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Young councillor wants to be mayor

erin Bradnock Local Democracy Reporter

Twenty one year old rookie councillor Rohan O’Neill-Stevens will contest this year’s mayoral election he is announcing today.

“I don’t necessarily look like

your average mayoral candidate or past mayor, I’m not a white, middle-aged man,” says O’NeillStevens.

The young councillor is the first in Nelson to confirm his bid for the mayoralty and says he is prepared for other candidates to

“make much” of his age.

“The question I’d ask to people with concerns around my age, what do you want in a mayor?

My answer is someone that is competent, passionate, who is on the ground and engaged with the community and has a plan to lead

Nelson into the future.”

O’Neill-Stevens made headlines in 2019 when he announced he would be running for council at the age of 19.

He went on to gain the fourthhighest amount of votes among the 12 elected councillors.

The councillor says he is most proud of his work aiding an overhaul of the region’s transport system and working to improve the city’s walking and cycling facilities.

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Nelson Giants’ small forward Nic Trathen soars into the air for a big dunk during Thursday’s sellout home game at Trafalgar Centre.

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“Football, it’s popular in my country, Thailand.”

“I don’t like sport because it’s kind of boring.”

“I like motor racing; I like mechanical things.”

“Netball, because I play netball anyway.”

Young councillor seeking mayoralty fROm page 1 O’Neill-Stevens is the co-convenors of Young Greens of Aotearoa New Zealand and holds a passion for climate action. He is regularly the drafter behind resolutions on climate change in council chambers.

He says the decision to run for mayor was not an easy one but his desire for change in leadership is what pushed him to throw his hat in the ring.

“One of the things that struck me back in 2019 first coming into this role was an absence of long-term thinking and vision in council.

“Knowing the challenges our city will face very near on the horizon, it’s clear to me we need a new kind of leadership. A leadership that’s on the ground, is engaged in talking to all Nelsonians

Nelson City Councillor Rohan O’Neill-Stevens has announced he will be running for the mayoralty in this year’s local elections.

Photo: Erin Bradnock. and leadership that’s able to form and deliver a strong and united council to work towards addressing those challenges,” he says.

Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese told the Nelson Weekly it’s “absolutely fantastic” that the mayoralty will

be contested.

“I think it’s fantastic that our council is attracting diversity, I think that’s really positive,” she says.

Reese says while she has loved the role, she is still deciding on

whether or not she will stand for a fourth term.

“I’m working through with my family on what my plans are for the future,” she says.

Other councillors who have stood for the mayoralty role in the past are remaining coy five months out from election day.

Councillor Matt Lawry confirmed he would be running for council and says he is “seriously considering running for mayoralty”.

Ahead of election day on October 8, 2022, O’Neill-Stevens hopes other mayoral candidates will announce their campaign so there’s time “for robust debate and discussion”.

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Three Waters changes improve ‘representation and accountability’ Erin Bradnock Local Democracy Reporting

Nelson Mayor and Three Waters working group member Rachel Reese is “pleased” with the Government’s adoption of the group’s recommendations.

Last Friday, Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Infrastructure Minister Grant Robertson announced that the Government would accept most of the Three Waters working group’s recommendations.

The governance and accountability working group, which included Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese, was tasked with advising the Government on how to address concerns over its proposal to have drinking, waste and storm water management handed to four regional bodies.

The ministers announced that all councils would be given non-financial shareholding interests in four water service entities.

This would be allocated based on population with one share per 50,000 people.

The separate boards of the four entities would be appointed by a regional representation group, based on ‘competency requirements’, with a ban on

conflicts of interest infrastructure, conwhich extends to a straining the counban on councillors cils’ ability to deliver being able to be on services,” she said. the entity boards.

Tasman Mayor Tim The Government King is however, also announced that less enthusiastic rethere would be extra garding the Governprotections against Rachel Reese ment adoption of the privatisation which working groups recwould require at least three- ommendations. quarters of Parliament to “While we are pleased that the agree before any sale or merg- Government has taken notice er could be permitted and 100 of those recommendations, it per cent of councillors to ap- does not significantly change prove the sale or share. the proposed governance arMayor Rachel Reese says the rangement,” he said. working group is pleased that Tasman District Council subthe cabinet has supported 44 mitted a critical response to of the group’s 47 recommen- the Three Waters proposal in dations.

September last year, demand“The working groups recom- ing greater certainty about mendations were focussed how a transition to the new around improving representa- water services entity would tion and accountability.” take place, including the Reese says that councils, on transfer of debt of the Waimea behalf of their community, Community Dam, before the will be the owners of these wa- council could support the reter entities under these recom- form. mendations.

The Three Waters reform is She says, despite the contro- soon due to go to a select comversy surrounding Three Wa- mittee where the proposed ters, maintaining the status changes will be open to public quo of water management feedback. would not be the best outcome for the Nelson community.

“Councils like Tasman are now carrying a significant amount of debt in relation to water

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Four-bed mental health respite facility now open Erin Bradnock Local Democracy Reporting

A four-bed mental health respite facility has opened to aid Nelson Marlborough Health’s acute and urgent mental health needs.

According to Nelson Marlborough Health’s mental health services manager, Michael Bland, the alternate crisis community facility acts as an alternative to being admitted to an inpatient setting.

“This is for what we call a step-down respite bed, someone who is needing an acute level of care, early intervention,” he says.

The Halifax St site can currently host just two patients and is set to extend to four beds by the end of May. The need for the service was first identified four years ago.

Pathways Health is leading the service alongside Nelson Marlborough Health’s clinical team.

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community-based mental health, addiction and wellbeing services throughout Aotearoa.

Michael updated the Nelson Marlborough District Health Board last week, describing the facility as “lovely” when he walked through the space a month ago.

District Health Board chair Jenny Black responded that she was “sure those beds will fill up quickly”.

Nelson’s inpatient mental health facility Wāhi Oranga reached 82 per cent of its 30 bed occupancy in March this year while Nelson’s Infant Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service reached a caseload of 421 children in need of mental health care.

“Hopefully this will be a really calming and therapeutic place for people to access care,” says Michael.

