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NIWA is forecasting a long, hot, dry summer, with heightened risk of drought and fire danger. While Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) takes the lead on preparedness and community engagement during fire season, Nelson City Council is always looking ...

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Nelson City Council is considering selling two of its central city properties to Kāinga Ora for social and affordable housing.

First, from mid-May until mid-July, the north side of Codgers near Atmore Reserve down to the Maitai Valley Walkway will be closed, including recreational trails crossing Fireball Road, Top Dog Road and Golf Course Road. Then for about two weeks starting in late July the Tantragee Reserve, including Tantragee Walkway, Coppermine Trail, Fringed Hill via Tantragee Rd and Fringed Hill Rd, will be closed. Temporary traffic control will be instigated, which will affect some residents. Finally, fr...

“Climate change is a little bit like being gluten-free when you go to a supermarket, in that you want a gluten-free section, but you also want options throughout the shop. “The big-picture high-level thinking sits within my delegation [environment and climate committee], but quite a lot of the action sits in other delegations, like infrastructure, for example.” She said the Nelson city LTP was the “most ambitious in terms of climate action”, with proposals to tackle mitigation, ada...

“Currently, [the] council has out for submission the regional land transport plan. Now, to be notified of this plan and to actually find it requires quite some skill, as it is buried not in the submissions section of the council website, where youd expect to find it, but in the Shape Nelson section with no links from either. You can’t find by going to one place without fossicking around.” As well as being difficult to find, the proposals were based on community feedback which also appea...