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tuesday 12 december 2017
refugee hits the open road
page 6
Page 17-20
Stoke/nayland in box seat
page 28
‘It’s hideous, isn’t it?’ Charles Anderson Editor
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Neighbours of a new housing development in The Wood are concerned that the project threatens to disrupt the unique nature of
their street after new hazard regulations forced the build to start more than a metre off the ground. The project, which has been ongoing for almost two years, recently started to take shape. But there were eyebrows raised when builders started putting in large
wooden poles and retaining walls around its perimeter. “It seems really weird,” says Nick Kemplen who lives down the road. “It’s right in the middle of Weka St. “It will be a bit of an eyesore.” The build, which will feature six,
two-storey homes, looms large for Georgina Pattullo, who owns the Tasman Bay Backpackers across the road and lives directly next door. “It’s hideous, isn’t it,” she says. “I’m disappointed. I want to live in a little street with little houses. I’m
not against moving forward, it’s just looking forward in the right way.” The project must be built more than a metre off the ground due to Nelson City Council’s new flood hazard information which
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Lighting up Nelson Mitre 10 Mega and Nelson App have teamed up to Light Up Nelson. The competition was run by a radio station for more than a decade but it didn’t take it up this year, leaving a hole for those taking part. So Mitre 10 Mega and Nelson App have decided to make finding the houses easy and offer up some prizes for good measure. A list and map of all participating homes is now available in the Nelson App. Once you’ve visited them all, you can also vote for your favourite via the app. There are three different prizes up for grabs, a $250 Mitre 10 Mega voucher for best house, a $250 voucher for the house with the most votes, and a $100 Mitre 10 Mega voucher that will go to one lucky voter. Nelson man Terry Sutton has been lighting up his Tory St home for nine years and says he’s delighted to have the promotion
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Nelson man Terry Sutton outside his Tory St home on Sunday evening. Terry is one of 13 Nelson or Tasman homeowners taking part in Light Up Nelson this year. Photo: Andrew Board.
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