Nelson Airport has begun to engage with its neighbours about its proposed plans to extend its runway.

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Nelson Airport plans to extend runway Staff rEportEr Nelson Airport is beginning to engage in discussion with the community about an extension to its runway.

A longer runway has been a commonly cited need of the airport for many years which, it says, would allow it to better cater to existing aircraft, improve safety, and provide for future low-emission flights.

Nelson Airport chief executive Mark Thompson says the current 1347-metre runway is one of the shortest in the world servicing the type of aircraft that travel to and from Nelson.

“That has limited the weight – in both passenger numbers and

freight – that airlines can carry when they come into Nelson, particularly in certain weather conditions. That obviously has an impact on the viability of flying in and out of Nelson for our operators.”

Mark says that extending the runway to 1510 metres would allow the current weight restrictions to be scrapped and allow the airport to reach the highest international safety standard.

The development is still at least ten years away, but planning is beginning now to give the airport, its neighbours, and the wider Nelson community certainty for the future.

Nelson Airport will ask Nelson City Council to amend its planning provisions for the airport to

enable the runway extension and future airport operations.

The provision changes would enable and protect future airport operations while managing its effects, including controls on airport noise.

The airport has written to everyone who may be affected by the proposed updated noise provisions and invited residents to an information drop-in session at the Honest Lawyer on Thursday, 12 May. “We’ll be sharing all this information with our neighbours who may be affected by these future changes,” Mark says.

“This is just the start of a conversation that we’ll be having with the community about our proposals.”

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Racing regatta theft causes disruption JO KENT A break-in at a Best Island yacht club has disrupted plans for the New Zealand Radio Yachting Association’s annual regatta.

The South Island DF65 Championships are due to take place over the weekend of 14 May, but essential equipment used in the event was stolen during the Easter break.

Publicity officer for the Radio Yacht Squadron Nelson, Peter Foster, says even though the police have been informed, it’s unlikely the items will ever be recovered.

“It’s a small club of retired or semi-retired members, and this is a major setback to us.

Our club at Best Island is hosting the South Island DF65 Championship in a matter of Commodore for the Best Island yacht club Basil Hart says the stolen boat was the same as this weeks and the items stolen are pictured except with red and black sails featuring a dragon. Photo: Jo Kent. an integral part of this regatta.”

Items taken include two talk- were going to go forward from grateful.” board motor.” ing countdown start boxes, a this,” Peter says.

The event will still go ahead The club are keen for the items Dragon Force 65 boat, and an “We haven’t got the money to despite the theft as they are to be returned, no questions electric outboard motor, which replace all the stuff that’s been borrowing equipment. asked. the members use for safety and stolen.

“The show will go on, but it’s “We just want our stuff back so recovering yachts that might “It’s truly awful to a club like the annoyance of not being will look the other way if they require assistance. ours where all the members able to do what we pride our- suddenly just ‘turn up’.”

“When we found out about the are elderly. We rely on spon- selves on, which is being car- If you have any information break-in, it was like a feeling sorship to continue to operate bon neutral , as we are having that could help recover the stoof bereavement as to how we and for this we are extremely to now borrow a petrol out- len goods, call 027 544 3923.

Drop in rental listings The Nelson Tasman region saw the biggest drop in rental listings in the country in March, compared to the previous year. Rental listings were down 39 per cent in the region, ahead of Canterbury (33 per cent) according to Trade Me’s latest March Rental Price Index. The national median weekly rent jumped seven per cent year-on-year to reach $575.

Nelson’s largest mural A new mural, depicting Nelson’s aquatic wildlife across its 420m2 span, has brought a splash of beauty to the Nelson Waste Recovery Centre. The blank 60m x 7m concrete wall has been given a makeover by artists Sean Duffell, Thijs de Koning, and Chris Zesk. The $30,000 mural is the largest in Nelson to date and was funded by a portion of Nelson City Council’s yearly arts budget and solid waste closed account. The mural was installed over five days during the Easter break.

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Good Samaritan emerges out of Anzac medal hunt Max Frethey Anzac Day is a very special day for Rebecca Gibson.

Her father James served in the WWII as part of the Royal Engineers in the British military.

“I come up [to Marsden Cemetery] every Anzac Day and I normally sit on his grave for a couple hours or more and I just play him songs,” Rebecca says.

James died when she was fiveyears-old and his medals were later sold.

“He was like a lot of soldiers: they didn’t really talk about the war.

But I do know that he was shot twice,” she says. “I know that he was in Palestine, Egypt, France, England, Belgium, Germany.”

Rebecca says when Anzac Day rolls around each year she wonders what had become of his medals.

This year, she finally gave in to her curiosity and posted on a local Facebook page asking for advice on how she could find them.

“I thought I’ll just put a post-up and just see if anyone can help.”

Rebecca received an outpouring of advice and options, though it looks like recovering her father’s original medals seems like unlikely.

Though the medals remain out of her reach for the moment, an act of kindness from a stranger left her stunned.

Brian McIntyre has a history of sprucing up graves and plaques commemorating soldiers.

Rebecca Gibson’s hunt for her father’s World War II medals resulted in stranger Brian McIntyre sprucing up her dad’s grave in an unprompted act of kindness. Photo: Max Frethey.

A friend showed him Rebecca’s post on Facebook and, though he couldn’t directly help with her hunt for her father’s medals, Brian thought he could help her out another way.

He took an hour out of his day and polished and painted her father’s grave, removing years of weathering from the plaque.

Brian’s reasoning for tidying the grave is straightforward: “Why not? I’ve done hundreds of them.”

He began cleaning graves in 2019 where he eventually spruced up close to 500 of them in Wakapuaka Cemetery.

Brain says the first grave he cleaned was on behalf of the Nelson Returned and Service Asso-

ciation (RSA) and belonged to a Nurse Brown.

“They were going to do a story on her in the newspapers and it looked pretty scabby. So, they wanted to know if I could tidy it up.”

He says the cleaned grave stood out, so he and his friends tidied up the rest of the graves in the

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RSA block at Wakapuaka Cemetery. Having Brian give the same treatment to her father’s plaque blew Rebecca away.

