Nicolas Rex Smith served as a Member of Parliament for the National Party from 1990 to 2021. He served as a Cabinet minister, holding various posts including Minister for Building and Housing, Minister for the Environment, Minister for Climate Change Issues, and Minister of Local Government. For a brief time between October and November 2003 he was the deputy leader of the National Party, then in opposition under Don Brash.
Nelson Mayor Nick Smith says Carter Holt Harvey has dealt a “huge blow” by proposing to close the Eves Valley sawmill, “making for the crappiest winter I can recall for our region in decades”.
Nelson Mayor Nick Smith has launched his re-election campaign, with a pledge to keep rate increases over the next three years under 5 percent, except in the case of an extraordinary event like a natural disaster.
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