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Current road works and closures

This list of road works and closures is updated weekly. Weather and unforeseen emergency events may affect roads at short notice.

River fairway spraying notification

Tasman District Council undertakes a programme of fairway spraying on river gravel beaches to reduce the build-up of woody weeds and other vegetation, such as lupin,…

Heavy rain warning in place

This morning MetService upgraded the forecast for the ranges behind Nelson Tasman from a Yellow Heavy Rain Watch to an Orange Heavy Rain Warning. Also, for…

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Pūkāea ready to be heard on Tasman waters

A warm welcome – including karakia and kai – heralded the blessing, official naming and maiden launch of the new Tasman Harbourmaster vessel, Pūkāea.

Pūkāea is a…

Surfbee Bathymetric Mapping

How deep is your cove?

In a great collaboration between our Harbourmaster, Environmental Monitoring and Natural Hazards teams, we have recently completed bathymetric mapping of sub-tidal channels in parts of the…

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Cleaning up a raft of wrap in the river

Wild Rivers Rafting has recently been out on the water with two volunteers removing the remains of baleage wrap from along the Buller River.

This plastic waste…