“To have a stranger do that for my dad, it was just so special, it really was,” she says. “It means so much.

Especially because I don’t have a lot of memories so it is nice to have something special.”

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Nelson and Tasman submitters voice their concerns on region’s future development ERIN BRADNOCK Local Democracy Reporter

Concerns over proposed housing developments in Tāhunanui, the Maitai Valley and greater urban sprawl were echoed through the first round of verbal submissions to the region’s Draft Future Development Strategy on Wednesday.

Nelson City Council and Tasman District Council have received 558 written submissions from residents, community groups and national organisations with 133 requesting to speak to their submission on the joint council strategy.

The purpose of the strategy is to cater to and accommodate the region’s growing population over the next 30 years.

Public consultation on the draft

plan was open from March 14 to April 14 which has resulted in repeated concerns raised over proposed greenfield developments despite the plan’s written priority of urban intensification over urban sprawl.

Analysis of the submissions is still in progress though council are stating that approximately half of the submitters would propose more intensification than the plan presents, one-third would propose less greenfield expansion while just 10 per cent would propose less intensification and five per cent would propose more greenfield expansion.

Greenfield developments proposed in the strategy include sites around Nelson, Richmond, Brightwater and Wakefield expansions as well as a new community near Tasman Village, a

proposal currently opposed by local iwi due to the site being of cultural significance.

Among individual submitters who questioned ongoing greenfield developments and urban sprawl, crown agency Kāinga Ora, which provide rental properties for Kiwis in need, also rejected the level of greenfield development proposed in the draft strategy.

Jennifer Rose from Kāinga Ora spoke to the submission which supports intensification and the consolidation of growth along existing transport corridors.

The agency also proposed that the strategy should do more to address housing affordability.

The proposal for 1100 homes in the Maitai Valley proved controversial with emotional debate among community members,

including spokespersons from the community action group Save The Maitai.

Elizabeth Dooley was one of a handful of residents who spoke against the proposed development in the Maitai on Wednesday.

“The Maitai feeds me and I owe it to the Maitai to do what I can to keep it as it is,” she said.

Submitter Joy Shackleton spoke to her ‘worry’ regarding proposed medium-density housing in Tāhunanui, during Wednesday’s hearing.

“It’s so sad that we’re considering six-storey buildings, particularly around the flat when eight to 10 years ago residents received details about liquefaction issues and sea level rises,” said Shackleton.

The subcommittee agreed to fur-

ther investigate claims made by some submitters, including that of economic consultant Philip Osborne who was commissioned to review the strategy by Kāinga Ora. Osborne found there was an underestimation of intensification possibilities outlined for Tasman and ‘misinformation’ on greenfield affordability.

The subcommittee is scheduled for two more days of submission hearings before it is due to decide on a final plan to recommend to both Nelson and Tasman councils on July 27.

Shot Bro shines light on mental health SARA HOLLYMAN An immersive experience which focusses on mental well-being by creating a safe space for people to express themselves is returning to Victory Boxing for the fourth time.

Shot Bro follows actor Rob Mokoraka sharing his experience of attempted suicide-by-cop and his journey in the years since.

Rob describes the events of 2009 as a mental and spiritual breakdown.

“I thought ‘I’m the only crazy person in the universe’, but you’re not

crazy, you’re hurting, and when you hear these words for the first time it gives people permission to express themselves in a safe way.”

He says he often hears ‘I’ve lost my son’, ‘my wife’ or ‘my sister’ and knows that he and his hosts are collaboratively creating a safe environment for people to begin to heal.

“We’ve done the groundwork for people to feel safe enough to share their pain into the light.”

Victory Boxing’s Paul Hampton says a lot of people are struggling in

the current climate, so they decided to bring Rob back to Nelson.

“The feedback is always amazing, it helps people get a better understanding of how mental health affects you,” Paul says.

“At Victory Boxing, a big focus of what we deal with on the daily is mental health, it’s a place of belonging and people feel comfortable.”

Shot Bro will be at Victory Boxing on Friday, May 6, 6pm and Saturday, May 7, 2pm. Entry is by koha and is best suited for those aged 10 and over.

Nelson update To help with heating costs through winter, this week we restarted our Winter Energy Payment. Those eligible for the payment – veterans, seniors, and people on benefits – will receive this boost automatically. Single people will receive more than $80 a month, while couples will receive more than $125 per month.

Last week the Government confirmed local council ownership of water entities by accepting the majority of the Three Waters Working Group recommendations.

Both our councils will hold shares in a new entity being created to manage our water.

These reforms are about delivering clean and safe drinking water at an affordable price for New Zealanders. New Zealand needs investment in the quality of our water infrastructure to ensure we can build the houses we need for our growing population. Without reform, households are facing increased water costs of up to $9,000 per year. We have taken on board feedback from councils and the community and are now moving forward to deliver safe drinking water and better water infrastructure.

Rob Mokoraka travels the country sharing his mental health journey. Photo: Supplied.

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News May Day is one of the biggest dates on the calendar for Nelson’s Ragged Crow Morris dancers. It’s a time when traditionally the Northern hemisphere are welcoming in summer, and us Kiwis say hello to winter. This year, the group decided not to hold their celebration at sunrise, instead, dancing to sun down to coincide with the Northern sides dancing it up across the globe. The event was held at Tahuna’s Paddys Knob and was a huge success. “Sunset is always a great time to dance, and the view over the ranges is wonderful.

People often come down to watch when they hear the jingling bells and lovely music,” says one of the dancers Polly Rabbits. For more info about the group, see raggedcrow. org. Photo: Peter Blasedale.

Baking for children in Ukraine Staff RepoRteR Local Ukrainian families will be baking up a storm this week to raise funds to support the largest children’s hospital in Kyiv.

Supported by local Russian and Belarussian friends, who will also be baking, the families are holding a bake sale at the Nelson Market this Saturday, 7 May, from 8am.

Lyubov Marchenko says at least a dozen people will be baking and the offerings should include traditional pies, honey cakes, sultana cakes, apple pies and more.

Donations of home baking are welcome and can be dropped off at the stall on the day.

