Press Release – Marlborough District Council Gone are the days when a groundskeeper would put a finger to the wind or simply look out the window to check the weather. Science meets sport . . . one …
Gone are the days when a groundskeeper would put a finger to the wind or simply look out the window to check the weather.
Science meets sport . . . one of the new wireless soil moisture sensors recently installed at the rugby field
These days science meets sport at Blenheim’s No. 1 rugby field at Lansdowne Park, where the Council and its turf managers have turned to the latest technology to assist in managing the new sand-based surface.
“At the Sister Cities conference in Wellington this year, they had a number of overseas delegates participate by Zoom.” The Sister Cities event will be held at the convention centre on April 6 and 7 would welcome more than 100 New Zealand town and city representatives, in collaboration with Marlborough District Council.
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Many New Zealand cities have a sister-city relationship with Japan. Covid restrictions mean representatives from overseas may not be able to travel to Blenheim for a Sister City conference next year. Hope said maintaining relationships with its two Japanese towns, and its Chinese sister region Ningxia was challenging during the pandemic.
Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 4:11 pm
Marlborough’s Mayoral Relief Fund to assist the region
in its storm recovery effort is now open for
applications.
The fund is for residents in the
Marlborough District Council area who have suffered personal
financial or emotional hardship as a result of the July
storm event. The grant amount will be up to $1,000; however
the committee considering the applications has some
discretion depending on evidence of hardship.
People
wishing to apply to the fund can do so via the Council
website at https://bit.ly/MayoralReliefFund
Announcing
the fund late last month, Mayor John Leggett thanked Acting
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