Marlborough District Council
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Marlborough is at the top of the South Island of New Zealand. Tasman and Kaikoura districts are our western and southern neighbours respectively. On the northern side of Cook Strait is Wellington.
MARLBOROUGH — Council has collected native tree seed through the generosity of local landowners granting access to remnant stands of some of our iconic heritage trees, now virtually extinct in lowland South Marlborough.
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MARLBOROUGH — Retiring from the paid workforce can open up new opportunities for learning as people have more free time.
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MARLBOROUGH — The Tui to Town project is now into its fourth season, promoting natural habitat restoration on the Wairau Plain.
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MARLBOROUGH — Changes to household refuse and recycling collection days are now in place.
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MARLBOROUGH — A children’s playground is to be installed on the beachfront reserve at Rarangi.
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MARLBOROUGH — Mayor Alistair Sowman was amongst those cheering on the latest group of Marlborough teens to graduate from the CACTUS programme - Combined Adolescent Challenge Training Unit Support.
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MARLBOROUGH — Local statistics show that at least half a dozen pedestrians are injured on our streets each year.
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MARLBOROUGH — The Marlborough District Council will take in 3.19% more in rates revenue from Marlborough ratepayers this year compared with last year.
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MARLBOROUGH — It’s pruning time and Council’s gardening team will be holding pruning demonstrations at Pollard Park from next week.
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MARLBOROUGH — Marlborough District Council monitors PM10 concentrations, relative to the National Environmental Standard (NES), at air monitoring sites in Springlands and Redwoodtown in Blenheim.
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MARLBOROUGH — The Marlborough District Council has received one response to its call for ideas for a Council-owned site at 2 High Street in keeping with the Council’s urban design strategy for the town centre.
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MARLBOROUGH — Details of a proposal to create a new subdivision on Dillons Point Road are still being worked on but there will be further opportunities for consultation, as part of the long term urban growth plan, between Council and residents in the area.
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MARLBOROUGH — Blenheim and Picton people using kerbside recycling get a pat on the back; the Auckland business buying our waste product says it contains some of the cleanest material they receive from anywhere in the country.
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MARLBOROUGH — The Wairau Aquifer is the source of the town’s water.
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MARLBOROUGH — The Marlborough District Council has been able to secure full insurance cover at the last minute for its millions of dollars worth of assets by going into a partnership with neighbouring local bodies in Nelson and Tasman.
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MARLBOROUGH — The average rates increase across Marlborough in the coming year will be 3.19%.
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MARLBOROUGH — Marlborough District Council will conduct its annual resident satisfaction telephone survey in late June and early July, calling 600 randomly selected local residents to hear their views of Council’s performance in the last year.
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MARLBOROUGH — Dog owners who take their animals into the country are responsible for ensuring their animals don't cause problems.
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MARLBOROUGH — The new 25 metre pool, changing rooms and children’s pools are open now at the Aquatic Centre.
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MARLBOROUGH — Plans are under way to re-open Omaka Cemetery for burials.
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MARLBOROUGH — Changes to kerbside collection days for the Council waste collection service come into effect tomorrow (Friday).
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MARLBOROUGH — New signage is being planned for Blenheim Airport to emphasise the regional title of Marlborough.
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MARLBOROUGH — Financial abuse of older people does happen in some unfortunate situations.
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MARLBOROUGH — The Marlborough Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Plan 2005-2010 is currently under review and a new draft plan has been prepared.
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MARLBOROUGH — Submissions from the public convinced councillors to reinstate some of the spending cuts previously outlined for the Council's budget to support the 2011-2012 Annual Plan.
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MARLBOROUGH — The average increase in rates across Marlborough was held to 3.19% after a day-long consideration of more than seven hundred submissions from ratepayers.
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MARLBOROUGH — Councillors have been making good progress with the Southern Marlborough Urban Growth Strategy decision meetings.
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MARLBOROUGH — Due to system maintenance, our Flood Watch and Dekho mapping services will be unavailable this evening between approximately 6.00 pm and 10.00 pm.
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Vehicle owners who've been using a strip of land on Grove Road to offer their vehicles for sale are being warned that they must move their vehicles off the site.
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MARLBOROUGH — The average increase in rates across Marlborough has been held to 3.2% after a day-long consideration of more than seven hundred submissions from ratepayers.
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MARLBOROUGH — Many trees and plants that would once have been common on the Wairau Plain are not found here any more due to land clearance and drainage over the years.
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BLENHEIM — The council is going to look again at its approach to trees planted in public parks and reserves.
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BLENHEIM — Council Environment Committee chairman Peter Jerram is asking dog owners to be guided by common sense and keep their dogs away from the stock on the Wither Hills Farm Park regardless of current Council bylaws.
