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There has been a lot of music events in Nelson lately. Have you been to any or are you planning on going to any?
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Neville Harris, Stoke.
Gillian Dancey, Tahuna.
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“There is a good variety and I try to make as many of them as possible. I’m going to Opera in the Park.”
“I hadn’t planned on going to any. To me Nelson doesn’t have a lot of free music events, especially for kids.”
“Music events are fantastic for Nelson, I wanted to go to some during the Adams festival but missed out due to work.”
“I’m too busy working. They attract a lot of people though and it gives the kids something to go to.”
Councillors coy on election intentions FROM PAGE 1
Eric Davy, Kate Fulton and Paul Matheson all signalled their intentions to reclaim their spots around the council table saying they still had a lot to offer. While the long-serving Gail Collingwood and current deputy mayor Ali Boswijk have said they would not be seeking re-election. Gail
told the Weekly it’s time for her to move on. “I will have served the Nelson community for six terms [18 years] and it is time for me to stand down and for others to work though the local body governance process.” Among those undecided were Pete Rainey, Derek Shaw and Jeff Rackley all saying they would
make a final decision within the next few months. Veteran councillor Mike Ward said he “probably will” stand again. Ruth Copeland was unable to be contacted. Rachel says she would encourage anyone with the right qualities to stand for council and she’d be happy to talk to them about the role. “Nelson needs people sit-
ting at that table who understand good governance. We need cando positive people with a head for responsible spending. We need people who recognise that they are in the role to promote Nelson, not themselves. We need people who understand that the job of politicians is not simply to rubberstamp staff advice. It is to exercise critical judgement.”
Car show’s burnout comp up in smoke FROM PAGE 1 But Mr Sicko believes the decision to end the burnout competition will just create more problems on the streets and that the council should be more supportive. Event organiser Steve Steel says the event was created to promote doing burnouts in a controlled environment and not on public roads. “This is what the kids do out on the road. It’s a fun event and how often do you get to see
it, let alone be involved in it?” he says. “The calibre of entrants is always pretty high but there were a number of new ones this year.” But he acknowledged that the council is not interested in supporting it. “We’re going to have to come up with a new event so if anyone has any ideas or offers then give me a ring on 021 707 212.” The rest of the podium spots went to Nelson’s Hayden Cole and Marc Cederman. Steve says the burnout competition was the
perfect warm up for this weekend’s Nelson Car Show, which is being held at the Parkers Rd end of the Tahuna Holiday Park this Saturday and Sunday from 10am. “We had a really good turnout today so it’ll be amazing to see how many turn up to the car show.” The Nelson Car Show is being held on a different weekend this year because it outgrew the previous site. Entry to the event is $5 per adult and under 12s are free.