FOM press release in response to Maitai housing development. Friends of the Maitai (FOM) is very concerned that the Nelson City Council is pushing through infrastructure for a major housing development in the Maitai Valley without public consultation. It emerged at Wednesday’s Annual Plan … [Read more...]
Environmental questions raised over Maitai housing development
Article from Stuff by Tim Newman, for stuff website click here. Councillors have raised questions over the potential environmental effects of a new housing development in the Maitai Valley. The proposed development is a collaboration between local developers and iwi, and could result in a … [Read more...]
Contractors fined after sediment destroys native fish habitat in Nelson
Contractors developing a large Nelson retirement village have been fined $90,000 for "gross pollution" of a stream. At an Environment Court hearing in Nelson, Judge Brian Dwyer said sediment from earthworks discharged into Maire Stream meant the population of indigenous banded kokopu had … [Read more...]