All the funds raised from the bake sale will go to a Givealittle page set up by Motueka Ukrainian woman Nataliya Langridge in support of the Ohmatdyt hospital where staff have been working around the clock to help the injured since the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February.

As of Monday, the page had raised almost $4000.

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From left is Lyubov Marchenko, Valeriya Horyayeva, and Tereza Konyk with some of the treats that will be at Saturday’s bake sale. Photo: Supplied.

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A fresh perspective of an old war Jack MalcolM It took Peter Ramsay 30 hours to narrate the 149,000 words from the book he contributed to, ‘A Soldier’s View of the Vietnam War’.

The “warts and all” recounting of the war from the Victor 4 company’s perspective was no easy task, he says.

The book was written more than a decade ago by the men and officers of Victor 4 Coy. These are New Zealanders who served in the Vietnam War from 19691970 and tell about their experiences of combat in a faraway land.

“We were two metres away from the action, on the sharp end.

“We’d operate over 30 days in the jungle at a time and we were bloody good at our job.”

More than 3000 New Zealand military and civilian personnel served in Vietnam between 1963 and 1975. New Zealand lost 37 service men and two civilians serving with the surgical and Red Cross teams,

and 187 further were wounded. At times Peter says he’s struggled at times to get back to civilian life.

“Pick any theatre of war and it’s the same. Someone on the other end is affected.”

He says telling their stories was another way he’s been able to heal and he hopes their journey can be followed by fellow service members.

“I’m glad that I did it. I’ve done the whole counselling thing and this was another form of it.

“There are situations that I had blocked out, but when it’s rolling up on auto cue the eyes would start leaking.

It grabs you by the back of the throat, the brain hadn’t allowed me to remember it.”

As a proud Nelson College old boy, Peter has strong roots in the city but now lives in Australia with his wife Bev. He says at the time he was shipped to war, having spent six months in Malaysia to acclimatise, his then fiancée struggled with the social pressure of the war back home in the re-

gion.

“Trying to socialise, she used to get a verbal belting when people found out her partner was a soldier.”

Today, Peter doesn’t believe they should have been there, but he emphasised the perceived threat of the communist domino effect at the time. The choice to turn the book into an audiobook was made to encourage the younger generation to engage with their stories, he says.

“Nobody at the age of 25 will go to the library and get a 1.8kg book out. We wanted to bring our stories to this era of tech.”

Going into the project, he had no experience in the industry but says it’s been an interesting learning opportunity.

“I might start podcasting now I’m into this stuff.”

Sales from the book will go towards running the Victor 4 company’s website, www. v4coy.com, while any funds left over will be koha to anyone who they find deserving.

Peter Ramsay, pictured on top of an M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier in 1969 Vietnam, says turning their book into an audiobook was a chance to address and heal from some of the stories from the war he’d buried deep in his memories. Photo: Nelson Photo News.

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A group of demonstrators walked and cycled to the Church Steps to show their support for more sustainable transport and less car-centric Nelson. Photo: Max Frethey.

Demonstrators call for ‘travel justice’ Max Frethey About 70 pedestrians and cyclists converged on the Nelson Cathedral steps on Sunday in a demonstration to support ‘travel justice’.

The rally, organised by Nelson-based sustainable transport advocacy group Nelsust, promoted a less carcentric city in the names of safety and environmentalism.

“We just think it’s unfair that it’s really only safe in the road reserve, boundary to boundary, if you’re in a two-tonne metal box,” says Nelsust convenor Peter Olorenshaw. “We’re really serious about this, we need action.”

The rally started at 1pm on Sunday at the i-Site in Nelson where the pedestrians and cyclists diverged, each taking their own separate routes to reach the Church Steps, carrying banners and placards with them.

‘Our fear is not fair’ was the dominant message among the group who say that cycling and being a pedestrian

is often unsafe in Nelson.

They argue that cars have been given unfair precedence in the planning and design of the city.

“I came here 15 years ago because I thought it was a place where I could live without a car,” says Nelsust member Elizabeth Dooley.

“I got myself a bike and it was okay for a while, but because of cars – there’s more of them and they’re going faster – I’m petrified.”

Elizabeth commented on the so-called ‘Roundabout of Doom’ located at the intersection of Nile and Tasman Streets where she says cyclists are frequently knocked off their bikes.

“We’re just not safe anymore. This is a public space, and we need a fair share of the public space.”

Speakers at the rally covered a wide range of topics from lower speed limits and the expansion of cycle lanes to the removal of bus fares and promoting the Dutch Reach method of exiting cars.

Having lower speed limits throughout Nelson’s urban

centres is one of Peter’s main goals.

“TDC have just put this in their active transport strategy, and that’s basically to have a blanket 30k[mh] zone throughout the urban areas except where there’s a protected cycle path.”

Peter says a speed limit of 30kmh allows cyclists and drivers to safely share the road by dramatically decreasing the chance and severity of collisions.

Though gripes about Nelson City Council’s handling of transport in the city were raised, councillors Rohan O’Neill-Stevens, Matt Lawrey, and Rachel Sanson were in attendance of the event.

Rohan says he completely agrees that council’s approach to transport in the past has been biased against cyclists and pedestrians.

“I found it a little bit scary that we’d been operating just with the implicit default of a car-centric operating model.”

Rohan says local government is often paralysed in decision-making unless it

has policies or strategies reinforcing its decisions, but he is hopeful that the next few years will see positive change for safe and sustainable travel in Nelson.

“Now, we’ve actually got a whole lot of that strategy sitting in behind,” he says. “I’m quite excited that especially the next three years will really be three years of actually just getting s*** done.”

As for the rally itself, Peter says he was happy with the number of attendees to the event.

“You never know with these sorts of things, how it’s going to turn out,” he says. “It was good.”

The rally also featured a large cardboard map of the region for people to pin locations where they thought it was dangerous to be a pedestrian or cyclist.

“The follow-up that we’re looking forward to now is to take the map to the infrastructure committee,” Peter says.

“So hopefully we’ll get some action for those dangerous spots.”

