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Local car seats fail safety test Andrew Board A free child restraint check for parents has uncovered a “horrific” lack of understanding, with about 95 per cent of car seats incorrectly fitted, leaving children exposed in the event of a car crash. In June the Nelson Parents Centre, along with Baby on the Move, Plunket and Nelson Police held two car seat safety checks at New World in Nelson and Stoke. The checks were held in conjunction with Parents Centre Week. Over the two days 94 car seats were checked, with only six installed correctly and the right size for their child. Baby on the Move owner Craig Smith says he was shocked at the lack of understanding. “It’s horrific, and it shows there is a lot of ignorance
about child restraints.” The reasons for the seats not complying included expired seats, children too heavy for the seats they were in, seats not strapped in tight enough and children front facing when they were too young to do so. Bev Melvern of Nelson Parents Centre says the solution is about education and giving parents the right advice before they get into bad habits. “Parents want to have them fitted correctly so it is about solving that lack of knowledge around it. We don’t want to scare parents but the results from those checks were very surprising and definitely concerning.” As a result Bev says they will hold another check before Christmas and two each year after that. “It’s not something we have done before but this has
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READY FOR ART: Nelson City Council arts festival director Sophie Kelly and programme coordinator Charlie Unwin have a bit of fun ahead of the Arts Festival launch this Friday night. Photo: Andrew Board.
Arts festival set to launch exciting lineup In a year dominated by rugby, the Nelson Arts Festival is promising an action packed 17 days of entertainment, away from the footy pitch. Festival director Sophie Kelly and her team are set to launch the festival this Friday night to sponsors and stakeholders with tickets to festival events on sale from Saturday.
She says the festival will, once again, be huge. “We are really fortunate to have some really big acts coming, some great music acts and a show that has been here before and was a sell out.” The full line up will be able to be viewed online from Friday night. The festival will once again kick off
with the Masked Parade on the last day of the school term in October, with the lighting of the digital display on the Cathedral during the following carnival. The display will be alight during the Rugby World Cup and is a first for the city says Sophie. “It will look amazing, the city will look great.”
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