Nelson Weekly Locally Owned and Operated
tuesday 4 April 2017
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More homes on the way Kate Russell
ered mail, I’ve done it all.” Frances recalls turning up to one of her client’s homes to find the lady on oxygen but having trouble breathing. “I got there and she’d been waiting for me to come so I could help her with the emergency alarm, I pressed the alarm, packed her bag for the hospital, waited with her until the ambulance came and then
Nelson City Council has green-lighted four new Special Housing Areas, which could see at least an extra 27 homes built throughout Nelson. Special Housing Areas are approved under the Housing Accord, which is an agreement between the council and central government seeking to fast-track new developments to increase housing stock. Councillors also voted 11-2 in favour of extending the Housing Accord until 2021 at a meeting on 23 March. The properties considered and approved at a further meeting last Tuesday were: 416 Trafalgar Street, 153 Nayland Road, 53 Halifax St and 42 St Lawrence St, which would also have access off Rimu St. Another SHA at 12 Wakapuaka Rd for a minimum of 70 dwellings was also considered, but has been deferred subject to a public feedback process due to the current status of the property as rural-zoned land.
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Red Cross Meals on Wheels volunteer Frances Ashton gets ready to do her weekly deliveries. Photo: Brittany Spencer.
20 years of Meals on Wheels Brittany Spencer Reporter
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For the past two decades, local woman Frances Ashton has been driving around the same area of Richmond, handing out meals to ill and elderly locals. The Red Cross Meals on Wheels volunteer has just received her 20 year badge and certificate, and says she loves
doing it just as much now as she did when she first began. “I started as a relief driver because I was sick and thought, ‘oh, you stupid woman, you need to get out and do something’ and I’ve done it ever since.” Frances is one of the 190 volunteers delivering meals every week day to locals in Nelson, Stoke, Richmond and Motueka. “Thursday is my day, I make
my appointments, I do my shopping, but other than that I make sure I stay on the island so I can deliver my meals. “I just love being able to cheer people up and help them out, often they’ll have questions and I’m meant to be a fountain of all knowledge when I’m not, but it’s just lovely to meet them and do something for them. “I’ve called the ambulance, I’ve packed bags, I’ve deliv-
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