Up To $1 Million To Transform Our Central City
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 1:07 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council’s City Centre Streets for People project has received a funding opportunity from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. Council’s City Centre Streets for People project is part of an investigation into how to improve pedestrian safety, ... More >>
Reduce First – Then Recycle: Plastic Recycling Changes Kick Off In Nelson
Monday, 29 June 2020, 3:11 pm | Nelson City Council
From 1 July, plastic containers left in Nelson’s yellow recycling bins must have the number 1, 2 or 5 embossed in a triangle on them. If you can’t see the number it’s usually on the base of the container. Plastic types 1, 2 and 5 make up 85% ... More >>
Time’s Expired For Nelson’s Old Parking Meters As New Pay-by-Plate Machines Launch
Friday, 26 June 2020, 4:55 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson’s new Pay-by-Plate meters go live at 8am on 29 June, ending paper waste from tickets, while offering Nelsonians more ways to pay and more convenient ways to extend their parking. The new meters will allow people to pay using coins, payWave ... More >>
Provincial Growth Fund Boost For Key Nelson Infrastructure Projects
Tuesday, 16 June 2020, 10:54 am | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council has been awarded $1.23m from the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) for infrastructure projects that will help our region recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The successful ... More >>
