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tuesday 7 november 2017
A wish to be recognised
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Turf battle at Trafalgar Andrew Board Reporter
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Nelson’s largest musical concert and the region’s top football team are hastily arranging new venues after Nelson City Council decid-
ed to bring forward its scheduled re-turf at Trafalgar Park in time for next year’s All Blacks game. Opera in the Park and Tasman United were all booked in for major events at Trafalgar Park early in the New Year but are now looking at alternatives after the
council, owners of the park, decided to bring forward a re-turf of the surface by nine months. The Trafalgar Park pitch was badly damaged during the Tasman Makos and Auckland Mitre 10 Cup game in September, due to heavy rain. It has left the pitch in
a poor condition and means that the council couldn’t guarantee the pitch would drain properly in a heavy rain. So councillors decided to move the re-turf, closing the playing surface for about five months, which has forced some groups to
scramble to find a new venue. Opera in the Park, which attracts thousands of people, will now be held at Saxton Field on the cricket oval in late February. Tasman United is due to play four
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Mufti prank at colleges Charles Anderson Nelson College for Girls had made it clear that leaving students would not be allowed to take part in any pranks. So, on the last full day for all the students, 18-year-old Libby Neill came up with a plan. The school did allow the girls a mufti day. So yesterday morning, a cohort of about 100 students, from both Nelson College for Girls and Nelson College, showed up to the Church Steps at the top of Trafalgar St. Then they swapped uniforms. “I was like ‘what would be a really good way to finish the year for both schools’,” Libby said. “We thought it would be this cool congregation at the Church Steps to swap uniforms and celebrate.” Nelson College student Erich Eis-Domoni, centre, walks with other students from Nelson College and Nelson College for Girls as they get used to their new uniforms on Monday. Photo: Charles Anderson.
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