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 — The Council has decided to help with funding for environmental dairy farm plans for Marlborough dairy farmers over the next three years (2012–2015).
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MARLBOROUGH — More than three thousand hectares of forests are owned by the ratepayers of Marlborough and Kaikoura and administered by Merrill and Ring New Zealand Ltd on their behalf.
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BLENHEIM — Council intends undertaking works within the street near your property.
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BLENHEIM — Tests on the War Memorial clock tower in Seymour Square show that, while the structure only just meets the minimum structural soundness required by the Building Code, the exterior stonework appears secure.
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MARLBOROUGH — Marlborough District Council is seeking your views on a proposal to introduce a new policy to manage earthquake-prone buildings in Marlborough.
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BLENHEIM — The Marlborough District Council leads by example - look at the size of the Council compost heap! Instead of paying the cost of dumping all the leaves that fall from the trees in our main parks, the Council's gardeners use them to generate rich and nutritious compost to feed the garden beds in Pollard Park and Seymour Square.
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BLENHEIM — Seven new street lights will cast bright white light along Alfred Street, improving night-time visibility and security in the area.
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MARLBOROUGH — Owners of houses in Marlborough with brick chimneys are being urged to check the security of these chimneys.
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MARLBOROUGH — Smart Business Marlborough is a central information source designed to help new businesses making a move to Marlborough.
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MARLBOROUGH — At the Marlborough District Council meeting held on 28 June 2012 the following additional Trustee on the Rai Valley Public Cemetery Board of Trustees, pursuant to section 24 of the Burial and Cremation Acts 1965, appointed Kevin Payton as an additional Trustee, etc.
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MARLBOROUGH — The Community Information Database is an up-to-date listing of community groups and organisations in the Marlborough region and can be found on Council's website www.marlborough.govt.nz under the Our Community section.
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MARLBOROUGH — Marlborough District Councillors have reappointed Council CEO Andrew Besley in his role for a further three years.
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MARLBOROUGH — The Marlborough District Council has formally adopted its 2012-2022 Long Term Plan, setting the new rates for the year ahead.
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MARLBOROUGH — A new service to support and advise existing businesses to grow and assist those looking to move into the region has been launched with the aim of making it easier to do business in Marlborough.
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MARLBOROUGH — Marlborough District Councillors have agreed the Council will act as guarantor for the loans taken out by the Marlborough Civic Theatre Trust as back-up for the new theatre building project.
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MARLBOROUGH — The drinking water for most of Marlborough is wonderfully pure – and the District Council's water scientists keep a close eye on it to make sure it stays that way.
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BLENHEIM — The streetworks creating a new pedestrian crossing between the Clubs of Marlborough and the Alfred Street parking building are almost complete with new pavement surfacing and lighting installed.
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MARLBOROUGH — Roads around Marlborough can be slippery with snow, frost or ice at this time of the year so use common sense and drive to the conditions.
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MARLBOROUGH — St John Marlborough provides a range of services including first aid courses, Lifelink alarms, ambulance transport and youth training.
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MARLBOROUGH — Raising both the public understanding of the fire risk faced by Marlborough and the region-wide preparedness for the next big one are priorities for Marlborough's new rural fire chief, Richard McNamara.
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MARLBOROUGH — The bird on the back of our $20 note is an increasingly rare species – but the Marlborough Falcon Conservation Trust is working hard to restore numbers in this region.
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MARLBOROUGH — Please let us know if there are Council facilities that need maintenance or repair.
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MARLBOROUGH — As from 1 July 2012 Thursday evenings will be discontinued.
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BLENHEIM — On 17 May 2012, the Marlborough District Council notified Plan Change 60 to the Wairau/Awatere Resource Management Plan.
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MARLBOROUGH — As much as 40% of the rubbish that people put out in their Council bags for the kerbside collection is made up of food scraps and green waste – material that could be composted.
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MARLBOROUGH — Clear windless winter days are a perfect time for riding – don’t let the temperature stop you – just add a few more layers.
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MARLBOROUGH — In accordance with Section 78 of the Biosecurity Act 1993, the Marlborough District Council gives notice that a Proposed Regional Pest Management Strategy for Marlborough (Proposed Strategy) has been prepared and is now available for public submission.
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BLENHEIM — Last year was one of the worst winters for air pollution in Marlborough.
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MARLBOROUGH — Learn from Council's expert gardeners Where: Pollard Park Potager When: Thursday 5 July at 10.30 am.
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MARLBOROUGH — <p>The water from Council’s reticulation in the Awatere and Seddon is untreated and does not meet the Drinking Water Standards for New Zealand 2000.
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BLENHEIM — Mayor Alistair Sowman and Phil Hunnisett were part of the enthusiastic crowd who, undeterred by a frosty morning, turned out with their spades to plant more than a thousand shrubs and 14 native trees in Blenheim’s newest greenspace; Sheps Park in Springlands.
