Nelson Weekly Locally Owned and Operated
Wednesday 12 June 2024
Museum launches ARC fund campaign Page 11
Demand for food grows
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Kicking competition to the curb
Nelson Kickboxers Summer Puklowski (17), Lily Sinclair, coach Sallie McArdle and Miiguel Nunez (Absent: Joseph Hill) are en route to Europe ahead of taking on some of the world’s best. Photo: Jack Malcolm. Full story page 24.
More Nelsonians struggling to pay rent KATE RUSSELL A Nelson family says they would be “lost” without the assistance they received from St Vincent de Paul (SVDP) to pay their rent -
and they are not the only ones. Despite the median rent in Nelson Tasman falling by 3.4 per cent to $570, according to TradeMe’s rental price index for April 2024, the society has seen an increase
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in those needing help to pay it as the cost of living continues to bite. SVDP has seen a 60 per cent jump in those seeking rent assistance in the past year across the
region. In the 2023/24 financial year, they have given out $42,000 in rent assistance, compared to $15,500 in 2022/23. President of SVDP Nelson, Elizabeth Owens, says this is a “signif-
icant” increase. “We are careful in considering each request for assistance. Sometimes we offer a portion
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