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With cases now in Wellington, the dye was cast. Businesses could see the writing on the wall - level 4 carries on as the community prepares to continue the lockdown.
Tim Newman12:05, Jun 25 2021
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The assault happened at the Saxton Field complex on Thursday night.
Police are seeking witnesses to a late-night assault on a woman at the Saxton Recreation Reserve. The woman was left shaken but uninjured” after she was assaulted by a man while walking through the reserve between 9pm and 9.30pm. Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Johnston said the incident happened on the north-south access road between Saxton Field and the Saxton velodrome. Police would like to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the assault or saw a man acting suspiciously in the area yesterday evening.
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Mayor Tim King says while the reason for receiving the funding was clearly explained, it appeared to be unclear how it was utilised. Councillors appeared surprised this month when they were told the size of the Moutere account balance during a discussion about the proposed Māpua boat ramp. The RFCs were discussed again on Thursday at an extraordinary council meeting that was called to consider a notice of motion on funding sources for a Motueka pool project. During deliberations for the Long Term Plan 2021-31, councillors agreed to bring forward the timing of the business case for the pool by a year to 2021-22, with a $150,000 budget for that work to become available in tranches of $50,000 in 2021-22 and $100,000 in 2022-23. Councillors also agreed to bring forward the construction of the pool to 2023-24 with $3m funding for that work to be one-third community contribution, 50 per cent from the Motueka RFC account and the remainder from the district fac
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Margaret Goff with Nigel Muir of Sport Tasman. Muir nominated Goff in 2019 for an Eelco Boswijk Civic Award for her work in setting up and running a welfare centre distributing food and products to families disrupted by the Pigeon Valley Fire.
It was meant to be just making “a few sandwiches” for crews during the Pigeon Valley fires, but Margaret Goff’s initiative grew much bigger than she expected, and earned her an award she had never heard of. In 2019, Goff won the Eelco Boswijk Community Hero Award for her hard mahi (work) coordinating a welfare centre set up of her own volition. The centre catered to the needs of those affected by the wildfires and supported the people involved in them, including firefighters, frontline crew and families who had homes threatened by the blaze.