Covid 19: Nervous wait for Nelson businesses under level 4 lockdown

Can't view this email, [click here]( [Nelson Mail Banner]( 27 August 2021 Hi {NAME}, Catch up on the most popular Nelson Mail stories you might have missed this week. [Large Article Image]( [Covid 19: Nervous wait for Nelson businesses under level 4 lockdown]( While lockdowns are no longer unknown territory, the question is how long businesses are able to handle living with the disruption. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Large Article Image]( [Construction of Waimea dam to restart during lockdown]( The Waimea dam is at a critical stage of construction and authorisation has been given for work to resume on site in the Lee Valley, near Nelson. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Covid-19: Nelson on track to hit 10,000 vaccination target at new centre]( On the first day of operations, more than 600 people, including parents and teenagers, were vaccinated in the first three hours. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Man in custody after car set alight]( Arrest made after emergency services were called out to a car fire in Riwaka just before 4am. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Heavy rain warning issued for top of the south]( A heavy rain warning is in place for parts of Nelson through to the Marlborough Sounds. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Thirty-year vision for Nelson city centre set for public feedback]( Getting 2000 people living in the central city by 2050, planting 1000 trees, and a linear park are among the proposals in a draft plan to transform central Nelson. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Covid-19: First dose passes halfway mark in Nelson region]( More than half the amount of eligible people have received their first shot of the covid-19 vaccine in the Nelson region. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Nelson calls for higher priority housing status]( Rachel Reese has asked the Government to correct a "startling omission" in its housing policy, which does not include Nelson or Tasman as focus areas. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Proposal for edible garden classroom sows benefits for local school]( A local intermediate school’s plan for an edible garden classroom has put them in the running for an educational grant worth $5000. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Better communication called for to clear muddied Three Waters proposal]( The proposal is ''the biggest decision council ever has to make'', but residents feel they have been left in the dark. [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](