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.
“Out of the 12 people I spoke to on one patrol day, a large proportion of them were new to jet skiing, with little knowledge of the local bylaws” Moore said. During Moore s patrol that day, two jet skiers were caught going 30 knots, which is six times faster than the 5 knots speed limit in the area. The fine for speeding is $200.
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A new speed camera has caught a couple of jet skiers breaking the speed limit. The mobile speed camera, powered by solar panels, sent notifications by email to the harbour patrol with pictures and videos. “It provides really good live videos and shows the exact speed. It is a really handy tool because if there is an infringement, I can bring it up and show a photo of the people speeding so there is no argument. The camera is calibrated the same as the road speed cameras are,” Moore said.