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28 AUGUST 2020
ISSUE 480
Richmond roundabout upgrade on the way
As agreed by the Council late last year, improve safety and make the • Utilities (water, stormwater, power
we’ll be upgrading the Champion / roundabout easier to use, while poles) will be relocated.
Salisbury Roads roundabout. improving the capacity for vehicles.
It will not resolve the peak hour Next steps
We’re going to expand the
congestion. Addressing that would Once a contractor has been
roundabout to have double lanes
involve more significant network- appointed we will have more details
at the three busiest entry points
wide changes, which is not part of about the works programme to
and build three new shared cycle /
this project, but is being investigated share with you but the aim is to start
pedestrian crossings. The aim is to
by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency work in the last quarter of this year.
begin work later this year and be
and Council. Improving options for
finished by mid-2021. We understand that the upgrade
walking and cycling is one way of
will have a big impact on road users
Why we are doing it reducing congestion with fewer
and residents during construction
vehicles on the road.
This is the busiest roundabout in so we’ll be working with the
Tasman District, with about 17,000 This is what’s going to change successful contractor to ensure the
vehicles a day and this number best possible traffic management is
As per the image above, the changes
is only predicted to grow. This in place and we ask in advance for
you’ll see include:
creates congestion during peak everyone’s patience.
hours and makes it very difficult for • Double lanes at the three busiest
Keep up to date with the project on
pedestrians and cyclists to cross the entry points.
our website, tasman.govt.nz/projects.
roundabout safely.
• Three raised pedestrian crossings Please note: The work currently underway to
The development of a new where pedestrians and cyclists will upgrade the existing pathway from Champion
supermarket near this intersection have right of way over vehicles. Road to the entrance of the Saxton Field
is a catalyst for the timing of the complex is a separate project. This is being
• Improved cycle path connection managed by Nelson City Council and the
project. Everyone needs to be
to the Saxton Field path and to completed pathway will be smoother and wider,
aware that the aim of the upgrade
Garin College. making it easier and safer for everyone to use.
is to balance the needs of all users,
For the latest information on Covid-19 Alert Levels
visit the website covid19.govt.nz. For current
updates on Council services, visit tasman.govt.nz.
MEET YOUR
REPRESENTATIVES
Councillor Chris Hill – Golden Bay Ward
Kia ora koutou,
The recent recurrence of a second outbreak of Covid-19 in our wider
New Zealand community asked a great deal of us, despite everyone
knowing that a recurrence would be a matter of when, not if.
The disappointment of having to wonderful community care alive which is a thoughtful way of inviting
restrict our business and social for one another. It is important that us to be generous.
activity again will have affected those who need it are accessing
We can contribute easily to our nation
many in our community. To be financial and emotional support
and district community by following
patient and to hold our nerve is programmes; for quick help,
the government’s guidelines. Our
challenging, particularly when we free call or text 1737.
individual actions make a significant
are still on such uncertain ground.
For community groups, the Ministry difference. He waka eke noa – we are
Many people and businesses are of Social Development has a all in this together.
still significantly impacted from Capability and Resilience Fund
Councillor Chris Hill
the first round of restrictions and available for initiatives that support
Golden Bay Ward
some businesses are only just rebuild and recovery. A ‘give what
holding on. We must support those you can, take what you need’ stall * Please note we were at Alert Level
who are struggling and keep our has been set up at Collingwood, Two at the time of printing.
Intensification action plan adopted
The Strategy and Policy Committee has formally adopted the Intensification Action Plan
that sets out how to encourage housing intensification around parts of the District,
either zoned or proposed for smaller denser dwellings.
This plan stems from the Future existing urban areas. In Tasman this recommends a number of actions.
Development Strategy (FDS). would provide approximately 1,650 They’ve been prioritised according
Adopted by both Tasman District dwellings over the next 30 years. to cost effectiveness and their
and Nelson City Councils in 2019, ability to help make more intensive
Since this represents a significant
the FDS provides a high level 30-year housing attractive and achievable.
change, both councils requested
vision for where and how growth
staff to prepare an intensification
will be managed across the Nelson The full Intensification Action
action plan to guide the change and
Tasman region. Plan document will be available
make smaller, denser dwellings a
on our website, tasman.govt.nz,
At least 40% of our future demand more attractive option to build and
and we’ll bring you more
for housing in Nelson and Tasman to live in.
information about what it means
will be met by ‘building up’ and
The action plan is a result of in future issues of Newsline.
increasing dwelling density in
extensive cross council work and it
2. NEWSLINE ISSUE 480
Stay vigilant against Covid-19
At the time of printing tasman.govt.nz, our Facebook page As always, we ask everyone to
and the Antenno app are good ways follow the health advice as we work
we remain at Alert Level
to keep updated, or you can give us a together against Covid-19.
