Black Lives Matter: call for open conversation after controversial artwork in Takaka defaced

Can't view this email, [click here]( [Nelson Mail Banner]( 10 July 2020 Hi {NAME}, Catch up on the most popular Nelson Mail stories you might have missed this week. [Large Article Image]( [Black Lives Matter: call for open conversation after controversial artwork in Takaka defaced]( Two activists for the Black Lives Matter movement want to have a community conversation about race inequality. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Large Article Image]( [The Resilience Project: 'Life is too short to be unhappy, I'm still here, that's what matters']( Previously beset by flood, fire and theft, Covid-19 has now dealt a blow to his meat business - is Ulrich Heck due some choice cuts of good fortune? [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Owner objects to dog's menacing classification after it bit man who ignored warning signs]( A man jumped a fence and entered the secure section of where Bonnie the bull terrier cross lives and she bit him. Because of that she's been classified as menacing. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Road-tripping mini-golfers find Richmond course on par with best]( On a course named Challenge, three mini-golfers found a Nelson putting park to their liking as they head north on their fundraising tour. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Modest growth for Nelson house values as QV figures released]( There's been a slight increase but the real effects of Covid-19 on the property market is yet to be seen. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Save Kākā Valley group formed to fight planned development]( A new group has formed to fight a proposed development which it says will "inevitably" affect the Maitai river health and community amenity value. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Tree harvesting delayed to aid businesses]( Nelson businesses are benefitting from a tree harvest delay spanning the Codgers Trails, giving them some much-needed breathing space. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Burst pipe cuts water supply to hundreds of Richmond homes]( There were no morning showers for many Richmond residents on Thursday after the water supply was cut to hundreds of homes. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Funding boost for Nelson's Maitai/Mahitahi river]( Restoration work given $1.7million towards the project from the Jobs for Nature fund. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Maitai funding of $1.7m to connect 'mosaic' of riparian plantings]( Nelson's $1.7 million slice of the Government's Jobs for Nature fund will create 30 jobs for five years, planting the banks of the Maitai [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( Stuff daily quiz Have you taken part in today's quiz? [See what it takes to reach the top of the leader board.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus]( [Unsubscribe]( [Newsletter Settings]( [Privacy Policy]( [Advertise]( [Feedback](