Maia Hart13:23, Jul 08 2021
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Loma Puata, out walking her friend’s dog Iti, doesn’t think dogs off-leash would pose much risk to other Victoria Domain users.
Dogs will soon no longer be allowed to roam freely on a popular walking track that meanders out into the Marlborough Sounds. The most scenic parts of Picton’s Victoria Domain will, from August 1, be “on-leash”, with dog walkers wondering if the tighter restrictions are necessary. The move – part of the same bylaw that is opening up Blenheim’s CBD to dogs – is to protect mountainbikers and the biodiversity of the domain. But mountainbikers already have their own mountainbike tracks, and dogs are already banned from those regardless of on-leash or off-leash.
When she returned to Blenheim in 2012, she said she did not want to work for anyone in New Zealand that used products tested on animals or with chemicals. “I wanted to use products that I agreed with and have my own niche market really,” she said.
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Cresswell said when she moved back to Blenheim in 2011, she didn’t want to work for a salon that used products that were tested on animals. Cresswell said a lot of her clients were vegans or wanted to steer away from toxins or chemical use in their hair. “When I first thought about doing it, it took me a year from the training to decide, because I thought Blenheim would be a little too conservative to change over to it,” she said.