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BLENHEIM — Free parking for up to four hours will be allowed in the new Alfred Street car parking building until the new barrier arm and ticket machine is installed, probably late in July.
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BLENHEIM — The Council dog pound urgently needs good homes for young pups.
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BLENHEIM — The Wairau Aquifer is the source of the town’s water.
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BLENHEIM — It is a breach of council bylaws to prune the trees planted on public berms.
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BLENHEIM — Any gardener would be envious of the size of Council’s compost heap! Instead of paying the cost of dumping all the leaves that fall from the trees in our main parks, Council’s gardeners use them to generate rich and nutritious compost which feeds the garden beds of Pollard Park and Seymour Square.
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QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND — Queen Charlotte Sound shellfish is still dangerous to eat The shellfish ban at Port Underwood has been lifted however the ban remains in place for Queen Charlotte Sound and Tory Channel.
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MARLBOROUGH — The Marlborough District Council is responsible for responding to reported marine oil spills, both within the district and inside the 12-mile limit.
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BLENHEIM — Letters and emails have poured in to the council during the last week with ratepayers keen to have their say on the council’s spending plans for the year ahead.
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BLENHEIM — There is no plan to raise Blenheim’s parking meter charges even though the rates have been unchanged since 2006.
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BLENHEIM — Decisions are looming on the blueprint for the future growth and development of Blenheim and its outlying settlements as the Marlborough District Council considers the final shape of the Southern Marlborough Urban Growth and Development Strategy.
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BLENHEIM — In Blenheim, urban air quality is below the desirable standard on some days during winter months.
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BLENHEIM — The Blenheim Bus service – free to SuperGold cardholders – is to continue as a sponsored service.
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QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND — Nelson Marlborough Medical Officer of Health Dr Jill Sherwood today advised that levels of toxin had continued to increase and had reached dangerous levels in shellfish.
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MARLBOROUGH — It is vital that when someone is moving into residential care all the details of the admission agreement are fully understood.
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MARLBOROUGH — The new main entrance to Wairau Hospital will be open and functioning very soon.
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MARLBOROUGH — Council gardeners have been hard at work preparing our parks and gardens to look their best for the forthcoming Hunter’s Garden Marlborough when crowds of garden lovers arrive in town.
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MARLBOROUGH — Many elderly people hope to stay in their own home as long as possible.
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MARLBOROUGH — About 90% of householders put a crate of recyclables out for collection and well over 90% of the material collected complied with the requirements.
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MARLBOROUGH — Blenheim newest park will be something very special – a natural setting in Springlands where mature trees and original features will create a tranquil public green space.
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MARLBOROUGH — Every month, the Marlborough District Council is testing water quality at 34 sites on the rivers of the region.
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PICTON — The new public conveniences on the Picton foreshore are now open for use.
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MARLBOROUGH — A remarkable transformation has been underway in a very special pocket of land at Grovetown.
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MARLBOROUGH — Air pollution in Blenheim has been reaching serious levels far higher than usual this winter.
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MARLBOROUGH — Marlborough District Council monitors PM10 concentrations, relative to the National Environmental Standard (NES), at air monitoring sites in Springlands and Redwoodtown in Blenheim.
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MARLBOROUGH — The weather has turned and, if you have a log burner, the fire is being lit every day.
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MARLBOROUGH — The Future for Wairau Valley Township and Renwick? Planning which will direct the future growth of the satellite town of Renwick and the rural township of Wairau Valley is set out in the Southern Marlborough Urban Growth Strategy.
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MARLBOROUGH — Under Section 22 of the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977, the Total Fire Ban in the Marlborough District Council area south of the Wairau River including the area south of the Diversion has been lifted and replaced with a Restricted Fire Season.
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MARLBOROUGH — The key to budgeting is to spend less money than you have but, with rising prices and a fixed income, that can be easier said than done.
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BLENHEIM — Fresh fruit and nuts in season are a healthy way to eat and the Marlborough District Council is doing its bit to encourage productive planting by supporting Blenheim’s new Community Gardens and by establishing trees which produce edible fruit in other public areas.
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MARLBOROUGH — People have just a few days more to let the Council know what they’d like to see on the block of land bequeathed to the community in Severne Street, Springlands.
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BLENHEIM — The revamp of Lansdowne Park is underway as the Marlborough District Council looks at ways to make best use of the nine hectares it purchased from the Marlborough Rugby Union 18 months ago.
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BLENHEIM — Members of the public are advised that RNZAF Base Woodbourne is to exercise its right of freedom of the district under the Charter granted to the Base in 1957.
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MARLBOROUGH — Council Environment Committee Chairman, Graeme Taylor says that falling river levels and a dry weather forecast mean that it is likely a number of irrigation water consents will have to be shut off over the next week.
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