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Of sources that can be identified for sediment smothering the Pelorus Sounds seabed, erosion, dairy farms and forestry are the main drivers.

Plant fats, a.k.a "nature's barcode" have been fingerprinted to find out who is muddying waters in the Marlborough Sounds.

Marlborough councillors have voted to establish a Māori ward. Tears ran as the Marlborough District Council made the landmark decision to create a Māori ward on Friday. Twelve councillors voted in favour of establishing a Māori ward councillor position at an extraordinary meeting at the Marlborough Events Centre on Friday morning. One voted against and one did not show up for the vote. Haka erupted from mana whenua following the decision. Councillors stood and responded with ‘Te Aroha’, a waiata about peace and love, and the audience joined in. The decision meant Marlborough will ha...

News from LDR Tears ran as the Marlborough District Council made the landmark decision to create a Māori ward. Twelve councillors voted in favour of establishing a Māori ward councillor position at an extraordinary meeting at the Marlborough Events Centre. One voted against and one did not show up for the vote. Haka erupted from mana whenua following the decision. Councillors stood and responded with ‘Te Aroha’, a waiata about peace and love, and the audience joined in. The decision means Marlborough will have one Māori ward councillor position from next year’s election. The Māori w...

According to the Local Electoral Act ward councillors are supposed to represent about the same number of people from each area. But figures from the last local body election showed each Marlborough Sounds ward councillor represented about 2200 voters – well below Wairau-Awatere ward councillors, with 2750 voters a head, and Blenheim ward councillors, with 2740. In the past, the council had argued the Marlborough Sounds ward was an isolated community which warranted a third councillor. But the Local Government Commission suggested the council ran this year’s review from scratch to ensur...