Two restrictions, although call on 03 543 8400.
• Keep your distance from other
a review by central
The Council services available and people in public.
government is imminent. any further changes to them will be
• Wash your hands.
All Council services are operating at covered through these channels as
we move into different alert levels. • Sneeze and cough into your elbow.
Alert Level Two but there have been
changes in terms of limited numbers We’ll be following the current central • Keep a track of where you’ve been
at some community facilities, government advice about what we and who you’ve seen.
physical distancing measures and need to do to keep our community
safe. Whatever happens, rest • Wear a face covering if you can.
contact tracing. As the situation is
likely to change rapidly, our website assured, we are here to help.
No mixed recycling processed from 14 – 18 September
Due to essential maintenance at the recycling processing plant, any mixed recycling (plastic,
paper, cardboard, cans) collected in the week of 14 – 18 September cannot be processed and
will have to go to landfill. This will only affect residents with “Week 2” on their wheelie bin.
This is because the plant operator, All glass collected will be recycled until your next collection week. You
Smart Environmental, needs to as normal. It is processed differently can put it out again on your usual day
replace the chain drive conveyor and the conveyor belt replacement in the week starting 28 September.
belt at the processing plant. This belt doesn’t affect that.
Any recycling dropped off at
feeds recycling into the processing
We will still collect your wheelie bin if Resource Recovery Centres during
equipment, and is critical to the
you put it out but the contents will go the week of 14 – 18 September will
plant operation. It has been working
to landfill, rather than being recycled. also go to landfill so please drop it
52 weeks a year for the last five
off the week before or after if you
years, so is due for replacement. If you don’t want that to happen,
want to be sure it will be recycled.
please hold on to your wheelie bin
Drop us your greenwaste and we’ll turn it into
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28 AUGUST 2020 3.
WATER
MATTERS
Date extended on
Water Safety Consultation
Submissions are now open until 2 October.
We’ve extended the submission period on a proposal
to permanently chlorinate the following water supplies:
Upper Takaka, Hamama, Motueka, Riwaka / Kaiteriteri and
Richmond. All other Tasman District Council water supplies
are already treated with chlorine to ensure the safe
supply of drinking water. This is in line with the accepted
practice for water treatment around New Zealand and
other developed countries around the world. You can read
Culvert completed at the full statement of proposal online at tasman.govt.nz/
feedback or see a hard copy at all Tasman District Council
Waimea Community Dam and Libraries (Takaka, Murchison, Motueka and Richmond).
In light of the Covid-19 restrictions on gatherings at the
On 14 August the Waimea Community Dam time, the public information sessions were cancelled.
Diversion Culvert was blessed by Ngāti A replacement session will be held via Zoom video
Koata, marking a significant milestone in conferencing on Wednesday 16 September starting at
4.30 pm. The Zoom meeting link is available on the Council
the construction of the region’s dam.
website, tasman.govt.nz, search on Water Consultation.
Following the blessing, the culvert was opened at
its top, allowing river water to flow through. Waimea
How to have your say:
Water Limited CEO Mike Scott told the attendees of the • Email your submission info@tasman.govt.nz with
importance of the culvert to the next phase of the project. ‘Water Safety Consultation’ in the subject line.
• Head to tasman.govt.nz/feedback to submit your
“The 165-metre-long diversion culvert is key
feedback online.
infrastructure for the project, as it allows the river to
be diverted to create the dry construction site for the • Post your submission to 'Water Safety Consultation',
reinforced dam,” Scott said. Tasman District Council, 189 Queen Street, Private Bag 4,
Richmond 7050.
The next stage of construction will see two coffer
dams built to divert the river into the completed
culvert, enabling construction of the larger reinforced
rockfill embankment. A starter dam and lower spillway
bridge will also be constructed, the revised spillway
continued, and the plinth completed. Works are due
for completion in April 2022.
Key facts about the diversion culvert:
• 165 metres long
• 7 metres wide
• 5.6 metres high (external)
• 4,500m3 of concrete WaimeaRichmond
FUNERAL SERVICES
• Roof and walls 0.8 metre to 1.6 metre thick
4. NEWSLINE ISSUE 480
Safer rural roads and more jobs
Tasman District Council and Downer are working
AWESOME together on a Project Kōkiri programme, funded by
TASMAN the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
and the Provincial Growth Fund.
