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Council clean-out
October 13, 2010
“I knew there was a groundswell for change. But I didn’t realise I would lose over half the district council,� says Marlborough Mayor Alistair Sowman. “It’s certainly not business as usual,� he says of the elections that saw him lose eight of the thirteen-strong council. Two members, Jill Bunting of the Blenheim Ward and Andrew Barker of Wairau Awatere, had stood down. Another four of the seven Blenheim councillors have been replaced, as have both the former Picton Ward councillors, leaving just five of the previous team. Continued Page 4.
3rd Term Alistair Sowman is moving into his third term as Marlborough’s Mayor. He was first elected to the position in 2004, having served one term as a councillor from 2001.
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Four Square milestone Page 13
Have music, will travel The story of two local internet music entrepreneurs.
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Outlook for Today 12-21 Saturday Fine and frosty. Not much for wind. Outlook Today Fine, evening high cloud. Southeasterlies.
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John Derry jets up the Wairau River on Tuesday in NZ’s first turbine powered helicopter jet unit. Right: Blue Derry, Johns father who raced jetboats for more than twenty years, checks out ‘MOTHER’.
Derry tradition
NZ’s first helicopter jetboat In a New Zealand first, MOTHER Energy Drink and local boating legend, John Derry, were proud to unveil the country’s most powerful jet boat in Blenheim on Monday.
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Grant & Christine Fisk celebrate 10 years in business.
One of only two in the world, the custommade MOTHER Energy Drink sponsored jetboat is the first New Zealand owned turbine powered jet boat. With a turbine helicopter
engine and 1270 foot-pounds of torque, the 1350 horsepower boat can reach in excess of 200kmph. Continued page 2.
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