Current Proposals

Nelson City and Tasman District

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Background:

In July 2010, a proposal for the union of Nelson City and Tasman District was initiated by more than 10 per cent of the electors of each of the City and the District. On 19 July 2010, the Commission called for submissions on the proposal. It received 451 submissions by 8 November 2010 (including one submission - a 'Hands off Tasman' petition - in opposition to the proposal signed by 3,510 people). Hearings were held in December 2010.


Draft Scheme

On 16 June 2011, the Commission issued a draft reorganisation scheme for the union of Nelson City and Tasman District. The Commission's findings and decision to issue a draft reorganisation scheme based on the proposal are set out in a separate report.

The following documents relate to the draft scheme.

• Draft Reorganisation Scheme (16 June 2011) 627k*
• Findings and Decision on the proposal (16 June 2011) 276k*
• Background report on community of interest and planning matters (13 June 2011) 337k*
• Strateg.Ease report on financial and service delivery matters (May 2011) 1.1mb*
• Strateg.Ease addendum report (28 July 2011) 166k*

The Commission received 395 submissions on the draft reorganisation scheme.

Submissions on the draft reorganisation scheme

• Briefing prepared for the Commission summarising the submissions 253k*

• Index of submissions (.xls) 47k
• Representative of Electors, Councils, Community Boards 2.6mb*
• Organisations 32 - 251 3.4mb*
• Organisations 275 - 297 2.1mb*
• Organisations 302 - 391 2.5mb*
• General 1 - 25 2.5mb*
• General 26 - 50 2.7mb*
• General 51 - 75 1.1mb*
• General 76 - 99 2.3mb*
• General 101 - 125 1.5mb*
• General 126 - 150 1.5mb*
• General 151 - 175 1.5mb*
• General 176 - 200 1.9mb*
• General 201 - 225 2.9mb*
• General 226 - 250 1.7mb*
• General 251 - 274 1.3mb*
• General 276 - 300 1.7mb*
• General 301 - 325 2.8mb*
• General 326 - 350 3.2mb*
• General 351 - 380 2.5mb*
• General 383 - 392 1.4mb*
• General 393 - 402 899k*

Final Scheme

On 31 January 2012 the Commission issued a final reorganisation scheme for the union of Nelson City and Tasman District. The scheme and associated information can be found on the Nelson Tasman District Reorganisation Scheme page.





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