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Wednesday 10 August 2016

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Anger at Murchison flooding Murchison residents are “angry, frustrated and pissed off ” with Tasman District Council over a decision on how it will fix a flooding creek. The Ned’s Creek runs along Hampden St where nine homes sit and has been prone to flooding for decades. In 2012, two major floods just weeks apart destroyed belongings as garages and sheds were washed out. This winter has been only slightly better. Resident Avallon James says he’s lived on the street for 37 years and the creek performed at its best when it was regularly being cleared out by a digger. But several years ago it was planted with natives and has not been dug out, which he believes has caused the recent flooding. “I am frustrated with the council, they keep saying they’re going to be doing something and make an ap-

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pearance and do a little bit, but it doesn’t do what you want it to do. There’s a bit of showboating there, I think.” Another resident, Joe Hockey, says he had a fridge, freezer and a car all destroyed in 2012 and the reoccurring flooding has left him frustrated. “The creek needs to be cleaned out. It needs to be widened and deepened. It has a lot of silt in it and a lot of the plantings that were put in have overgrown and are clogging it up,” he says. “There are some bigger issues upstream a wee bit, but in a nutshell, if it’s cleaned out it may not fix the problem 100 per cent but will certainly make a big difference.” Joe says they’ve been told by the council that they have no

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Mum of two Rachel Foster competes in the NABBA/WFF Top of the South Classic at the Theatre Royal in Nelson on Saturday. Photo: Evan Barnes/Shuttersport.

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Brightwater’s Rachel Foster’s 4.30am starts paid off big time on Saturday as the mother of two won her bodybuilding section at the Top of the South Classic at the Theatre Royal. For 35-year-old Rachel it was a return to the sport after a 13 year absence that included the birth of her two children. She competed in the Over-35 Figure Class and says the 4.30am starts for her one hour of cardio were her favourite time of the day. “It was actually easy. There are no kids, no husband, no work, it’s just a case of putting the hard work in,” she told the Weekly after stepping off stage on Saturday. Having worked in a gym when she was 16, Rachel says she always had an interest in bodybuilding and enjoyed the competitive side of it. “Today was about getting back out there and giving it a go,” she says. “I joined the gym again last year and really enjoyed the training and thought this would be something to aim for.” There’s the standard diet of chicken breasts, fish and multiple cups of vegetables before competition, but now it's over Rachel says she's looking forward to a sit-down and a wine or two. Overall, NABBA men’s and women’s winners were Nick Barbour and Amy George respectively, while WFF winners were Mike Smith and Rachel.

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