The programme is focused work and a third collecting and
Apply now for on removing dangerous trees
around the Tasman road
stockpiling the wood. Once the
wood has been stockpiled it
the Community network and has employed a
number of people who have
will be cut into firewood, to be
distributed to people in need
Resilience Fund found themselves out of work
following the response to the
through the Fifeshire Foundation.
Yet another positive for the
Phase Two Covid-19 pandemic. community from this initiative.
We invited submissions from There are currently 11 staff
Applications are invited the community and also used employed who had lost their
until Friday 4 September existing databases to prioritise previous work due to the effects
for the second funding trees that were creating a of Covid-19. Their backgrounds
round supporting play, roadside hazard. The team is now range from aircraft mechanic
working through these to either to retail sales staff but all are
active recreation and
make them safe or remove them. adapting well to their new work.
sports organisations who A qualified arborist is used for
There are currently two crews
are experiencing financial the technical tree removal work.
on the network carrying out the
hardship as a result of
Covid-19.
In a change from the first round,
applicants no longer need to be
affiliated to Sport NZ national
partners and you can claim
assistance for a broader range of
costs including operational costs.
Sport Tasman is administering the
fund locally so get all the details
and an application form on their
website, sporttasman.org.nz or
phone 03 546 7910.
Buying or selling a house?
Talk to us first to avoid many of the pitfalls
Buying or selling your property Developing or restructuring your property
Buying or selling investment properties Financing
Nelson: 78 Selwyn Place, Nelson Ph: +64 3 548 8349
Richmond: 66 Oxford Street, Richmond Ph: +64 3 543 9090
www.pittandmoore.co.nz
28 AUGUST 2020 5.
K E E P I N G YO U I N F O R M E D A B O U T N E W S A N D E V E N T S I N T H E TA S M A N D I S T R I CT 28 AUGUST 2020
Brightwater speed limit Review of Local Alcohol Policy Tasman District Libraries
change – 40km/h applies Tasman District Council is seeking • Motueka: 12 Pah Street
from 28 August submissions on a proposal to review • Murchison: 92 Fairfax Street
the Tasman District Council Local • Richmond: 280 Queen Street
As agreed, following the public
Alcohol Policy. • Takaka Memorial: 3 Junction Street
consultation carried out in 2019,
the speed limit on Ellis Street The Local Alcohol Policy (LAP) has How to have your say:
Brightwater will change to 40 been in force since 14 March 2015 and
• Email your submission to info@
km/h from the end of August. must be reviewed prior to 14 March
tasman.govt.nz with ‘Local Alcohol
2021 to remain in force. The most
This applies to the section of Ellis Policy Consultation’ in the subject line.
significant impact of the LAP is to limit
Street 50m from Lightband Road • Head to tasman.govt.nz/feedback to
the hours that licensed premises may
(SH6) through to 50m prior to submit your feedback online.
trade, compared to the default national
Lord Rutherford Road.
maximum trading hours permitted • Post your submission to 'Local Alcohol
This change is due to the need by the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act Policy Consultation', Tasman District
to provide safer and consistent 2012. The Council has proposed that no Council, 189 Queen Street, Private Bag
speeds for busy school roads and change is made to the existing LAP. 4, Richmond 7050.
town centre roads. The new speed
You are invited to have your say on the Submissions are open until Friday 25
limit is supported by changes
intention to leave the LAP unchanged September 2020. Anyone who wishes
made as part of the current
through this review. to do so will have the opportunity to
Brightwater town centre upgrade.
You can read the full statement of speak in support of their submission at a
New speed limit signage will be in hearing to be held on 14 October 2020.
proposal online at tasman.govt.nz/
place from 28 August to remind
feedback or see a hard copy at the
everyone of the change.
following locations: Triennial Election Meetings
Tasman District Council Offices The following triennial committee
election meeting is to be held:
• Takaka: 78 Commercial Street
• Waimea West Recreation Reserve/Hall
• Motueka: 7 Hickmott Place
Committee, Wednesday 16 September
• Murchison: 92 Fairfax Street
at 7.30 pm at the Waimea West Hall.
• Richmond: 189 Queen Street All welcome.
If you have any queries please contact
KEEP UP TO DATE: TASMAN.GOVT.NZ Francie Wafer on 03 543 8400 or
francie.wafer@tasman.govt.nz.