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Opinion Frustration over lack of loading zone options Had the same issue more than once on Selwyn Place outside the radio station while delivering to restaurants, and Bridge St delivering to an outdoors equipment shop. Had to park on broken yellow so I didn’t double park. Got a $60 ticket. Now I just double park, traffic can wait.

Beanz Sandrey Definitely need trade parking in Nelson, I found it a pain years ago and it’s probably worse now.

Keri Williams We certainly need a solution.

Panama house has had its veranda damaged a few times by delivery trucks. The cost of repair is somewhat more than $60.

Robin Whalley I’m surprised we have any businesses with stock in them in Nelson. I think the council must think shops magically get their goods by twitching their noses.

Trucks and vans have to deliver goods. Why is the council getting in the road of delivery vehicles

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doing their jobs? Giving tickets to drivers is purely revenue gathering. We want an uncomplicated thriving business sector with goods in and goods out without local politics getting in the way.

Nelson City Council, let people do their jobs without interfering.

Be reasonable or your jobs will be on the line when voting time comes around this year.

Pam Frances

nesses here.

Diana Margaret Watt

The NCC think they know best on everything. Look at Boundary Road. Council took away 95 per cent of the street parking. So now there is no parking for any kind of extras like plumbers/ furniture removals/extra parking needed for family get-togethers.

Diane Thomas

Not just Nelson. Almost every town and city doesn’t have adequate loading zones.

Mike Rowe

Weirdly enough, the NCC have said they would prefer if we double parked on Hardy St, blocking a main road. We wanted to come up with a better solution so we can keep the impact on traffic flow to a minimum.

Leon Ward It wouldn’t kill the council to provide a permit for transport busi-

How is any supplier supposed to do their deliveries?

Annie Moon All well parking on a footpath until someone in a wheelchair is killed as they had to go on the road to get around you. Or a kid without road sense.

Nelson Needs a Tramline

Even when there is a loading zone nearby, a certain large red truck delivering well-known American soft drinks insists on parking on broken yellow lines in front of a car yard in Tahunanui every Tuesday morning.

Trevor Chang They literally take half of the street parking and put planters and islands there instead.

Bray Aitken They are too stupid to understand shops need product, lots only

have a front entrance, there needs to be loading zones by the footpaths not 200 meters away. They also need to stop putting traffic islands everywhere, making corner entrances more difficult for any vehicle which is not a small car.

Rowan Kerr Put road cones out the front of the store in the car parks at 8.30am and do the delivery first thing. Problem solved with a bit of forethought and planning.

Andrea Warn I can’t believe that this actually happened - actually shocking.

Rachel Pene I would happily pay $123 a year to have a commercial parking sticker. And we’ll hire some parking wardens with some people skills and common sense.

Julian Trigg

Building sites targeted This is clearly organised crime.

The builders are seemingly doing what they can to prevent these

Smart Little City?

The newly released draft Government Climate Adaptation plan states in its core principles that planners should ‘Be proactive.

Think long term. Embed climate resilience as a core consideration in all decision making’.

Climate Minister Shaw said this week that ‘councils were adding to the problem of

cleaning up after extreme weather events, by making poor decisions, such as allowing new developments on coastal land’.

A Smart Little City would remember that they have declared a ‘Climate Emergency’ and that it would not be wise to build an expensive new library on a flood plain.

A Smart Little City would be rethinking spending priorities as we face other emer-

brazen acts of theft. But I want to know what the law enforcement authorities are doing by way of patrols etc to catch the criminals in the act. Security firms can only do so much. As can the building firms. What’s the support from law enforcement? And I’m not meaning after the crime has been committed.

Dennis Goodman You might find that just like retail a lot of what is written off as shop lifting is actually staff theft.

Graeme O’Brien Given the financial situation a lot of people are in it’s not really a surprise, perhaps lock things up where possible or don’t leave things on site that can be pinched.

Graham Janine Gotta hide that gib, like gold right now.

Bray Aitken Wow that’s horrible and surely will only get worse as the monetary system collapses. Sounds like an advanced operation to slicing into containers.

Emma Marshall gencies like Covid recovery and a serious need for more social housing.

It may not seem as aspirational as a ‘show-piece’ library, but future generations will thank the council for helping our city become more climate resilient, rather than saddling them with the debt of flood-protecting an unwise building project.

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Third time lucky for Freaky Friday Kate Russell After two Covid-caused postponements, Country Players are finally able to stage their production Freaky Friday this month in Wakefield.

The musical was supposed to go ahead last September, but with Covid-19 restrictions, rehearsals were unable to continue and it was postponed until March this year.

Then with Omicron cases peaking in the region in March, it was further delayed until May. Starting on 13 May, there are six shows in total including a matinee performance.

Director Hugh Neill says they are “soldiering on” despite 60 per cent of the cast having Covid but now recovered.

“It is a testament to everyone’s perseverance that we’ve stuck to it and it’s going ahead.”

He says they have backup actors for most parts but not the mother, who is played by Sarah Ching.

The cast of 16 are mainly teenagers ranging in age from 11 to 16.

“We have a great cast, some very new and some very experienced,” says Hugh.

Freaky Friday tells the story of an overworked mother and her teenage daughter who magically swap bodies. After spending a day in each other’s shoes, they come to appreciate one another’s struggles, learn self-acceptance, and realise the immeasurable love and mutual respect that a mother and daughter have.

Tickets are just $20 for adults and $10 for children and you can bring your own meal and drink. Coffee and tea are provided.

The performance is two hours long with an interval.

Hugh says it’s “absolutely great” to get back into putting on shows again.

“It should be a lot of fun.”

Freaky Friday is on 13, 14, 18, 20, and 21 May at 7.30pm, with a matinee performance on 15 May at 2pm, at the Wakefield Village Hall. To book tickets phone 541 8869 or email bookcountryplayers@gmail.com

Loren Martin (left) and Sarah Ching who play Ellie and Katherine Blake in Freaky Friday which will finally show this month after two Covid-related postponements. Photo: Amby Cowe.

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With three great locations you don’t have to go far to treat mum.

