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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 >>
Financial Relief Proposed For Nelsonians Affected By August Storm Event
Tuesday, 13 December 2022, 3:04 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council will decide on Thursday (15 December) whether to approve two proposals designed to help alleviate the financial stress on those whose homes were damaged in the devastating August 2022 weather event. The first proposal from Nelson ... More >>
Nelson Awarded $5m From Waka Kotahi To Improve Cycling Connections
Sunday, 4 December 2022, 6:39 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson's cycling and walking network will be boosted by improved east-west connections due to a $5m Transport Choices programme award from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency. The $5m funding will make up 90% to 100% of the budget for improved transport connections ... More >>
Nelson City Council Maintains AA/A-1+ Credit Rating With A Stable Outlook
Friday, 2 December 2022, 11:41 am | Nelson City Council
S&P Global’s credit rating report for Nelson City Council outlines the financial balancing act required to meet the costs of August’s severe weather event. The agency maintained its AA/A-1+ rating with a stable outlook. Noting an expected ... More >>
More Financial Assistance Needed For Those Affected By Slips And Flooding
Tuesday, 29 November 2022, 3:57 am | Nelson City Council
The Nelson Tasman Mayoral Relief Fund has distributed $691,833.53 to around 230 individuals, families and businesses affected by the August weather event, but further funding is required to meet current demand. The Fund has received $694,000 in donations: ... More >>
Library Taskforce Recommends $1.4m Urgent Strengthening For Elma Turner Library
Thursday, 24 November 2022, 6:58 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council Project Manager Lucy Clarke and Mayor Nick Smith inspect the Elma Turner Library ceilings. On Thursday 24 November, Nelson City Council will consider a recommendation from the Library Reopening Taskforce to approve $1.4m to complete ... More >>
Repair, Reconnect, Recover – How Nelson’s Water Supply Was Secured
Tuesday, 15 November 2022, 1:19 pm | Nelson City Council
Three months on from the devastating August severe weather, the main break in the Maitai Raw Water Pipeline from the Maitai Dam has been fully repaired, and this key lifeline asset is once again reconnected to our water supply. The repair to Nelson's ... More >>
Mayor Proposes New $46m Library Project Is Put On Hold
Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 11:14 am | Nelson City Council
New Nelson Mayor Nick Smith will put to the first Nelson City Council meeting on Thursday 10 November that the Council not spend any further ratepayer funds on the ambitious library project on Halifax Street adjacent to the Maitai River. “I gave ... More >>
Proposed Council Structure Follows Mayor’s Governance Reset
Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 10:55 am | Nelson City Council
New Nelson Mayor Nick Smith is proposing a new Council structure that allows for a closer working relationship with our neighbours, Tasman District Council, a more efficient way for decision-making and a clearer separation between governance and More >>
