Nelson's dry weather continues - important information for residents
Gales that have buffeted the Nelson-Tasman region for several days have further dried out land already parched by a lack of rain, putting fire crews and forestry workers on high alert.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand principal rural fire officer Ian Reade said the weather in the region had delivered a trifecta of strong winds, high temperatures and low humidity.
- Reade urged anyone who had lit a fire in the past three months to check the ashes were cold, particularly if they had a fire pit. Warm ashes in the centre could be unearthed by the weather and ignite a fire. A blaze on Monday was started after warm ashes were exposed from a fire that had been lit in September-October.
- A total fire ban would be in place from next week for the Waimea Basin and Golden Bay.
- There was no sign of rain in the remainder of the 10-day forecast, MetService said. MetService data revealed just 6mm rain had fallen this year in Nelson city, compared with an average of 90.5mm for January. A total of 10.3mm had fallen in Takaka so far this month.
Poll: Should we be pushing a soft-plastics recycling rollout across the whole region 🗑️
Nelson City Council has confirmed that the kerbside soft plastic trial is continuing for the current 1,000 homes. It’s a fantastic step towards being more sustainable, but many of us are still waiting for our turn.
We want to know: Should we be pushing for a rollout across the whole region? Or are you happy to keep using the drop-off points at the supermarket for now?
Is this something your household would actually participate in! ♻️
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92% Yes!
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8% Nah
🧩😏 Riddle me this, Neighbours…
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Do you think you know the answer?
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Labour Party Hypocrisy
Well, here we go again. More Labour Party hypocrisy.
Just as Labour MP Rachel Boyack has cried crocodile tears over National not building the promised new Nelson hospital when Labour had promised (showing both how little a Labour promise is worth and the hypocrisy of their tears) to get the hospital started before their term ended we now have Deputy Prime Minister Seymour calling for the Air New Zealand shares owned by the government to be sold.
Now that is to be expected given Seymour’s party policies but what is astounding is Labour’s finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds comments in response.
She tells us Air New Zealand is critical national infrastructure and the Government should not be selling its shares.
Very good, but wait. Labour has clearly (and conveniently) ‘forgotten’ which party privatised Air New Zealand.
In 1989, the Labour Government sold Air New Zealand into private ownership. The sale transferred the airline from being a fully state owned national carrier to a privately owned company. The sale was part of a broader wave of Labour privatisations, also including:
• Telecom (1990)
• New Zealand Steel (1987)
• PostBank (1988)
Labour may well have built state houses for working people (not just beneficiaries like Ardern’s government) in the 1930’s but what have they done since? Very, very little other than to ride on that one good thing ever since and, as we are seeing again and again approaching this election, spent most of their time practicing their hypocrisy. Remember the Kiwibuild promise?
If you want truth in politics beware Labour.
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