Nelson Weekly Locally Owned and Operated
tuesday 7 March 2017
Stoke boat wins best restoration
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cricket action
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MUDDY BUDDY: Tyla Gower, left, and Katie Baker during the 2017 Muddy Buddy, which attracted around 900 competitors on Sunday. Event organiser Jodie Faavae says it was a fantastic atmosphere with perfect weather, great mud, lots of families participating and some imaginative costumes, including zombies, cavemen and pirates. The event is the annual fundraiser for Tasman School. Head to nelsonlive.co.nz for the full story and more photos. Photo: Chris Symes/Shuttersport.
Illegal toys found in shops Andrew Board Editor
andrew@nelsonweekly.co.nz
A sting on unsafe children’s toys and clothing in Nelson has uncovered some concerning items but the Commerce Commission
says, overall, Nelson retailers were “excellent”. The commission was in Nelson and Marlborough last week for four days checking toys, clothing and cots in “cheap stores” like $2 shops, The Warehouse, K-Mart, and second-hand stores.
Eight items were bought for closer inspection by the commission, which is charged with enforcing toy standards under the Fair Trading Act. Its competition manager, based in the commission’s Auckland office, John Lyall, says the maxi-
mum fine for businesses selling items that breach the standard is $600,000. He says they were looking for toys that have some parts that could choke a child under the age of three, cots and baby walkers that didn’t comply with the Prod-
uct Safety Standard, toys with lead paint and clothing without fire labelling. John says, amongst the items taken from some of the 50 stores they visited were rattles, mobiles and clothing.
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