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OR TRY SOMETHING NEW! The Nelson Triathlon & Multisport Club organises more than 20 sea swims in the Port Nelson and Rylock Endurance series and a dozen triathlons, duathlons and multisport events during the year. The focus is on bringing people of all ages into the various disciplines, where they can take part, form friendships and, if they

choose, go on to compete in national or international events.

The Chia Teen Triathlon Training group meets every week in summer for biking and running and also sea swimming sessions. The club also has lane space at Riverside Pool four times a week for swim training in a supportive environment.

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Building from club events, many members have gone on to national and international honours.

See the club website for full programme details. Nelson Triathlon and Multisport Club nelsontriclub.co.nz The Nelson Male Voice Choir was founded in 1932

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NELSON TRIATHLON & MULTISPORT CLUB Enjoy the multiple benefits of swimming, cycling and running, we welcome the involvement of people with all levels of ability.

Membership brings discounts of 20% to all club events and also discounts at selected retailers.

Vist www.nelsontriclub.co.nz or email info@nelsontriclub.co.nz for information and events. Everybody welcome

and has played a strong role in Nelson’s musical history ever since. Today the choir is in great heart with members giving concerts for its loyal supporters three times every year. The choir also sings at civic occasions such as the Anzac Day service and has given young, local talent the opportunity to perform in front of a large audience. This year, under the baton of Nigel Weeks, the NMVC can call on a vast repertoire of traditional songs, light classics, show tunes and contemporary favourites. Keen male singers are invited to join the choir, with rehearsals held on Monday evenings at 6.45pm at the Reformed Church, Enner Glynn. For more information contact John FoesLamb (Secretary) on 03 544 3131.

The Found Directory has been around for de-

Joining the Nelson Community Patrol is a great chance to help out the police and also a great stepping stone to joining the force. cades. It has about 1,300 listings and many of these are clubs or other social groups.

The directory has recently been extensively upgraded and this has made it more user-friendly with great search functionality. If you are looking for something to do, particularly if you want to do it with others, you will probably find it in Found.

One of the great things about Found is that any

club or group can list their details in the directory, and it does not cost them anything. A curator goes through the listings to make sure that they are current and accurate.

If you think you may need a bit of help to find what you are looking for, then why not come to a Wellby Talking Café.

Someone will help you with your search and you can enjoy a cuppa and a chat at the same time.

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OR TRY SOMETHING NEW! Tasman Wheelers has long been home to many Olympians, national champions and world tour riders, as well as lots of recreational riders who just like getting out and racing their bike for fun. Currently boasting over 170 members, they are a hugely diverse club with members of all skill sets and abilities, varying in ages from early teens to late seventies!

Providing safe courses with complete traffic management, the club offers low-cost racing with graded groups, allowing people to ride with others of similar abilities. Club President, Mike Rutledge, encourages people to come and try out a race, saying there are many experienced riders who are on hand and happy to offer assistance, advice, and training to new riders.

Coming up on the Tasman Wheelers calendar is their ‘DIRTy Weekender’ Gravel Race weekend on May 28 & 29, and June 11 sees the start of their Winter Series, kicking off with a bunchride training group ride. Presentation of this advert entitles participants to their first two races,

Young on 0276460630 or email suncityrockers1999@gmail.com for more information.

Located upstairs, City Club has the best view of any club in Nelson. free of charge. Under 18’s mem- Lee-Young says, “We have dancbers always race for free! ers who train and compete at a To find out more about joining national level, and we are associTasman Wheelers contact race@ ated with NZARNR. But we are tasmanwheelers.co.nz or visit a club of mostly social dancers www.tasmanwheelers.co.nz who just enjoy dancing, making friends, keeping fit, along with fun social night outs.”

Formed in Nelson in 1999, Sun “We are a club of passionate peoCity Rockers will be celebrating ple of all ages that love the rock their 23-year anniversary this n roll era, dress up, music and September. dance... Once people get settled Providing regular lessons for Be- in, we can help direct you to findginners, Beginners Plus and Im- ing the right attire and shoes - if provers, the club also runs work- you require.” shops, Saturday night interclub The annual fee of only $15 per dances and other social events person includes access to Club throughout the year. Always on Waimea facilities and the regthe lookout for young dancers ular weekend social events that to join, club president Christina they host. Contact Christina Lee-

Nelson District Rose Society Inc. Sunshine & Roses

Love the sound of cornets, horns and trombones? Why not take up a fantastic opportunity to learn a brass band instrument in 2022?

What’s more – when you join the NBS Nelson City Brass Band, the tuition is free and so is the instrument hire for a whole year!

“People of all ages are welcome to participate, and we particularly like to encourage primary, intermediate and college students to join,” says NCB secretary Wayne Jennens. “We have beginners’ classes on a Monday afternoon and the junior band have lessons on Tuesdays after school in the band room at Hathaway Terrace (next to Trafalgar Park). Wayne says it’s a great activity in which the participants get to travel around. “Once beginners get up to standard, they can join the junior band and play three or four times a year in public. People are welcome to join NBS Nelson City Brass anytime. To register, email secretary1@nelsonbrass.org.nz

Aikido is a non-aggressive and non-competitive Japanese martial art.

Through partner exercises, rolls, a wide range of moves, wooden weapon work and meditation, you exercise the whole body, develop flexibility, coordination, balance, quick reaction and build confidence, determination, and a feeling of personal security.

The small, friendly and local, but internationally affiliated, club has been operating for 34 years at the historical Tahunanui Town Hall at 63 Tahunanui Drive.

Co-founder Cornelia Baumgartner and Senior Instructor Callum Cockerell encourage people to visit the Dojo and ‘come try it out for yourself ’.

Regular classes run every Wednesday and Friday from 5pm to 6pm for ages 8+, and 6pm to 7:30pm for adults and teens. The first class you train in is free!

Adults can join anytime. Children need to be enrolled in the first 3 weeks of each term.

For more information visit www. aikidonelson.nz and/or call Callum Cockerell on 021 069 4211.

