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Vision for little penguin haven on Nelson's Haulashore Island


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Haulashore Island, once part of the Boulder Bank, marks the entrance to Port Nelson and volunteers hope to make it a home for little penguins. (File photo)
Nelson’s Haulashore Island could become a thriving little penguin habitat, with people able to watch the world’s smallest penguin return to the shore at dusk.
The five-hectare island off Nelson s waterfront road has been the focus of renewed predator control efforts last year to protect the birdlife, thanks to a team of dedicated volunteers.
The island is a major breeding site for pied shags and also home to the at-risk northern spotted skink. But it s the little penguin, often called the little blue penguin or kororā, that volunteers hope will return to nest there as they reduce the number of predators. ....

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Nelson council keen to maximise marina's potential


Nelson council keen to maximise marina s potential
Tracy Neal
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© RNZ / Tracy Neal
A report commissioned in 2009 is the basis for the Akersten Precinct, aimed at guiding urban growth, design and housing intensification.
Nelson s port and marina were built on reclaimed land, which juts out into the Nelson Haven on the city s front doorstep.
A summary of the 2009 report noted that Nelson s identity has been forged through its connection to the sea, since initial settlement by Māori and subsequent settlement by the New Zealand Company in the 1840s.
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Over the years land just to the north of the city has been reclaimed as the town and the port have grown, with substantial areas of port land created in the 1950s to the 1970s. ....

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