Picton, New Zealand
Picton is a small town located in the Marlborough Region, New Zealand. The town is a major hub in New Zealand's network.
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Picton is a small town located in the Marlborough Region, New Zealand. The town is a major hub in New Zealand's network.
The $170,000 of extra funding will help ease the pressure on the trust due to insurance hikes and the effects of Covid-19, say district councillors.
Traffic woes and dead tuatara are among the concerns residents have about Picton's ferry precinct development.
The council wasn't planning to spend a single cent on building or upgrading heritage assets in Marlborough for the next 10 years.
“Heritage is more than dead things on a shelf in dusty, old buildings. To some people, the Edwin Fox is a hull and some bits of old timber. But to me, it's a talisman of how my great-great-grandfather set out to raise a family in New Zealand.” According to the trust's submission, the walls of the Marlborough Museum were a fire risk, its doors let in ants, and its roof had leaked since “day one”, 31 years ago. The rear half of the building’s floor had also not been reinforced with steel, as was planned, which “could be a death trap for staff or result in damage to the collection...