Nelson City Council

Nelson City At Large
The Nelson City Council provides local services and facilities, such as public transport, rubbish and recycling, libraries, parks, and recreation facilities. It also passes local regulations and makes decisions about infrastructure, such as water supply and sewerage, and about the region’s resources, including water, soil and the coastline. The council is made up of 12 councillors and the mayor. This election is for the three councillors elected by all voters in the city. The other councillors will be elected to represent wards (areas in the city.) This is a single transferable vote (STV) election, so you vote by ranking the candidates on your ballot paper. Compare the candidates and their policies to decide who to vote for in the Nelson City Council election.

Freshwater

The worsening state of New Zealand’s lakes and rivers is a major challenge for regional councils, which play a leading role in managing freshwater in their areas. To this end, regional councils create plans to protect water resources from contaminants and overuse.

Freshwater

The worsening state of New Zealand’s lakes and rivers is a major challenge for regional councils, which play a leading role in managing freshwater in their areas. To this end, regional councils create plans to protect water resources from contaminants and overuse.

  • Work with advocacy groups such as Groundswell to produce straight forward effective freshwater policies.

  • Reduce pollution impacts on freshwater sources, to improve drinking water, swimmability of rivers, and river health for biodiversity.

    Plan for the resilience of drinking water and stormwater infrastructure, and future proof against disasters.

    Lead on the implementation of Te Mana o te Wai, the national policy statement on freshwater management.

  • Clean up our rivers and waterways as a priority.

    Maintain and improve water supplies and infrastructure.

  • Better management of our stormwater infrastructure to reduce contaminants into our streams.

    Invest and monitor to prevent sewage entering our water ways and beaches.

  • Invest in utilising our treated wastewater for irrigating golf courses and parks, rather than using our high quality potable drinking water.

    Improve our whitebait spawning habitats in the lower reaches of our Maitai and Whakapuaka rivers.

    Improve capturing contaminants from our stormwater outlets from entering our streams.

  • Improve freshwater habitat for ecological outcomes.

    Conserve water in urban rain harvesting and storage in rural catchments.

    Support education to conserve water now and not wait for mandate.

  • Retire, fence, and plant all estuarine and river margins.

    Return green waste to locals soils to retain water and nutrients.

    Progressively move from monoculture to agricultural practices appropriate to our climate.

  • Deliver on an ambitious target of making the Maitai river the healthiest urban river in Aotearoa, through riparian widening and restoration.

    Maintain investment in our water treatment plant, including resiliency upgrades to its supply pipes, to ensure the provision of safe water.

    Lift acceptable standards for runoff and pollutants within our waterways, with the goal of having all local rivers swimmable by 2028.

  • Work with advocacy groups such as Groundswell to produce straight forward effective freshwater policies.

  • Reduce pollution impacts on freshwater sources, to improve drinking water, swimmability of rivers, and river health for biodiversity.

    Plan for the resilience of drinking water and stormwater infrastructure, and future proof against disasters.

    Lead on the implementation of Te Mana o te Wai, the national policy statement on freshwater management.

  • Clean up our rivers and waterways as a priority.

    Maintain and improve water supplies and infrastructure.

  • Better management of our stormwater infrastructure to reduce contaminants into our streams.

    Invest and monitor to prevent sewage entering our water ways and beaches.

  • Invest in utilising our treated wastewater for irrigating golf courses and parks, rather than using our high quality potable drinking water.

    Improve our whitebait spawning habitats in the lower reaches of our Maitai and Whakapuaka rivers.

    Improve capturing contaminants from our stormwater outlets from entering our streams.

  • Improve freshwater habitat for ecological outcomes.

    Conserve water in urban rain harvesting and storage in rural catchments.

    Support education to conserve water now and not wait for mandate.

  • Retire, fence, and plant all estuarine and river margins.

    Return green waste to locals soils to retain water and nutrients.

    Progressively move from monoculture to agricultural practices appropriate to our climate.

  • Deliver on an ambitious target of making the Maitai river the healthiest urban river in Aotearoa, through riparian widening and restoration.

    Maintain investment in our water treatment plant, including resiliency upgrades to its supply pipes, to ensure the provision of safe water.

    Lift acceptable standards for runoff and pollutants within our waterways, with the goal of having all local rivers swimmable by 2028.