by admin | Sep 17, 2020 | Local News
Plans for further housing intensification in the region are a ‘win-win’, according to one councillor. Councillor Kit Maling, chair of the Strategy and Policy Committee, says that the TDC’s newly-adopted Intensification Action Plan, which will allow for more townhouses...
by Jacqui Rawson | Sep 3, 2020 | Local News
An upright piano, lovingly painted by artists and used by members of the public, has had to be removed from Richmond. Stephanie Buck donated the piano more than six and a half years ago because she wanted to share the instrument and through it breathe artistic life...
by admin | Sep 3, 2020 | Local News
The busiest roundabout in the Tasman District is set to get a much-needed upgrade. Agreed by council late last year, the roundabout on the corner of Champion and Salisbury Roads will be upgraded to have double lanes at the three busiest entry points, and new shared...
by admin | Sep 3, 2020 | Local News
Protestors from the environmental group ‘Extinction Rebellion’ caused a stir in Richmond this week, chaining themselves to the gates of Ravensdown on Lower Queen Street at dawn on Monday to halt the production of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser. Extinction Rebellion is...
by admin | Sep 3, 2020 | Local News
NMIT’s Richmond campus is set to grow, with the campus expanding to take on 200 students a year. Currently home to Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology’s horticulture programme, the Richmond campus will be expanded to carpentry courses and Trades Academy and...
by admin | Aug 27, 2020 | Local News
Pak’nSave workers who are fighting for a living wage and additional sick days are unhappy with the lack of bargaining by Pak’nSave Richmond owner Andrew Howard and say that the offers that they are getting are ‘unrealistic’ compared to the industry. After working...
