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Iwi plea to keep jet boats off cultural important West Coast rivers

Objective number 1 says the rules will ensure the rights, interests and values of Poutini Ngāi Tahu to natural heritage areas and features are protected, and that the ability to exercise kaitiakitanga (guardianship, care) and tino rangatiratanga (chiefly authority) are maintained and enhanced. Iwi representative Paul Madgwick said the review of rules for activities on the surface of water was a chance to rethink the use of motorboats on the West Coast. Jet boats and jet skis could be kept away from some slow-moving, spring-fed streams used for food gathering, and rivers important for cultural reasons, he said. “I don t see any need for them all to be open slather for jet boats – there are plenty of other rivers for them to get their thrills on.”

Library decision commits city to millions in flood defences, lobbyists say

Marion van Dijk/Stuff Nelson City Council’s support for plans to replace the city’s main library (pictured centre) with a new library, also within the riverside precinct, has come under fire from environmentalists. Spokesman, geologist Aaron Stallard, said there was too much uncertainty about the flood risks at the site to “rush ahead” with the proposal. Combined river flood and coastal inundation modelling due to be released by the council, needed to be made public, Stallard said. Coastal indundation maps released four months ago, identified about 4500 properties as at risk from sea level rise scenarios. Building a library on the site, at the corner of Trafalgar St and Halifax St, next to the CBD, would leave the council with little choice but to defend other people’s assets from flooding across the city, at huge cost, he anticipated.

Department of Conservation says repairs to Foxton Beach wharf does not align with coastal policy

Department of Conservation says repairs to Foxton wharf does not align with coastal policy

The land is owned by the agency, but it says any funding would contribute to removing the wharf, not repairing it.