Council Meetings

See an archive of the 2023 Council Meetings.

Please visit the Nelson City Council YouTube Channel to view meeting livestreams and recordings.

We live stream full Council meetings, Committee meetings, Panel meetings and Business Unit meetings. Please note that any joint Committees administered by Tasman District Council are not livestreamed but recordings are available from Tasman's website. All Council meetings are open to the public to attend in person.

Meetings are in the Council Chamber at Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson unless otherwise specified. Please note, meeting dates, times and venues are subject to change. Changes are advertised in Our Nelson, Nelson Mail and the list below is updated.

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Agendas and minutes, unless linked below, can be found in the Agenda and Minutes section.

February

Time and Date	Name and Venue
9am Thu 1 Feb 2024	Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9am Fri 9 Feb 2024	Hearing Panel (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9am Wed 14 Feb 2024	Audit, Risk and Finance Committee (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9am Fri 16 Feb 2024	CANCELLED - Workshop
9.30am Tue 20 Feb 2024	Joint Nelson Tasman Regional Transport Committee - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum) Agenda (4.6MB PDF)Minutes (137KB PDF)Minutes Attachments (4.6MB PDF)
1pm Wed 21 Feb 2024	Chief Executive Employment Committee - Mayor's Office, Floor 2B, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
11.15am Thu 22 Feb 2024	Council Workshop - Car Sharing (This workshop is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9am Fri 23 Feb 2024	Council Workshop - Bridge to Better (This workshop is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9.30am Tue 27 Feb 2024	Saxton Field Committee - Boardroom, Sports House, 142 Saxton Road East, Saxton Field Complex Agenda (891KB PDF) Minutes (126KB PDF) (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)

March

Time and Date	Name and Venue
9.30am Fri 1 Mar 2024	Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9.30am Fri 1 Mar 2024	Regional Pest Management Joint Committee - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond - CANCELLED (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
1pm Fri 1 Mar 2024	CANCELLED - Workshop
9am Thu 7 Mar 2024	Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9.30am Tue 12 Mar 2024	Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9.30am Fri 15 Mar 2024	Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9.30am Wed 20 Mar 2024	Joint Nelson Tasman Regional Transport Committee - to hear submissions to Regional Land Transport Plan 2024-2034 and Regional Public Transport Plan 2024-2034 (if required) - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street,(This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum) Richmond Agenda (51MB PDF)Agenda Late Item (736KB PDF) Minutes (168KB PDF)Minutes Attachments (25MB PDF)
9am Fri 22 Mar 2024	Hearing Panel (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
11.30am Fri 22 Mar 2024	Council Workshop - Government Policy Statement on Land Transport (This workshop is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum - venue with limited space)
1.30pm Fri 22 Mar 2024	Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
2.00pm Fri 22 Mar 2024	Council Workshop - Bridge to Better (This workshop is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)

April

Time and Date	Name and Venue
9am Thu 4 Apr 2024	Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
11.15am Fri 5 Apr 2024	Council Briefing - Policy on Dam Safety (Dangerous Dams, Earthquake Prone Dams and Flood Prone Dams) (This workshop is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
11.45am Fri 5 Apr 2024	CANCELLED - Workshop
2.30pm Wed 10 Apr 2024	Civil Defence Emergency Management Group - Emergency Operations Centre, 28 Oxford Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum) Agenda (38MB PDF)
11am Thu 11 Apr 2024	Council Workshop - How Transport Policy guides NCC network safety upgrades (This workshop is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum - venue with limited space)
1pm Thu 11 Apr 2024	Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9.30am Tue 16 Apr 2024	Saxton Field Committee - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum) Agenda Updated (2.9MB PDF)Minutes (161KB PDF)Minutes Attachments (3.2MB PDF)
9.30am Tue 16 Apr 2024	Joint Shareholders Committee - Heaphy and Wangapeka Rooms, Tasman District Council, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum) Agenda (38MB PDF)Minutes (156KB PDF)
9.30am Wed 17 Apr 2024	Joint Nelson Tasman Regional Transport Committee - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum) Agenda (284KB PDF)Minutes (787KB PDF)
9.30am Mon 29 Apr 2024 and Tue 30 Apr 2024	Joint Nelson Tasman Regional Transport Committee - to hear submissions to the Joint Speed Management Plan (if required) - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum) Agenda (62MB PDF)Minutes (194KB PDF)Minutes Attachments (25MB PDF)
12.30pm Tue 30 Apr 2024	Joint Nelson Tasman Regional Transport Committee - to deliberate on submissions to Regional Land Transport and Regional Public Transport Plans 2019-2029 - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum) Agenda (69MB PDF)Minutes (156KB PDF)