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K E E P I N G YO U I N F O R M E D A B O U T N E W S A N D E V E N T S I N T H E TA S M A N D I S T R I CT 28 AUGUST 2020
Community planting days Dispose of wet wipes
Head along to one of the last planting and masks correctly COUNCIL MEETINGS
days of the season on the Waimea Inlet. It’s great to be extra conscious of hygiene For now, public access to meetings
• Sunday 30 August, 9.00 am – 1.00 pm, at the moment but if you are using will be via Zoom video conferencing.
Research Orchard Road Reserve #2 disposable materials to keep yourself See tasman.govt.nz/link/meetings-
safe (for instance disposable masks or calendar for access details.
• Sunday 6 and Sunday 13 September,
sanitising wipes), please remember
9.00 am – 1.00 pm, Hunter Brown Regulatory Committee
they must go in your rubbish bin.
Reserve, Rough Island. Thursday 3 September, 9.30 am.
Please don't dispose of these items in Public forum.
Please bring gloves, spade and drinking
your recycling bin or by flushing them
water. Wear solid footwear and clothes Tasman Regional Transport Committee
down your toilet. Putting these in your
suitable for the weather conditions. Monday 7 September, 9.30 am.
recycling bin puts our staff at risk of
For more information and future planting Public forum.
infection and flushing them down the
day dates, visit the website tet.org.nz toilet causes blockages and overflows Full Council
or email bandedrail@gmail.com. in our sewer system. Thursday 10 September, 9.30 am.
Public forum.
Please remember that your recycling
Changes to payment is handled by people as it is collected Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill
options at Resource and processed so it's more important Business Unit
Recovery Centres than ever to make sure your recycling Friday 11 September, 9.30 am. Nelson
is clean and free from rubbish to help City Council, 110 Trafalgar Street.
Please be aware that from 1
protect the team. Public forum.
October 2020, we will no longer be
accepting cheques for payment at Nelson Tasman Regional Sewerage
our Resource Recovery Centres. Business Unit
Friday 11 September, 1.00 pm. Nelson
We’re making this change for
City Council, 110 Trafalgar Street.
several reasons: to reduce the
Public forum.
risk of dishonoured payments;
because cheques are being phased
out by many banks; and they are
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accept PayWave at all sites.
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Richmond 7020
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Environmental Science / Geotechnical Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering
28 AUGUST 2020 7.
WHAT'S ON
IN TASMAN
In these uncertain times it’s good to know there are some things
you can count on. Here are three fabulous things that you can Preparation
do through your local library, regardless of alert levels. underway
Stitch up a storm! with your library card. Don’t ever be
without something to read – give
soon for new
While slipping in and out of alert
levels might be stressful, there’s one
e-books a whirl! Motueka library
thing guaranteed to reduce your Construction fencing will
heart rate and that’s stitching. Take Monday information be up soon around the site
part in our Community Quilt Project
sessions for seniors designated for the new library
by stitching a word or image relating in Motueka's Decks Reserve.
Age Concern Nelson Tasman is
to your experience of Alert Level
offering a series of informative talks Site preparation work can then
4 on to an A4 sized piece of fabric
and workshops on a variety of topics begin, such as moving services
and drop it off at your local Tasman
relevant to being 65+. The cost is $3 (power, water and so on),
library by the end of September.
per session, registrations are required. clearing the site (removing
All ages and stitching abilities are
All sessions are in the Age Concern trees, putting furniture into
welcome to take part.
Hall, 62 Oxford Street, Richmond. storage) and getting it ready
Do you haiku? Upcoming sessions include: for building.
Haiku is a form of poetry developed • 31 August, 9.30 am – 12.30 pm, The purpose-built, 1,100m2
in Japan. Each haiku has only 17 Staying Safe Driving Course with single-storey library will be
syllables, arranged in three lines of Garry Dunn. constructed between the
5-7-5 syllables respectively, and usually i-SITE and the Japanese
• 7 September, 10.00 am – 11.30 am,
focuses on an aspect of nature. Either Gardens. The new library has
Green Prescription – Living Well
email your haiku to pania.walton@ been planned for several
with Jackie MacIntyre from Nelson
tasman.govt.nz or fill in an entry form years and will replace the
Bays Primary Health.
at your library and be in to win. All ageing and undersized library
ages are encouraged to take part. See the full list of sessions planned in Pah Street with a modern,
for the rest of 2020 on the website, sustainable new building.
Give e-books a whirl ageconcernnt.org.nz.
When you really need a book fix The library build will provide
but your library is closed, the best For any further information or 19 full-time local jobs and
place to get books is our website, to register, please phone Marrit a boost to the construction
tasmanlibraries.govt.nz. Discover a on 03 544 7624 ext 4 or email sector and suppliers.
world of e-books available for free community@ageconcernnt.org.nz.
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