The Star: March 26, 2020

Thursday March 26 2020 The Star
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We can get through this together
I KNOW many of you will be
feeling frightened right now.
The enormity of the lockdown
will be hitting home –
literally.
It is reassuring to hear the
Prime Minister has said they
Mayor
Lianne Dalziel
Crusader Jack Goodhue marries
with mullet on Waiheke Island
ALL BLACK and Crusader Jack
Goodhue has married girlfriend
Sophia Eblett on Waiheke Island.
The rugby player took to social
media to share the happy news.
“Last month I married the most
amazing woman,” he wrote on
Instagram.
“She makes me laugh and
brings out the best in me. Now
we get to spend the rest of lives
together.”
Last year Goodhue grew a
mullet, along with fellow All
Blacks including Brodie Retallick,
Sam Cane, and Beauden and
Jordie Barrett.
While Beauden Barrett’s was
gone well before his 2019 January
wedding, Goodhue kept his for
his big day.
“Brodie Retallick was my
inspiration for it [the mullet].
And then he left me in the dark
I tell you what,” he joked during
an interview with Radio Sport
Breakfast.
He announced his engagement
from Kawakawa during a break
from playing for the Crusaders
in April last year, posting to
Instagram: “Kept the training
up over the bye week with a few
lunges #shesaidyes.”
The young Christchurch-based couple,
who reconnected in 2018 after both
will do everything they can
to protect us. With so much
uncertainty this is all we can
ask right now.
Although no one started this
year thinking we would see our
country in lockdown before the
I DO: Jack Goodhue has tied the knot with
girlfriend Sophia Eblett on Waiheke Island.
PHOTOS: INSTAGRAM
having attended Auckland’s Mount
Albert Grammar School, have a love of
the outdoors, walking, and share a firm
religious faith.
end of March, the truth is that
a pandemic is a risk we have
planned for.
The Government has the
capability to respond to such
a crisis, with the Ministry of
Health fully prepared to take
the lead role in implementing
the pandemic plan. District
health boards are prepared for
this too.
Your council has also prepared
for emergencies, and has
been treating this seriously. We
have had an incident management
team in place since the
end of January, and like many
other agencies and businesses,
we have been preparing to
maintain essential services,
while enabling certain services
to operate remotely where they
can.
This is unlike any one of the
many crisis situations we have
had to face.
We can get through this
together, this time in spirit.
Everyone is going to have to dig
deep. We know we can do it.
NEWS 3
in brief
Five new Canterbury
Covid-19 cases
There are five new cases of
Covid-19 in Canterbury, the
Ministry of Health announced
yesterday. One of them is a
20-year-old woman who flew
from San Francisco to Auckland
on March 21 on flight NZ7 and
then Auckland to Christchurch
on March 21 on flight NZ527.
Another woman in her 20s who
flew from London via Dubai
and Sydney to Christchurch on
March 13 on flight EK006 also
tested positive for Covid-19. The
infection of a man in his 50s is
linked to an already confirmed
case in Canterbury, said the
Ministry of Health. Meanwhile,
another man in his 50s tested
positive after flying from Sydney
to Christchurch on March 13
on flight EK412. Details around
the new case of a 50-year-old
woman who has also tested
positive are yet to be released.
A female teen from Canterbury
is also listed as a probable
Covid-19 case.
EQC will continue to
process claims
The Earthquake Commission
will continue to process claims
for damage caused by natural
disasters, including reopened
Canterbury claims, despite its
offices having to shut down. All
claim lodgement channels remain
open and claims will continue to
be managed and settled, however,
all face-to-face interactions will
cease. This will cause delays
to managed repairs currently
under construction, as well as
onsite assessments and scoping.
Customers can contact the person
managing their claim if they
have their details or contact EQC
directly on 0800 326 243.
Community board
meetings cancelled
All community board and city
council committee meetings
have been cancelled in response
to the Covid-19 outbreak. A new
emergency committee, chaired
by Mayor Lianne Dalziel, has
been formed to enable decision
making throughout the
lockdown period to continue.
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