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New $44 million library approved on riverside site
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Horse-Hoeing Husbandry, an 1829 book by agriculturist Jethro Tull (later adopted as the name of a British rock band) belonged to early Nelson Institute member, and later New Zealand Premier, Alfred Domett. It was found by Christopher Vine among a treasure trove of books in a Teal Valley cottage. Committee member Christopher Vine, 89, said the institute was born at sea, in the mid-Atlantic off Tenerife in the Canary Islands, in 1841. Captain Arthur Wakefield, one of Nelson s founding fathers, called a meeting on board the sailing ship Whitby to establish an institute “whose objects were the diffusion of general knowledge and encouraging scientific researches by means of an extensive library .
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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.
If approved, this would require a land exchange with Wakatū Incorporation, who currently own the land needed for the new build. This would form a key part of Nelson s Riverside Precinct project, which the council is looking to develop as a long-term asset and social hub. Other potential developments include Wakatū Incorporation s Climatorium project, which is also being discussed at Thursday’s meeting. Alternatively, the other main option put forward would involve a complete rebuild on the current site of the Elma Turner Library. This would have similar specifications to the corner proposal, costing about $43m and including two storeys and a floor area of 3400m².
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