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“Nelson Deserves Equal Treatment”: One Year On From The August Floods
Thursday, 17 August 2023, 6:11 am | Nelson City Council
16 August 2023 Steady local progress in the recovery from the August 2022 floods needs to be backed up by the same Government support received by North Island regions affected by Cyclone Gabrielle, says Nelson Mayor Nick Smith one year on from the ... More >>
Greater Housing Choice Proposed For Nelson
Monday, 7 August 2023, 9:06 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council’s elected members will decide whether to progress notification of Housing Plan Change 29 (PC29) to the Nelson Resource Management Plan (NRMP) at a Council meeting on 10 August 2023. Proposed Plan Change 29 focuses on intensification, ... More >>
Council Seeking Urgent Remediation For Contaminated Sawdust At Tāhunanui's Back Beach
Friday, 4 August 2023, 6:17 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council is seeking to urgently remediate and then remove contaminated sawdust found at Tāhunanui’s back beach after testing has confirmed the presence of concentrations of arsenic, chromium, copper and boron as well as dioxins, consistent ... More >>
Haere Rā NBus, Nau Mai, Haere Mai EBus
Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 12:35 pm | Nelson City Council
Three additional routes, 100 new bus stops, 17 electric buses and almost 22,000 more people within a 10-minute walk of a bus stop. Residents of Nelson Tasman now have better access to public transport than ever before. The newly launched eBus ... More >>
EBus OnDemand – Stoke: Download The App Now
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 9:32 am | Nelson City Council
The app for Stoke’s new OnDemand bus service is now available on the Apple and Google app stores. eBus OnDemand - Stoke kicks off on August 1 and passengers can now download the app, created by Liftango, that will be used to request a bus using ... More >>
Moana Avenue Made Safer
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 3:43 pm | Nelson City Council
The project to protect a section of Moana Avenue to ensure the safety of residents after a significant amount of material came down on the area from private properties during the August 2002 weather event is now complete, with the road reopened. Adding ... More >>
Boarding Now For Nelson Airport
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 12:18 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson Airport is ready to receive its first eBus passengers now that changes to the airport precinct road are complete. We appreciate everyone’s cooperation while these works were undertaken. The redesign of three raised crossing ramps on ... More >>
International Cricket Returns To Saxton Oval
Tuesday, 18 July 2023, 2:15 pm | Nelson City Council
Get ready to party at Saxton Oval – the BLACKCAPS and WHITE FERNS are coming back to Nelson this summer! Nelson will host three international matches in the 2023-24 home season starting with the BLACKCAPS playing a One-Day International ... More >>
Rushed Water Bill Compounds Reform Errors
Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 11:56 am | Nelson City Council
The rushed process for the latest Water Reform Bill is creating as many new problems as it is solving, Nelson Mayor Nick Smith told the Governance and Administration Select Committee on 5 July. “The mad rush to pass this Bill is no way to treat ... More >>
Nelson Tasman’s EBus Fleet Clock In To Start Work
Monday, 3 July 2023, 3:32 pm | Nelson City Council
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2307/1f17ef8c0c904eaf944c.jpeg" width="720" height="405"> From China to Auckland via sea and then driven 845km from Auckland to Nelson Tasman – the 17 new electric buses ... More >>
Stars Align For Te Huihui-o-Matariki In Whakatū Nelson
Friday, 30 June 2023, 3:53 pm | Nelson City Council
Nelson’s Te Huihui-o-Matariki commemorations this year will be our biggest yet, with Taku Kara Tīpuna, the Regional Secondary School Kapa Haka Competitions turning the event into a day-long celebration. This year’s Te Huihui-o-Matariki will be ... More >>
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 >>