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MARLBOROUGH — This week is Volunteer Awareness Week.
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BLENHEIM — Breach of Air Quality Standard for PM10 in the Blenheim Area In accordance with regulation 16 of the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Air Quality) Regulations 2004, referred to as the NES, Marlborough District Council gives notice that the NES for PM10 has been breached in the Blenheim airshed in the year from 20 June 2011.
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BLENHEIM — For some elderly people who’re becoming less steady on their feet and for those with failing eyesight the transition from footpath to roadway can be hard to detect.
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MARLBOROUGH — Marlborough District Council is proposing to introduce a new bylaw to manage freedom camping on land administered by Council in Marlborough.
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MARLBOROUGH — The Marlborough District Library encourages children to be life-long readers.
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MARLBOROUGH — The drop in numbers of people using the Marlborough District Library on a Thursday night has prompted the library to discontinue its late night opening.
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MARLBOROUGH — Financial help with air travel, taxis, bus fares, petrol and accommodation costs, including those of a support person, is available in some cases when a patient is obliged to travel beyond Blenheim for certain medical care.
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MARLBOROUGH — A plan has been prepared to try and control Argentine Ants that have invaded a pocket of largely industrial land on the south side of Blenheim.
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SEDDON — The water from Council’s reticulation in the Awatere and Seddon is untreated and does not meet the Drinking Water Standards for New Zealand 2000.
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SEDDON — The Seddon community has come out of the annual plan round with one of the biggest wins - a promise of $48,000 in new funding to repair the building used by the Seddon Community Hub and to progress repairs to its Memorial Hall.
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BLENHEIM — There are 14 public toilets serving urban Blenheim, seven of them in the CBD and two more just outside the town centre near the Railway Station.
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MARLBOROUGH — An inspiration to many A seven-year project to restore native planting on the edges of the Wairau River is being handed on to the Marlborough District Council to maintain, with councillors applauding the inspirational vision of Margaret Peace and her Tua Marina Landcare Group for the work that’s been done.
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MARLBOROUGH — Help get tui and other native birds back to town! Report any sightings of tui in and around town or anywhere on the Wairau Plain.
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MARLBOROUGH — The Council is planning to build six more bus shelters on the Blenheim Bus route – two each year.
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BLENHEIM — In accordance with regulation 16 of the Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Air Quality) Regulations 2004, referred to as the NES, Marlborough District Council gives notice that the NES for PM10 has been breached in the Blenheim airshed in the year from 13 June 2011.
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MARLBOROUGH — Marlborough Newcomers Network Marlborough Newcomers Network helps migrants and newcomers to settle into the community.
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MARLBOROUGH — The Council is exploring the idea of introducing water meters for households in Picton, Havelock and Renwick.
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BLENHEIM — Air pollution levels in Blenheim during May mean that the Marlborough District Council must enforce a ban on the installation of new open fires in houses built within the town boundaries from next year.
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MARLBOROUGH — Representatives of the Marlborough Civic Trust outlined financial details and banking arrangements for the new Civic Theatre to Council’s Community and Financial Planning Committee meeting yesterday.
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MARLBOROUGH — The communities of Picton, Renwick and Havelock will soon be asked their views on the introduction of water meters as the Marlborough District Council explores this option as a way of addressing water supply challenges in the three centres.
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MARLBOROUGH — <p>Winter is pretty much here with leaves dropping and already a number of frosts.
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MARLBOROUGH — The Marlborough District Council has been working closely with Marlborough’s horse-riding community to find a new home base for the sport in this region.
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MARLBOROUGH — Someone may phone your household on behalf of the Marlborough District Council in the next week or two.
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BLENHEIM — Now that geo-technical investigation has shown that liquefaction is a risk in some of the land previously earmarked for future housing in Council’s Urban Growth Strategy, more work is being done to scope alternative locations for Blenheim’s residential development.
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MARLBOROUGH — Witherlea School Room 15 pupils’ Living Landscapes is another of the Council environmental education programmes where students develop knowledge of Marlborough's landscapes and its inhabitants and an appreciation of why they are special.
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MARLBOROUGH — A new group is underway in Redwoodtown that offers older people the chance to get out and mix with others, catch up with familiar faces or meet someone new, perhaps learn a new skill or just enjoy the social contact.
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BLENHEIM — Members of the public have held the floor inside the Council Chambers this week with councillors doing the listening as part of the public feedback on Council’s proposed Long Term Plan.
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MARLBOROUGH — <p><strong>Help get tui and other native birds back to town!</strong></p> <p>Report any sightings of tui in and around town or anywhere on the Wairau Plain.
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BLENHEIM — Marlborough District Councillors maintained a firm line against new spending as they considered the public submissions on the draft Long Term Plan, ensuring the overall average rate increase across the region for the year ahead can be held down to about 3.5%.
