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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
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Paul Quinn of Marlborough Renewable Oils talks through the bio-diesel process with the Environment Award judges.
For Real recruitment bus
Ellish, Aimee and Anna with Spring Creek School's newly enclosed strawberry wall.
Rumble strips
Menz Shed Steering Committee project manager Terry Cummock helps Mayor Sowman snip the wire at the opening ceremony.
Chairman Brian King and Councillor David Oddie
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From left Clr Bagge, Sonia Ginders, Mayor Sowman, Olivia Burns, Hayden Beavis, Logan Anderson, Jonathan Cash, Ma'ara Ave
The newest public toilet amenities in the CBD.
The new road sign welcoming people to Picton, the home of Olympic rower Joseph Sullivan.
John Laing accepts the Best Community Initiative Award on behalf of the Marlborough Motorcycle Safety Group, a cross-community group that works to raise bike riders' safety record in this district. The award was won jointly with Clued Up Kids.
Pernod Ricard's Mark Wills receives the award for the most pro-active employee from Mayor Alistair Sowman and Chamber of Commerce general manager Brian Dawson.
Signage
Total Operating Expenditure 2012-2022
Councillor Terry Sloan and Reserves and Amenities staff Rosie Bartlett and Rachel Hutchinson check out the new sign in Market Place.
New areas for residential growth
Flower Girl, a variety of Camellias
Deputy Mayor, Jenny Andrews and Mayor Alistair Sowman with Vicky Mack and her brother Hugh and parents David and Kraisri.
Council gardeners Julie Murphy and Kate Kidman show the scale of hte Council's composting area at Waterlea.
Murphy's Creek discoloration after heavy rain.
Principal Rural Fire Officer Richard McNamara with Mayor Alistair Sowman and Councillor Trevor Hook, Rural Fire Officer, Kenepuru Rural Fire Force.
Max and Somerset Wight helping out with the planting.
Mayor Alistair Sowman and Phil Hunnisett
Newly installed tactile surface and directional indicators.
Margaret Peace on her Tua Marina property
Bus shelter
Site For New Equestrian Park
Mayor Alistair Sowman
The boys, with their rowing coach Bill Campbell.
Tui To Town Project brochure
Art students creating public artwork in the Alfred Street car parking building.
Lorraine Barsanti enjoys some puppy love from another of the other long haired dachshunds at the show.
Marlborough Mayor Alistair Sowman and top dog Keaton Kosciosko with one of its owners, Beth Warman.
Courtesy crossings map
Mayor Alistair Sowman as Professor Dumbledore.
Council contractor Luke Brosnan tosses one of the Council black bags onto the Earthcare truck as it makes its rounds in Blenheim.
Marlborough Council website administrator, Mandy Evans
Niki Elliot looking at the water flow, water clarity and temperature.
Esmee Davies learning about food webs.
Assets and Services Committee member John Leggett with some of the Council's old electronic equpment that has reached the end of its useful life and is now bound for htthe w e-waste recycling facility.
Bird scaring device
The remains of fish dumped in the Taylor River near Wither Road.
Mobility scooter
Landscape design option for the Council-owned land at 2 High Street next to the Taylor River amphitheatre.
Mayor Alistair Sowman with one of Marlborough's newest citizens, Picton's Ting Thompson, with her husband Craig and daughters Tara and Jasmine after the latest citizenship ceremony at the Marlborough District Council Chambers.
CBD Speed Map
The paved area in Tuamarina cemetery is a place for quiet contemplation and rest – a perfect spot for a picnic or just to stretch out in the sun.
New signs at the Grovetown Lagoon.
Taylor River Reserve
A work of Marlborough sculpture Lydia Geldof.
New jetty and floating pontoon in the Kenepuru Sound.
Alfred Street car parking building
Mayor Alistair Sowman gets a look at the Shed plans with the members of the group supporting the project.
Mayor Alistair Sowman
War Memorial Clock Tower
Water Fountain In Seymour Square
CBD road speed guide
Officials make presentation in recognition of region's input.
Councillor Jamie Arbuckle takes family dog Bosco for a walk on the Taylor River Reserve; the riverbank, from Hutcheson Street Bridge to the Ben Morven Road Mountain Bike Track, is one of six designated dog exercise area within Blenheim's urban area.
President David Godden with Christchurch artists at the exhibition opening.
Marlborough District Council Services Development Engineer Stewart Sargent.
Left, Marlborough Rugby sub-union chairman Dave McCormick and, far right, Aaron Senior, Marlborough rugby area manager for the Tasman Rugby Union.
Councillor Peter Jerram does the honours at the official opening of the new children's playground at Rarangi last weekend.
"eco-blue Kokopu"
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A thriving example of cotton thistle towers over 186 cm tall Council Biosecurity Officer, Rob Simons, shortly before he dispatched it.
Alex Williams, a 19-year-old Blenheim girl just back from a gap year working in a USA summer camp, shows Mayor Alistair Sowman
Havelock Foreshore
Picton Foreshore
Iceland poppies (Papaver nudicaule) bring a bright splash of colour to Seymour Square.
The Kirk family from Renwick receiving their prizes of high-visibility reflector cycling vests from Council
Assets and Services chairman Graeme Taylor and Gavin Roberts, the patron of the South Island junior football tournament that has been played on Marlborough sports fields for the last 39 years.
Revaluation Impacts on Rates
A waterway showing the invasive growth of Veronica, also known as speedwell or gypsyweed, filling a watercourse.
A clean, well-maintained waterway
Mayor opens Baxter Exhibition
From left, Mayor Alistair Sowman, HEB Construction founder and major donor Bruce Pulman, John Stace, Mistletoe Bay Trust vice patron and Simon Heath, Trust chairman.
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Children at Riverlands School cycle training
Mayor and Duncan MacKenzie welcome cyclits
Mayor Alistair Sowman and Travis Kendall
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Councillor Terry Sloan takes a spin along the first stage of the new cycleway from town out to Riverlands ahead of the official opening at the end of next week.
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Mayor Alistair Sowman, in conversation with Rangitane o Wairau's Richard Bradley at the Art Marlborough-Toi Wairau exhibition at the Millennium Art Gallery.
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Wairau Aquifer is the source of the town's water
DO NOT CONSUME SHELLFISH FROM THE AREAS OUTLINED IN PINK ON THIS MAP
Oil Spills Must Be Reported
DO NOT CONSUME SHELLFISH FROM THE AREA IN PINK OUTLINED ON THIS MAP
Nautical Theme For New Public Toilets
Grovetown Lagoon
Use only dry wood which burns efficiently
The Future for Wairau Valley Township and Renwick?
The Future for Wairau Valley Township and Renwick?