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When buying preloved it would be hard to beat ReStore Nelson and the not-for-profit housing provider Habitat for Humanity Nelson (Habitat Nelson or HFHN), to purchase great quality items. Communications coordinator Katka Jackson says all proceeds from Nelson ReStore help to finance multiple projects, including an onsite HFHN build on Main Rd Stoke, three houses built offsite through partnership with NMIT, and the provision of emergency accommodation for Cabins for Community. With unique items for sale including household furniture and DIY materials, it is great to know that everything you purchase from ReStore Nelson can help build a home for families within the local community. The spacious store also boasts a café offering fairtrade coffee, delectable treats and lunch with vegetarian and vegan options. “We also host a Repair Café every Tuesday from 9am to

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porting the well-being, nutrition and ongoing care of Natureland’s resident animals, says manager Ruth Seabright. Stocking a plethora of household items including clothing, furniture, appliances and more, the friendly team are always grateful for donations of quality items, and volunteers who are happy to lend a hand to a worthy cause. The New to You store is located between Hardy St and Buxton Carpark. Contact one of the team on 03 539 0335 or email newtoyou@natureland.nz for information on donating.

Find a treasure at Habitat for Humanity Restore Nelson.

12pm at Nook. Café and our great volunteers make catnip mice toys and delicious jams available for purchase.” Visit ReStore Nelson at 166 Tahunanui Drive or pop in and enjoy a coffee in the outdoor sitting area. Contact nelson@restore.org.nz

Natureland Wildlife Trust and their second-hand store, New to You, are helping to make a huge difference to our environment.

Now run by a not-for-profit Trust, natureland wildlife park has an increasing focus on native flora and fauna including hands on participation in conservation breed for release programmes in collaboration with National conservation groups. All the proceeds from New to You, Natureland’s second-hand shop located in Nelson CBD go directly to sup-

There are 3 VINNIES stores in Nelson, Stoke and Richmond.

We offer a wide range of recycled household goods, clothing, jewellery, footwear and paintings.

People donate things to our Vinnies stores for all sorts of reasons including moving to a new house, spring cleaning, updating a wardrobe or to simply support their favorite local charity.

We offer practical help to those in need, including food, advice, encouragement and help with household costs. We have great prices for all shoppers. You can find all sorts of things from a late model washing machine to outdoor wear to hike the local trails.

We are all stewards of the earth

(kaitiakitanga) and we care about our environment like we care for our family and pets. We give back what we take and tell others how they can help, too. So, donations are very much appreciated, we love to recycle, and we are grateful for good quality drop-offs to our VINNIES shops.

The Salvation Army Family Stores, which are located in the Montgomery Square Carpark and in Queen Street, Richmond, are the ideal place for you to donate good quality clothing and homeware items. Our stores are friendly and beautifully displayed, have high quality homeware and clothing at a bargain price. Funds raised by the Family Stores provide food parcels, advocacy, emergency housing and support for people in need within the Nelson-Tasman area.

Your generosity helps transform lives and builds stronger communities. If you would like to make a difference, we invite you to become a volunteer or donate to our stores. We welcome your donations of good quality items from fashion to furniture, toys to trinkets, CDs to collectables, books to homeware. How do I donate? Either drop them off at our Family Stores or phone Nelson 548 9937 or Richmond 544 9140, so we can arrange for them to be picked up.

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Marist lead charge as Tasman Trophy kicks off Jack MalcolM After five weeks of sub-union competition, premier rugby takes another step up in intensity this weekend with the start of the Tasman Trophy.

Wanderers, Kahurangi and Marist lead the charge as the competition’s front runners, but it’s still early days with a lot of rugby to be played.

Nine rounds of rugby sees every team play each other twice before the top four play off in the semis and then final, to be played 16 July.

After their barnstorming 85th minute win over Wanderers in the last round of the sub union competition, Marist will come in as hot favourites and a perfect 2022 record.

Having won last year’s Tasman Trophy, the team knows what it takes to come out victorious at the end of the season.

They have a big forward pack led by prop Jake Wetere, who cap-

Marist flanker Netani Baleisomosomo had a stand out performance that was marked with strong ball running and ferocious defence during his team’s 42-22 win over Waimea Old Boys. Photo Evan Barnes/Shuttersport. tained the squad in their 42-22 win over Waimea Old Boys for the Frank Monopoli Cup. Regular captain Sam Briggs at first five-eighth is now a seasoned campaigner after winning the Heartland Championship Meads Cup with an unbeaten season with South Canterbury last win-

ter.

Nelson has struggled to find form this season, in part due to missing two of their sub-union games due to Covid-19.

Led by flanker Connor Higgins, they are yet to notch their first win having scored 33 points in their first three games of the sea-

son.

Waimea Old Boys are also yet to record a win this season, having lost their first four matches.

Wanderers proved they have the stamina to challenge the top brass with their performance over the weekend, but a loss to Kahurangi saw them finish third in the subunion competition.

The team has had visible improvement week on week and look like they will be a formidable side come the business end of the competition.

Kahurangi only lost one game from their first four matches, a 22-17 defeat to Marist.

Led by their captain, flanker Manu Parkin, they have made

their intentions of winning the competition clear this season.

Stoke has a strong squad, but haven’t had the rub of the green through the opening weeks of rugby to have a two win and three loss record.

The team has the potential, but needs to improve their cohesion against the powerhouse clubs this season.

In Blenheim, Central recorded two wins over Renwick and Waitohi but without a game against a Nelson side it is difficult to assess how strong they will be this season.

With a lot of rugby to be played, injuries and availability will become critical down the stretch.

Round one matchups: Nelson v Renwick @ Trafalgar Park Central v Wanderers @ Landsdowne Park Kahurangi v Waitohi @ Cooks Reserves Stoke v Waimea Old Boys @ Greenmeadows Marist - Bye

Local hockey back into things after extended early season break After an extended break with back-to-back long weekends, local premier hockey got back into the swing of things last weekend.

There are two new shield holders after men’s premier and women’s second division teams faced off at Saxton’s Field.

Waimai United beat Tasman White 5-4 in the premier men’s division

for the Whakatu Shield and Rewa beat Waimai United Blue 3-1 in the women’s second division for the Kahurangi Shield.