May

Time and Date	Name and Venue
9.30am Wed 1 May 2024	Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils - CANCELLED (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9am Thu 2 May 2024	Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9.30am Fri 3 May 2024	Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
1pm Fri 3 May 2024	Joint Nelson Tasman Regional Transport Committee - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond - CANCELLED (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
1pm Fri 3 May 2024	Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit - to hear and deliberate on Long Term Plan submissions relating to Landfill matters. (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9am Tue 7 May 2024	Hearing Panel (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9am Wed 8 May, Thu 9 May and Fri 10 May 2024	Council meeting - to hear submissions to draft Long Term Plan 2024-2034 (if required) (These meetings are open to the public but do not have a Public Forum)
9.30am Mon 13 May 2024	Joint Nelson Tasman Regional Transport Committee - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum) Agenda (659KB PDF)Minutes (136KB PDF)
9.30am Fri 17 May 2024	Saxton Field Committee - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum) Agenda (21MB PDF)Minutes (181KB PDF)
9.30am Fri 17 May 2024	Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9am Thu 23 May 2024 and Fri 24 May 2024	Council meeting - to deliberate on submissions to draft Long Term Plan 2024-2034 (These meetings are open to the public but do not have a Public Forum)
9.30am Mon 27 May 2024	Regional Pest Management Joint Committee - to hear submissions to Partial Review of Regional Pest Management Plan 2019-2029 (if required) - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum) Agenda (11MB PDF)Minutes Attachments (11MB PDF)Minutes (174KB PDF)
1.30pm Wed 29 May 2024	Chief Executive Employment Committee - Mayor's Office, Floor 2B, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)

June

Time and Date	Name and Venue
9am Wed 5 Jun 2024	Audit, Risk and Finance Committee (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9am Thu 6 Jun 2024	Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9.30am Fri 7 Jun 2024	Saxton Field Hearings Panel (if required) - to hear feedback on amendment to Saxton Field Reserve Management Plan to accommodate alcohol advertising at Saxton Field (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9am Thu 13 Jun 2024	Hearing Panel (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9.30am Fri 14 Jun 2024	Saxton Field Hearings Panel - to deliberate on feedback to the amendment to Saxton Field Reserve Management Plan to accommodate alcohol advertising at Saxton Field (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9.30am Tue 18 Jun 2024	Regional Pest Management Joint Committee - to deliberate on submissions to Partial Review of Regional Pest Management Plan 2019-2029 - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum) - CANCELLED (item on agenda for 11 July 2024)
9.30am Wed 19 Jun 2024	Joint Nelson Tasman Regional Transport Committee - to deliberate on submissions to the Joint Speed Management Plan - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum) - CANCELLED
1pm Fri 21 Jun 2024	CANCELLED - Workshop
9am Thu 27 Jun 2024	Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)

July

Time and Date	Name and Venue
9am Thu 4 Jul 2024	Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9.30am Tue 9 Jul 2024	Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
12.30pm Tue 9 Jul 2024	Joint Nelson Tasman Regional Transport Committee - to deliberate on submissions to the Joint Speed Management Plan - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum) Agenda (3.5MB PDF)Agenda Late Item (42MB PDF)Minutes (165KB PDF)
9.30am Thu 11 Jul 2024	Regional Pest Management Joint Committee - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum) - Deliberation of submissions to Partial Review of Regional Pest Management Plan 2019-2029 will be an item on the agenda Agenda (39MB PDF)Agenda Attachments Under Separate Cover (21MB PDF)
9am Tue 23 Jul 2024	Civil Defence Emergency Management Group - Emergency Operations Centre, 28 Oxford Street, Richmond - CANCELLED (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum) Agenda (7.3MB PDF)
10.30am Tue 23 Jul 2024	Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
1pm Wed 24 Jul 2024	Activities in Public Places Consultation Panel - to hear submissions (if required) (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9am Fri 26 Jul 2024	Hearing Panel (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
1pm Fri 26 Jul 2024	Council Workshop - Review of Council’s Gambling Venue Policy (This workshop is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum - venue with limited space)

August

Time and Date	Name and Venue
9am Thu 1 Aug 2024	Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9.30am Fri 2 Aug 2024	Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9am Tue 6 Aug 2024	Tenders Committee (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9.30am Tue 6 Aug 2024	Saxton Field Committee - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum) Agenda (1.3MB PDF)
2.30pm Wed 7 Aug 2024	Chief Executive Employment Committee - Mayor's Office, Floor 2B, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
10.00am Thu 8 Aug 2024	Council Workshop - Climate Change Strategy (This workshop is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
1pm Fri 9 Aug 2024	Joint Nelson Tasman Regional Transport Committee - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum) Agenda (12MB PDF)
9am Wed 14 Aug 2024	Audit, Risk and Finance Committee (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9am Thu 15 Aug 2024	Activities in Public Places Consultation Panel - to deliberate on submissions (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9.30am Fri 16 Aug 2024	Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9.30am Tue 20 Aug 2024	Joint Shareholders Committee - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum) Agenda (31MB PDF)

