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Wednesday March 9, 2016
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Dope operation About 9000 cannabis plants were recovered and 13 people face charges after the aerial phase of this year’s cannabis recovery operation for Tasman Police District, which includes Marlborough. Police Operation Commander Senior Sergeant Grant Andrews says more than 9000 plants were recovered, which was a significant increase on last year’s result. He said officers located some large commercial outdoor plots along with a number of indoor growing operations. As a result 13 people are facing a range of drug and firearms charges. About 6000 plants were recovered in the Nelson-Marlborough area of the District and more than 3000 on the West Coast.
Marlborough Electric Power Trust election candidates met with Grey Power Marlborough members on Tuesday at the Wesley Centre.
Candidates have a say Story and photo by Celeste Alexander There still appears to be a lot of unanswered questions around Marlborough Lines’ purchase of Yealands Wine Group, and a lack of understanding of the role of the Marlborough Electric Power Trust, judging by questions asked at a candidates’ meeting yesterday. The power trust owns 100 per cent of the shares in Marlborough
Lines on behalf of all the power users in Marlborough. It appoints company directors and distributes returns from the company to power users twice a year. Trustee positions are voted on every two years, and yesterday, the 11 candidates standing for four positions on the trust spoke to a meeting organised by Grey Power. About 20 people attended. The Marlborough Electric Power Trust is important to
Marlborough because of its ownership of the lines company on behalf of power users, candidates agreed. They answered questions ranging from support to power users in isolated areas, maintaining community ownership of the lines company, to queries about its grants policy and the purchase of the Yealands wine company. Trust chairman Ross Inder says there is no truth in the rumour that
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the trust is giving another $1.5m to $2m to the theatre trust. The candidates are: Malcolm Aitken, Cathie Bell, John Cuddon, Susheel Dutt, Paul Ham, Ross Inder, John O’Brien, Domenic Romano, Nicki Stretch, David Taylor, and Janette Walker. Postal votes are open until noon on March 23. A provisional result will be announced that day, with a formal result announced on March 24.
Blenheim has the second-highest take-up of ultra-fast broadband in the country, according to the Government. Communications Minister Amy Adams said 14 urban areas now have UFB fully deployed, with the highest in Whangarei (26 per cent), Blenheim (25 per cent) and Tauranga (24 per cent). “I expect the uptake process to further speed up after changes I announced last week to improve access to the UFB network take effect. These changes reduce the need to apply for consents for shared driveways which will help translate more orders into connections,” she says.
Student army add to pathway By Cathie Bell About 90 members of the Student Army in Christchurch are to help out on the Link pathway build on Saturday, pathway coordinator Rick Edmonds says. The Link Pathway is planned to link Picton to Havelock, and the Student Army volunteers will work on the path between Ngakuta Bay and Wedge Point, just before Shakespeare Bay. The Canterbury University Rick Edmonds students will spread gravel to track to near-completion, Rick bring that 5.5km section of the says.
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The students would contribute about 1000 hours of voluntary labour to the project, Rick says. “It’s neat…I think they’re sick of liquefaction, and have offered to come north.” The students are being organised by Alison Faulls, and they will stay at Smith’s Farm Holiday Park, owned by Alison’s parents. Most of the students are from outside Marlborough, and Rick says the weekend would be a good taste for them of what’s being done here.
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That section has been excavated and culverts have been put in, along with trenches and drains. It is ready for the final surfacing, he says. Piles of gravel were being dumped all along the hillside, and the plan for the students is for them to come in with their wheelbarrows, rakes, and shovels to spread the gravel all along the pathway. “We’ll compact it all and then that section will just about be finished.”
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