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The number of new dwellings consented in Tasman district has climbed for the third year running to a record-high 601 in the year to March 31. A record-high 601 new dwellings were consented in the Tasman district in the year to March 31 – almost three times as many as Nelson. “It is a record for us,” Tasman District Council environment and planning manager Dennis Bush-King said on Wednesday. The previous high in Tasman was 581 in 2002-03. “We thought Covid was going to create a slowdown but it is going gangbusters.” The numbers, contained in a May 6 report from Statistics New Zealand, show the Nelson City Council consented 202 new dwellings in the year to March 31, down from 287 in 2019-20 and 362 in 2018-19.
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More than 20 schools and their tauira in the Waiariki town of Tāneatua meet at Tūhoe s, Te Kura Whare, for the He Rangatahi, He Anamata youth leadership summit, Te Kuru-o-te-marama Dewes of Te Ao Māori news with this report
Ryan Hooper-Smith says the number of issues that affect young people is not shocking – it is sad. This comes at a time when young people feel their dreams are limited by gender and racial stereotypes, and when many experience feelings of loneliness. The coronavirus pandemic has also changed their lives, with students learning online and some families finding themselves having to stretch their budgets.
$5.1 million
for the Department of Conservation to buy 148 electric
vehicles and install charging infrastructure
$1.1
million to help Kāinga Ora buy 40 electric vehicles and
install charging infrastructure
11,600 tonnes of
carbon emissions saved over 10 years
Progress
towards the Government’s plan for a carbon neutral public
sector by 2025 has accelerated thanks to funding announced
today for more than 400 electric vehicles.
Minister of
Climate Change James Shaw, today announced $13.1 million of
funding to ensure more state sector staff can get around
while also helping the planet.
“Today’s
announcement is a significant step towards our goal of
carbon neutrality in the public sector within five years,”