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PICTON — The upgrade of the Picton harbour sewerage pipeline will begin this month now that a contract has been let to Hawkins Infrastructure for the first part of what will be an $8M Sewerage Upgrade project to bring a cleaner, healthier, more efficient sewerage system to the town.
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PICTON — Picton's new sports pavilion underway Marlborough District Council Assets and Services Committee chairman Graeme Taylor had a slap on the back for Picton’s chairman of the Endeavour Park Pavilion Society Inc.
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MARLBOROUGH — Marlborough District Council will be undertaking its annual resident satisfaction telephone survey in June, and is calling 600 local residents who are randomly selected to participate to give us their views of our performance over the last year.
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MARLBOROUGH — Thank you to those residents and ratepayers who have taken the time to make a submission to the Council's Long Term Plan.
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MARLBOROUGH — Warships, tall ships, eel barges, oyster smackers ... and a NZ whaleboat Mayor Alistair Sowman was amongst the supporters to farewell Marlborough's schoolboy crew who are to join the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Flotilla, rowing a whaleboat down the Thames River later this month.
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MARLBOROUGH — Promoting natural habitat restoration for the Wairau Plain Help get tui and other native birds back to town! Report any sightings of tui in and around town or anywhere on the Wairau Plain.
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MARLBOROUGH — Winter is pretty much here with leaves dropping and already a number of frosts.
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MARLBOROUGH — Marlborough Girls’ College head girl Olivia Sheat has added another award to her impressive list of successes, being selected as one of this year’s two winners of Marlborough’s QEII Music Award.
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MARLBOROUGH — It can be more difficult to keep the spirits up in the colder months, especially if you live alone.
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MARLBOROUGH — The contract for logging and cartage in Marlborough Regional Forestry’s Waikakaho Forest have been let to local firms Pelorus Contracting Ltd and CRB Transport Ltd after they submitted bids which Marlborough Regional Forestry (MRF) Chairman Francis Maher described as being very well prepared.
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MARLBOROUGH — Background The QEII Music Fund Award was established in 1963 following a visit by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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BLENHEIM — A geo-technical report on land to the east and south-east of Blenheim that was earmarked for possible future residential expansion has shown that it would be susceptible to liquefaction in the event of a significant earthquake.
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The three Top of the South mayors have agreed to jointly explore the opportunities that may be possible from joint purchasing and sharing services.
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PICTON — The next step toward Picton’s new $3.1M community recreation and sports facility at Endeavour Park has been taken with the announcement that Blenheim firm T.H.
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BLENHEIM — Safe, free car parking under cover is available at the Alfred Street parking building after 1.00 pm on a Saturday and on Sundays.
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BLENHEIM — The Blenheim South Rotary Club is organising a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Beacon Lighting, celebrating the Queen's 60 year reign.
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MARLBOROUGH — It is sometimes difficult to know what questions to ask when looking for a rest home for an elderly relative.
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BLENHEIM — Art students from Blenheim's two secondary schools have donated their talent – and their weekends – to creating a public artwork in the Alfred Street car parking building.
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MARLBOROUGH — The long haired dachshund was judged Best In Show ahead of 480 other entrants in the Marlborough Kennel Association Championships held at Omaka last weekend.
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MARLBOROUGH — The wood burners are being lit as the temperatures drop – but please remember to maintain bright hot fires, not smoking chimneys.
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MARLBOROUGH — Bike riders looking for a challenge will find one at the new Rarangi pump track, next door to the playground on Rarangi Beach Road.
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MARLBOROUGH — With another public holiday coming soon, you might be wondering when your rubbish bags and recycling will be collected.
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BLENHEIM — There will be NO kerbside collection on MONDAY 4 June 2012.
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BLENHEIM — Courtesy crossings are 'shared space' and rely on the courtesy of both drivers and pedestrians.
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BLENHEIM — Throngs of children found their favourite storybook characters at the Marlborough District Library in its Great Book Character Hunt last weekend with Professor Dumbledore (Mayor Alistair Sowman) a crowd favourite.
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BLENHEIM — We'd prefer everyone in Blenheim and Picton who uses our black Council rubbish bags to put them out for kerbside collection - rather than delivering them direct to the rubbish transfer station.
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MARLBOROUGH — A selection of large print and talking books is available from the Marlborough District Libraries.
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MARLBOROUGH — Rural communities and our primary sector depend on hundreds of kilometres of unsealed roads across Marlborough.
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MARLBOROUGH — The talented web administrator who looks after our Council website has been recognised for her skills with a national award.
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MARLBOROUGH — Five hundred of the professionals whose task it is to plan how communities should develop and how our natural environment should be managed gathered in Blenheim last week, offering a great chance to showcase our region’s performance.
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