A heritage/environment centre, a mountain bike park, a hot-pool style aquatic facility – or none of the above? That is the question the Picton community was asked to consider at a recent public meeting facilitated by Picton Smart+Connected at the .
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The team from Queen Charlotte Yacht Club were due to host their biggest event for the year but Covid uncertainty has forced the club to cancel.
News that Auckland was to move into alert level 2, while the rest of New Zealand moved to level 1, came too little, too late for the Queen Charlotte Yacht Club, which was forced to cancel its biggest event of the year. It comes after three new cases were announced in the community on Wednesday. The cases were linked to the student that previously tested positive, announced on Sunday. Despite Auckland moving to level 2, and the rest of New Zealand level 1 at midnight on Wednesday, the club made the decision to cancel the South Island’s largest centreboard regatta in order to give early certainty to competitors.