It was the start of a journey that led her to make submissions to the Government and the Tasman District Council about finding practical solutions to the land-use issues that prevented tiny homes from entering the market as an affordable option. Last October, she learnt that the consultation period for the Tasman Resource Management Plan (TRMP) would take two-years to find solutions. She wrote to Tasman Mayor Tim King and told him the situation was an emergency that needed addressing immediately.
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Big Tiny House Expo organiser Julie Jacobson highlighted the importance of discussing alternative housing solutions, especially during the present crisis in New Zealand.
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Brent McGlashen, of Mac Hops in Lower Moutere, west of Nelson, with hop vines shredded in a Boxing Day hail storm.
Hop growers in the Motueka area are counting the costs of the area’s freak Boxing Day hail storm, with estimates that more than half the crop has been destroyed on some farms. The losses have been estimated in the tens of millions of dollars, but the full impact will take time to assess. Lower Moutere grower Brent McGlashen said his farm, Mac Hops, was one of the five to six hop farms that were hit hardest by the storm.