Nelson City Council

Tidy Town is an ongoing initiative with the Kahurangi Employment Trust to make Nelson a cleaner and safer place.

It involves an operator and van that provide a full time community contract to remove litter, graffiti and dirt from the city and certain surrounds. Another person is employed part time to remove litter, from the City streets parks and footpaths within the CBD, using a litter cart.

Report graffiti or litter problems

Phone Nelson City Council's customer service counter on +64 3 546 0200 if you spot graffiti or litter concerns.

Accomplishments

In 2003/2004 the project boasted the following accomplishments:

• Removal 454 pieces of graffiti
• Removal 223 tags
• Removal of offensive posters from poster towers each fortnight
• Cleanup and removal of 650 bags and one truck load of rubbish from the central business district, streams and walkways

Community service

It also creates opportunities for Community Service such as:

• Work Experience and Volunteer work
• Police Youth Aid, Child, Youth and Family
• Restorative Justice, Diversion
• Special Needs, Donations