2442 days ago

Poll: Electric scooters on Nelson's footpaths

Barnaby Sharp Reporter from The Nelson Mail

As electric scooters become more popular, more people are taking to the streets, and specifically the footpaths. With little regulation around the use of these scooters, is this a good thing or an accident waiting to happen?
Choose the option that best fits your view and explain more in the comments below.
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Electric scooters on Nelson's footpaths
  • 20.2% They're a great, clean mode of transport
    20.2% Complete
  • 52.6% Get them off the footpath
    52.6% Complete
  • 14% Death traps for riders and pedestrians
    14% Complete
  • 4.4% More unnecessary bureaucracy
    4.4% Complete
  • 8.8% My life, my choice
    8.8% Complete
114 votes
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🧩😏 Riddle me this, Neighbours…

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19 hours ago

Poll: Should we be pushing a soft-plastics recycling rollout across the whole region 🗑️

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

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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Should we be pushing a soft-plastics recycling rollout across the whole region 🗑️
  • 90.5% Yes!
    90.5% Complete
  • 9.5% Nah
    9.5% Complete
21 votes
3 days ago

Some Choice News!

Kia pai from Sharing the Good Stuff

DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.

Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.

For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.

Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?

We hope this brings a smile!

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