MDCA - Māpua & Districts Community Association

07/10/2026

SH7 LEWIS PASS, WEST COAST – ROAD REBUILD

Plan ahead for daytime STOP/STOPs on SH7 between the St James Walkway car park and Maruia Hot Springs from Monday 12 October to Friday 11 December, 7am-6pm weekdays.

Traffic will be HELD in both directions for periods of up to 20 minutes.

During working hours there will be NO ACCESS for heavy vehicles (class 2 medium rigid vehicles or above). These excluded heavy vehicles will need to use alternative routes via SH1 to Nelson, or SH73 to the West Coast. SH7 will be available to all heavy vehicle types from 6pm-7am on weekdays, and throughout the weekends.

Read more about the road rebuild on SH7 here: journeys.nzta.govt.nz/increased-travel-times-coming-for-sh7-daytime-journeys

This work depends on various factors and may be amended or rescheduled; an update will be provided in the comment section. ^JP

01/10/2026

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Over the past six weeks, we have been talking with communities across Tasman about what matters most to them as we prepare the next 10-Year Plan. These conversations are helping us check that the priorities reflect the needs, concerns and aspirations of Tasman’s residents.

While each community has its own character and local focus, there was a strong level of consistency across the meetings we held. We have summarised the themes we heard into six topics.

1. Plan ahead, maintain and connect systems
Communities want the Council to take a proactive, joined-up approach to infrastructure, services and growth.

2. Value, affordability and fair funding
Communities want confidence that spending is necessary, affordable, appropriately prioritised and delivers value.

3. Trust, local voice and closing the loop
Communities want transparency, follow-through, and visibility of how decisions are made.

4. Protecting local identity while planning for growth
Communities want growth, services and investment to reflect local circumstances, identity and character.

5. Enable, partner and coordinate
Communities generally recognise that the Council cannot solve every issue directly, but want the Council to work alongside communities, coordinate solutions, reduce unnecessary barriers and support local initiative.

6. Water, environment and resilience
Communities view the natural environment as both an asset to protect and a source of risk that must be planned for.

These are the themes that we have heard so far. As we continue with the 10-Year Plan, we invite you to share your thoughts on our Let’s Talk Tasman page on Shape Tasman. We welcome your perspective at any time through this page as the programme progresses.

Visit shape.tasman.govt.nz/lets-talk-tasman.

01/10/2026

See you tomorrow. Please note the venue change from our first post - we have moved to a bigger venue!

30/09/2026

reminder this Friday evening meet the candidates

29/09/2026

25/09/2026

You are all welcome to attend the:

Meet the Candidates West Coast-Tasman evening.

7pm Friday 2 October.

Hills community Church Auditorium.
122 Aranui Road Mapua.

Candidates.
Andrew Beaumont - Greens
Jamie Clein - NZ First
Sara Dyatlova–Murphy - Alliance
Sue Grey - Freedom
Janelle Hocking - ACT
Katie Milne - National
Rory Paterson - Labour
Cindie Uddstrom- Opportunity

We look forward to seeing you all.

Henk

24/09/2026

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22/09/2026

Get your questions in by 8am 24 September. Thanks for those already sent in.

NOTE change of venue for the event - we now have eight candidates in attendance