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Southern Link: Come on Nelson, support our wealthy to enjoy clean air, quiet and tranquillity. Send the trucks down Victory, those people are used to noise and pollution. Vote "yes" for the southern motorway and show you care for the people who matter. Minyon (via text).
requirement to for all passengers to wear a seat belt!! Seriously (via nelsonweekly.co.nz).
Dog causes crash: Maybe not a legal requirement to restrain a dog, but definitely a legal
Her license should be suspended. Isn't the dogs fault, she shouldn't be driving on a learners licence not experienced enough to handle a vehicle by herself, let alone in a bad situation. Jess Brougham.
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Who let's a dog run around in a car with a learner driver who has had a licence two weeks. That is insane to me! Marc Baker.
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Nelson Weekly
Opinion
TUESDAY 12 August 2014
Just after the big new fence had been finished too, bet the owners had a fright when they heard that. The power pole must have knocked the footpath up too, I drove past earlier this week and someone had tripped on the lifted segment and injured themselves quite badly by the looks of it. There is a spray-painted warning on there today. Jeff McLaren. Totally the mothers fault! (Isn't it always!) She was the responsible, licenced person in the car. Karen Lewis. I am all for people learning how to drive, but come on, had her 11 year old sister in back seat not seatbelted. She hit windscreen, dog in car what the hell was her mother thinking... Pauline Van Der Plas.
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I don't know why people insist on taking their dogs in cars anyway, it really annoys me when I see dogs in cars in supermarket carparks etc, a car ride is NOT exercise. Dez Tinee. Dogs are unpredictable and should be restrained in vehicles, doesn't matter what licence you have, it is a hazard! I've seen little dogs on people's knees while they are driving, what if it snapped at the driver giving them a fright and causing them to crash or lose concentration on the road? We don't let our little kids sit on our knees while driving. Wouldn't you do it for the dog safety anyway, if you cared about them so much? Jasmine Lucas. Brook St Shop robbery: How scary, I'm so glad no one was hurt. Teressa Obrien. What's up with robberies in Nelson ATM!!!! Jasmine-Amber Bewley. Hope this person gets caught soon and dealt with. Brenda Kenny. Local scammed out of $250,000: Well, they can't say there aren't enough warnings, this lady must have been so desperate for love in my opinion. We are continuously warned through media. Donna Jan. I'm sorry, but how ignorant must you be to send money to someone you've just met online. I wouldn't do that even for someone I know. It's just not worth the risk. Ruth Rodley.
Scammers have been targeting Nelsonians for last six years online, on the phone and door to door, it's nothing new tell us something we don't already know, SIGH... You'd have to be stupid to fall for that. Lulu Armstrong. Warming our coldest homes: Yes, do it keep our people warm and cozy please. Especially our tamariki. They are our most important. Jae Walter. Oh yes...come to our home please:) Ngaire Piggott. I think it is a fantastic initiative. From someone who used to cook (inside) in my puffer jacket (15 years, wasn't I a patient girl!) to now having a fully-insulated house, have seen huge health improvements for whole family. Jacinda Stevenson. My home is bloody freezing. Ill have to show my landlord this as there is no insulation in the roof. We got up to have a look, it's that old it falls apart in your hands.... Odette Jackson. It's such a great idea. I run a curtain business www.theinside.co.nz and I would love to talk to somebody about the curtain bank. Rebekah Joy. To have your say on any local issue, or any story featured in Nelson Weekly, simply text us on 027 UR VOICE or email editorial@ nelsonweekly.co.nz
BATON–ARTHUR POSSUM CONTROL AERIAL 1080 APPLICATIONS Vector Free Marlborough Ltd wishes to advise the public of its intention to aerially apply the toxin Sodium Fluoroacetate (1080) for the purpose of controlling possums in the Baton-Arthur area. The operation is being carried out under contract to TBfree New Zealand for the purposes of the National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Plan.
Control Area: The Baton-Arthur treatment area consists of approximately 27,500 hectares in the eastern reaches of Kahurangi National Park and some adjacent or nearby private forest and farmland blocks west of the Motueka River, extending from the lower Wangapeka River to north of the Flora Carpark, including the eastern slopes of the Mt Arthur Range. A detailed map of the operational area can be viewed at the local Department of Conservation offices in Nelson, Motueka and Takaka between 9:00am and 4:00pm week days. If you require more specific details of the control area, please contact Vector Free Marlborough Ltd on the contacts below.
Commencement Date: The aerial application of cereal pellets containing Sodium Fluoroacetate (1080) will commence on or thereafter 23 August 2014.
Bait Description: Pre-feed: Cereal based pellet, approximately 30mm long, non-dyed (brown in colour).
Toxic bait: Cereal based pellet, approximately 30mm long, dyed green with a toxic loading of 1.5g/kg Sodium Fluoroacetate (1080).
Precautions: The public are reminded of the danger that toxic baits and possum carcasses pose, particularly to children and dogs. Children should be kept under strict supervision in the operational area. Dogs should be kept under strict control at all times and not have access to, or be taken into the operational area as they are particularly susceptible to 1080 and poisoned carcasses. The risk of poisoning for dogs from carcasses may be in excess of six months depending on weather conditions, and may extend downstream from the control area. Wild animals should not be sold or taken for eating from within or adjacent to this area until the area is declared clear of pesticides. Poison warning signs will be erected at all points of public access and the public are reminded that it is an offence to remove any of these signs. Please follow instructions on the signs.
For further information about the Baton-Arthur operation please contact
Vector Free Marlborough Ltd Mobile Phone: 021 502 811 Email: vectorfreebarry@xtra.co.nz