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Road closed, why not fly? ANDREW BOARD A new air service between Blenheim and Nelson is being set up to help people get between the two regions while the main state highway connecting them is closed for repairs. Both the Marlborough and Nelson airports have waved their landing fees for the service to help lower the costs for travellers and the Nelson Mayoral Relief Fund is kicking in $10 for each seat to make it even more affordable. The initiative comes on the back of Waka Kotahi closing State Highway 6 between Hira and Renwick for repairs to the sections of road that were significantly damaged in August’s floods. The only other route connecting the regions is via Wairau Valley, which is likely to add another hour to each trip. The air service has only been guaranteed for two weeks from November 1 but will be extended for the full seven weeks if there is sufficient demand. Nelson Mayor-elect Nick Smith brokered the deal between the airports and Origin and says around 4000 vehicles use the State Highway daily. “The greatest benefit of these flights will be less disruption to public services like health during the State Highway closure. There are dozens of health professionals that commute between Nelson and Blenheim who were facing over five
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School pool blues A cracked school pool has left students high and dry, but they have a plan to fix it.
MATT BROWN
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Students Maddie Parkes and Jett Waters in Grovetown School’s broken, empty pool. Photo: Matt Brown.
A rural school is raising money in a bid to save their cracked and leaking swimming pool. Grovetown School’s swimming pool starting leaking around the time of the Kaikōura quake, and multiple patch jobs haven’t stuck - leaving the pool dry.
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