In the other premier men’s game of the week, Tasman Black bested Federal 5-3, while on the women’s side of the draw, Nayland first 11 suffered a 12-1 defeat against Waimai United and Stoke had a bye.

This weekend sees Waimai’s premier women’s team put the Waimea Shield on the line against Tasman Black in premier women’s league and Federal looking to take the Fifeshire Shield from Stoke in the men’s division two competition.

Junior hockey is also back on the turf this weekend, with seven teams in each boys and mixed divisions.

Tasman Hockey captain Toby Bowden, (left) hands over the Whakatu shield to Waimai United Captain Brendon Burnett after they were unable to retain the trophy in a 5-4 defeat over the weekend. Photo: Supplied.

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Giants import Trey Mourning made himself an instant fan favourite on Thursday night as he scored 35 points on the way to his team’s 88-69 win over the Otago Nuggets. Photo: Evan Barnes/Shuttersport.

Giants have their work cut out Jack MalcolM The Nelson Giants will have to be on top form as they play host to the high-flying Auckland Tuatara this Friday.

With both teams recording comfortable first round wins, they’ll each be eager to keep building the momentum in a big game for how the season will unfold.

The Tuatara will need to come into the game with a plan to shut down the big import Trey Mourning after his 35 point and 14 rebound introduction to the NBL for Mike Pero Nelson Giants. His 25 points and seven rebounds in the first half were slowed down after he suffered an eye gouge that saw him leave the court holding his hands

in his head. Aided by fellow American import Jarrod West, who led the team in defence with an almost unheard of seven steals, the Giants have addressed the issues that head coach Mike Fitchett identified as their shortfalls last season.

He says they had a focus on suring up their defence ahead of this season and recruited accordingly.

“That’s what we brought him (Jarrod) out to do and it was good to see him get some points.”

He was happy with their performance in the first match of the season, but he says they would be refining things moving forward after the game. After a sell out crowd for their opening round, the team will be eager to get back in front of their faithful fans once again.

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Fresh College First XV Jack MalcolM

really happy.

“In our second game. . . against Tauranga Boys we struggled with ball retention and set piece.”

Their final preseason game was a blowout last weekend, with a 64-7 win over Rangiora High School. The team scored a combined ten tries, but Jono says their combinations were still to be settled after they had nine players out with Covid-19 and injury.

The team has been together for the last eight weeks, but he says they’ve never stopped training.

“The boys over summer had their own fitness. They’ve been working since a week after last season finished.”

Key players returning this season are co-captains second five-eighth Nelsoni Malaulau

Nelson College’s First XV is full of fresh faces this season with a young and exciting new squad ahead of their first game of the season, at home against St Andrews on Saturday.

Head coach Jono Phillips says, after 20 of their players left school after last season, they’ve tapped into their development pipeline.

“It’s a very young squad. . . we have five Year 11 players and six Year 12s.”

He says that despite their inexperience at the top school level, he’s been excited by what he’s seen in their preseason fixtures.

“In our first game we had 30 players take the field to get experience at that level and there were passages where we were

and flanker Dane Leppien.

Prop Jordan Smith, number 8 Matt Lowe, halfback Tyler Blake, centre Timi Saurai and fullback Fletcher HewittSmart round out the returning players.

With only seven players having First XV experience, they will have to step up into leadership roles, which Jono says has already happened.

“There’s three new 10s and they’re working with those guys on their game management.”

One of their exciting new players, utility midfield and outside back Fanua Fa’avae, will miss the season after breaking his leg.

Jono says the strength of their team this season relies on the success of their rugby class programme at the school.

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Nelson College second five-eighth Nelsoni Malaulau, pictured in their preseason match against Tauranga Boys High School, will co-captain the First XV this season alongside flanker Dane Leppien. Photo: Barry Whitnall/Shuttersport.

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Nelsonian Trevor Voyce was unable to close Sam Hansby’s early lead, despite a late push on the homeward leg, finishing two minutes behind the first place finisher in the recent Loop the Lake race around Lake Rotoiti. Photo: Kathy Pantling.

Lake looped despite reduced numbers Loop the Lake was a roaring success despite Covid-19 reducing the number of people participating in the event.

The 27th annual 25km circuit of Lake Rotoiti on 27 April saw 189 competitors eager to lace up their runners and get their trail run programme back on track.

Enticed from his holiday home by a jar of chilli jam plus pickled onions, Dr Ashley Bloomfield was entrusted with the starting hooter and away they trotted.

Heading the pack was Rarangi’s Sam Hansby, and that was the way it stayed for the entire journey.

Trevor Voyce chased hard, bridging the gap on the homeward leg,

but was still just over two minutes adrift at Kerr Bay. Harry Rattray (Christchurch) closed out the top three.

Amelia Horne (Palmerston North) had a more comfortable margin in the women’s field, 10 minutes ahead of Camilla Penny (Christchurch), while Nelson’s Aimee Burnard continues her rise up the ranks to now continually appears on the podium.

More than 60 per cent of the field travelled from outside the Top of the South, cementing the pristine alpine region as a go to running destination.

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NELSON CREATIVE FIBRE GROUP Welcome you to friendly fibre craft meetings. Meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Tues monthly 9.30am in the Jaycees room Founders Park. $2 for members, $4 for non-members. Ph Lesley 576 5654.

HARAKEKE WEAVING: Tues 3-4.30pm - Victory Community Centre - This will run on 12 April. Learn how to weave harakeke or help others to learn. Bring some flax if you have some or just bring yourself. Koha Welcome.

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BRIDGE LESSONS: learn to play this great card game. Lessons start Wed, 4 May 7pm. First “taster” lesson free. Contact the secretary at Nelson Bridge Club, 21 Haven Rd, Nelson. Email: contact@ nelsonbridge.co.nz. Ph 035481999.

PETANQUE IN THE CITY An easy game to play, but difficult to perfect. Come along and meet new friends. Wed & Sun. 1.15pm - 3pm.

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CAKE DECORATORS are holding an all day workshop. Sat 14 May. Creating a chocolate truffle gold cake with Isomelt lollies. Contact Desiree 0276302359.

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