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Around the motu: Samantha Gee in Nelson

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Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po on her first visit to Whakatu Marae in Nelson. 

Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po on her first visit to Whakatu Marae in Nelson.  Photo: RNZ/Samantha Gee

The government is yet to confirm Nelson Hospital's redevelopment Budget, the Māori Queen makes first official visit to Whakatū and Te Tauihu, the little spotted kiwi has returned to Nelson 'turning clock back a century', and snapper are being trialled in a new open ocean aquaculture farming system in Tasman Bay. 

Samantha Gee is RNZ's Nelson reporter.