Rotorua Grey Power February 2017

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Connected and prepared neighbourhoods – preparation for natural disaster Over the Christmas/New Year period I heard further rumblings in connection with the Kaikoura earthquake. BRUCE QUEDLEY Neighbourhood Support Rotorua It got me thinking about what a vital role Neighbourhood Support has to play should a natural disaster occur. This has already been integrated into our presentations to new groups. On returning to the office I came across an online publication from Civil Defence which outlines the importance for a neighbourhood to get organised before a disaster occurs. The publication, although originally from Wellington, is applicable to all New Zealand. The publication: It’s Easy - Get Prepared for an Emergency – Prepared Neighbours Edition outlines a 10 step process to follow to get your neighbourhood prepared. These ten steps are: Step 1: Complete It’s Easy: Prepared Households Step 2: Identify Your Neighbours Step 3: Neighbourhood Get-Together Step 4: Safe Meeting Place Step 5: Assign Responsibilities Step 6: Map Your Street Step 7: Let Us Know Step 8: Store This Guide Step 9: Stay in Touch Step 10: Review and Update The guide is available to download from www.getprepared.org.nz/neighbours. You can download it in other languages as well. I will be encouraging all Neighbourhood Support Rotorua groups to follow its recommendations. Yes, there is commitment required to do this, but we are part of a community and if we want the community to be prepared, we must shoulder our own responsibility to be prepared. In the publication there is a quote: “In a disaster, the most immediate source of help is not the emergency services, but the people around you. You’re not on your own; you’re with your community”. It does not matter how old or young you are, each of us is responsible to see that we are prepared and in turn prepare ourselves as part of a community. Neighbourhood Support helps you initiate this. As the publication says about Neighbourhood Support Groups “it’s also a great way to connect with your neighbours on many of these topics and more”. Get this valuable resource. If you can download, you can print the 12 A4 pages. If you are unable to print a copy, contact me, Bruce Quedley at Neighbourhood Support Rotorua on 349- 9470, or contact RLC’s emergency management co-ordinator Linda Johnston on the council’s number 348-4199. Don’t just get it to read DO it as well! Advertorial McClay welcomes more police for Rotorua More police on the streets of Rotorua will be bad news for criminals. We stand to get our fair share of increased police numbers, which was recently announced by the Government. Everyone should feel safe in their home and in their community. By global HON TODD MCCLAY MP FOR ROTORUA STOP BY THE OFFICE FOR A CHAT 1301 AMOHAU STREET P: 07 348 5871 | F: 07 349 6732 W: WWW.TODDMCCLAY.CO.NZ E: ROTORUA.MP@PARLIAMENT.GOVT.NZ Authorised by Hon Todd McClay, 1301 Amohau Street, Rotorua 12 Rotorua greypower News – February 2017 standards, New Zealand is the fourth-safest country in the world, but we want to make it number one. Which is why we are investing half a billion dollars in a Safer Communities package, which will provide an extra 1125 police staff, including 880 sworn police officers. All police districts, including Rotorua, will receive extra frontline police officers, meaning more police on patrol and responding to reported crime. Knowing there’s a nearby police presence at all times is something the community expects. So we’re making a commitment that people in cities, the regions, and rural areas will have officers they can call on 24/7. The increase in police staff, means 95 percent of New Zealanders will be within 25 kilometres of police support, all day, every day of the year. This package unashamedly targets offenders to ensure they are off our streets – by providing additional resources to resolve more crime and target criminal gangs and organised crime. This also comes with a range of challenging targets for police. Those include higher attendance at home burglaries, more assets seized from organised crime, fewer deaths from family violence, and a reduction in reoffending by Maori. The targets won’t be easy to meet – but we don’t shy away from hard issues. I'm committed to making a difference. Investing more in police will make our communities safer. It will reduce crime and reoffending, and help steer some of our most disadvantaged young people onto a more productive path. That’s an outcome worth investing in. If you have an issue that I can help with as your MP, I'm available meet and talk in person. I'm interested in your views. Please call my office on 07 348 5871 and my friendly staff Tracey and Rosemary will be able to help.
New Zealand First I applaud the recent State Of The Nation Report published by the Salvation Army that has confirmed the Government’s handling of the NZ housing crisis has continued to worsen on the back of rampant Immigration. Advertorial FLETCHER TABUTEAU NZ First List MP based in Rotorua It confirms that unless you are a property speculator then there is no good news in the housing sector. A record 70,600 migrants settled permanently in New Zealand and while migrants may bring short term growth and in most cases thrive in our society there is a downside to those in New Zealand as todays record, of 127,300 to December 2016, drives down wages through job competition and actually props up artificial consumption. Unfortunately ordinary Kiwis are the ones who struggle to compete to get a house, a job or places in hospitals and schools. The Salvation Army says there are few if any credible government policy initiatives to address the growing housing policies. New Zealand First has promoted a Foreign Ownership of Land Register in an Amendment Bill which has not been supported by the Government. We are upset to see increasing hectares of NZ land has gone into foreign ownership which is only acceptable if it works for New Zealanders and for the good of the economy but all too often the balance is heavily weighted in favour of the overseas buyers, with no or miniscule returns to New Zealand. The Bill would have ensured a comprehensive register of all foreign-owned NZ owned land. We would then at least have been able to establish just how large the problem really is, but the Government does not want to know. As a New Zealand First Member of Parliament I was delighted to see the end of the TPPA agreement and I spoke consistently against the partnership agreement because it had very little to do with trade and the removal of trade barriers for our businesses. We have many issues in New Zealand that need sorting and those include improving the Manuka Honey Standard which was supposed to have been released by mid last year. The last thing we want is to have is our honey devalued by illegal competition. The slow response by this government as Russia moves to ban our beef when they are the world’s number two beef importer is deplorable. We need to be on our toes and move more quickly and have fresh ideas. The year will be busy as Members of Parliament gear up towards an election in September. I hope that Grey Power members are able to unite and help each other as power prices and food costs will bring a heavier burden to many. Thank you for your wonderful contributions to NZ society and I hope New Zealand First will have a stronger voice to support our citizens after September 23. New Zealand First Rotorua Office Fletcher Tabuteau List MP Office Hours: 10am -3pm Dropinorcall for an appointment 07 347 4045 Level6,Hinemoa Tower 1154 Hinemoa St,Rotorua PO Box1561, Rotorua, 3042 www.nzfirst.org.nz Rotorua greypower News – February 2017 13
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