September

Time and Date	Name and Venue
9am Thu 5 Sep 2024	Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9am Fri 6 Sep 2024	Hearing Panel (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9am Wed 18 Sep 2024	Audit, Risk and Finance Committee (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
1pm Wed 18 Sep 2024	Chief Executive Employment Committee - Mayor's Office, Floor 2B, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson - CANCELLED (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9.30am Fri 20 Sep 2024	Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
11.15am Thu 26 Sep 2024	Council Workshop - Updates to meeting papers and a new document management system (This workshop is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
2pm Thu 26 Sep 2024	Forestry Transition Working Group (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
10.15am Fri 27 Sep 2024	Council Briefing - Solid Waste Funding Mechanisms (This workshop is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)

October

Time and Date	Name and Venue
2pm Wed 9 Oct 2024	Forestry Transition Working Group (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9am Thu 10 Oct 2024	Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
11am Fri 11 Oct 2024	Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils Briefing - Nelson Hospital Project Update (This briefing is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9am Fri 18 Oct 2024	Hearing Panel (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9am Tue 22 Oct 2024	Extraordinary Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9am Fri 25 Oct 2024	CANCELLED - Workshop
9am Thu 31 Oct 2024	Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)

November

Time and Date	Name and Venue
2.30pm Fri 1 Nov 2024	Workshop - National Land Transport Programme (This workshop is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9am Fri 1 Nov 2024	Draft Cat Management Bylaw Consultation Panel - to hear submissions (if required) (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9.30am Tue 5 Nov 2024	Saxton Field Committee - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum) Agenda (19MB PDF)Agenda Late Item (170KB PDF)
9am Thu 7 Nov 2024	Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9am Fri 8 Nov 2024	Workshop - Freedom Camping Bylaw (This workshop is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
1.30pm Fri 8 Nov 2024	Tenders Committee (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9am Thu 14 Nov 2024	CANCELLED - Workshop
9.30am Fri 15 Nov 2024	Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
1pm Fri 15 Nov 2024	Draft Cat Management Bylaw Consultation Panel - to deliberate on submissions (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9.30am Tue 19 Nov 2024	Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9am Wed 20 Nov 2024	Audit, Risk and Finance Committee (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
1pm Wed 20 Nov 2024	Chief Executive Employment Committee - Mayor's Office, Floor 2B, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9am Thu 21 Nov 2024	Council Briefing - Early draft of Reserves General Policies (This briefing is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9.45am Thu 21 Nov 2024	Council Briefing - State of the Environment Monitoring Programme (This briefing is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
2pm Thu 21 Nov 2024	Council Workshop - National Land Transport Programme (This workshop is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9.30am Tue 26 Nov 2024	Joint Shareholders Committee - Wangapeka and Heaphy Rooms, Tasman District Council, 189 Queen Street, Richmond - CANCELLED (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
1.30pm Tue 26 Nov 2024	Dams Policy and Buildings Policy Consultation Panel - to hear submissions (if required) (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum) - CANCELLED
9.30am Wed 27 Nov 2024	Civil Defence Emergency Management Group - Emergency Operations Centre, 28 Oxford Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum) - Hearing of Submissions to the Review of Nelson Tasman Civil Defence Emergency Management Group Plan 2018-2023 will be an item on the agenda Agenda (63MB PDF)
9am Thu 28 Nov 2024	Hearing Panel (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
10.30am Thu 28 Nov 2024	Council Workshop - Local Electoral Reform (This workshop is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
11.30am Thu 28 Nov 2024	Council Workshop - National Land Transport Programme (This workshop is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9.30am Fri 29 Nov 2024	Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)

December

Time and Date	Name and Venue
9am Thu 5 Dec 2024	Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9am Fri 6 Dec 2024	CANCELLED - Workshop
1pm Fri 6 Dec 2024	Joint Nelson Tasman Regional Transport Committee - Tasman District Council Chamber, 189 Queen Street, Richmond (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum) Agenda (5.3MB PDF)
1.30pm Thu 12 Dec 2024	Workshop - Freedom Camping Bylaw (This workshop is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
3pm Thu 12 Dec 2024	Council meeting - CANCELLED (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)
9am Fri 13 Dec 2024	Dams Policy and Buildings Policy Consultation Panel - to deliberate on submissions - CANCELLED NEW DATE TBC (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
9am Fri 13 Dec 2024	CANCELLED - Workshop
9am Tue 17 Dec 2024	Tenders Committee (This meeting is open to the public but does not have a Public Forum)
10am Thu 19 Dec 2024	Council meeting (This meeting is open to the public and does have a Public Forum)

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