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 hearing that Council has applied for $25 million from … [Read more...]
Maitai Housing Development Concerns.
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...]
Forestry number one concern for river health
Steven Gray representing the Friends of the Maitai presented the following set of slides to the Nelson City Council's Environment Committee. The Nelson Mail covered the presentation in the article you can get to from this … [Read more...]
Friends of the Maitai encourage council-led forestry regulation
By Skara Bohny. Source Stuff, link to full article here Volunteers advocating for a healthier Maitai River are calling on the council to improve forestry regulation to help the river. Steven Gray spoke to the council on behalf of Friends of the Maitai (FoM), a group of residents who have … [Read more...]
FOM Presentation to NCC May 19
Steven Gray representing Friends of the Maitai at the Nelson City Council. Steven's presentation is below, to download a copy click here. The Friends of the Maitai (FoM) is a group of residents who have been actively advocating for the health of the Maitai River for the past five years. We’ve … [Read more...]
Te Wairepo York Stream – from the Hills to the Sea 2016-18
Follow the clean-up process that has been happening in the Te Wairepo York Stream running through central Nelson. Starting high in the hills near the York Valley landfill and running slowly down to where the Saltwater Creek joins the sea, the waterway is starting to show promising signs of … [Read more...]
Project Mahitahi Story Map
The council have create a story map of Project Mahitahi which brings together all the Project Mahitahi work in an interactive story map. A story map combines maps with narrative text, images, and multimedia content like videos. To experience the map click here. … [Read more...]
Nelson school students cleaning up and cashing in on every driver’s worst enemy
By SARA MEIJ Nelson Intermediate pupils are combining fundraising and reducing plastic waste with a new initiative focussed on plastic parking tickets. Chatton Properties director Robin Whalley said he pitched the idea of a challenge with the school to collect the tickets in return for … [Read more...]
Cardboard plant guards stem from daughter’s plastic question
By SKARA BOHNY A teenage environmentalist's question sowed the seed for an invention to take plastic out of tree planting projects. Seedlings planted in ecological recovery operations are protected by plant guards, plastic sleeves held in place with bamboo or metal stakes around the … [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...]
Plastic parking tickets continue to litter Nelson
By SARA MEIJ Plastic parking tickets continue to litter Nelson city almost three years after the council announced a $1 million plan to tackle the issue. The Nelson City Council's plan in 2015 proposed to replace all existing parking meters with more modern, high-tech models between 2017 and … [Read more...]
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