North Canterbury News: April 23, 2020

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NEWS 4 North Canterbury News, April 23, 2020 Empowering whanau during lockdown Don't worry,your children are going to be OK. That’s the messagefrom Karanga Mai Early Education Centreteam leaders Jacinta McInerney and Marlena Bunnage. This is the message they senttheir whanauhome with when, some 48 hours ahead of the rest of the community, Karanga Mai were sentinto lockdown, while Covid19 testing was carried out on astudentatneighbouring Kaiapoi High School, which fortunatelyturned out to be negative. ‘‘We had onlythree hour’s notice to have our whole community going into emergency selfisolation,’’ Jacinta says. ‘‘A top priority was makingsure that our whanau had enoughintheir cupboardstobe in selfisolation.For peoplewho live week to week, that is reallydifficult.’’ Through the CommunityPantry at Kaiapoi Community Support —one of Community Wellbeing North Canterbury Trust's freeservices —the centre was able to send 15 families home with emergency food parcels. Once all the families were safely home, MASTER BUILDER LocaltoNorth Canterbury. CALL ARTHUR027 245 1601 arthur@robertsonbuilding.co.nz www.robertsonbuilding.co.nz BARNS/FARM BULDINGS•RIB RAFT FLOOR SYSTEM INSTALLATION PROJECTMANAGEMENT•ADDITIONS•NEW HOMES HOME MAINTENANCE•EQC REPAIRS•ALTERATIONS FREE QUOTES 2021055 Jacintaput Karanga Mai’s lockdown plan into action. ‘‘The key thingfor us is upholdingthe mana of all our whanauduring this time, being available to help problemsolve, to talk and be therefor them,tooffer practical ideas,and to love and support them in that really vital job that they're doing, caring for theirchildrenathome,’’ she says. The first thing the teamdid was set up aclosedFacebookgrouptoenable them to connect with families. Every day begins with alive karakia (prayers) and awaiata (song). ‘‘It’s aritualthat really framesthe day for our whanau,’’ Marlenasays. KarangaMai parent Caite Hutsonsays they have enjoyed this more now than ever, ‘‘becauseithas givenussomething to look forward to each and every day with everything that’s going on.’’ ‘‘Twiceaday we can tune in and feel like we have asense of normality back in our life, and the support from everyone at Karanga Mai through this awfultime has meant so much;the support is incredible. ‘‘I'm proud to be apart of Karanga Mai. It’s more than just aschool, it’s afamily,’’ she says. Throughthe day, KarangaMai teachers tellstories to the children, do activities togetherand Marlena, who has just completed afull immersion te reo Maori languagecourse throughastudy award offered by the Ministry of Education in conjunction with Matauraka Mahaanui, takes minite reo Maori lessons that are contextualand relevant to what is aNew Normal. They learn anew word of the week, a kwaha, or idiom, and awhakatauaki/ whakatauki, aquoteorproverb, to guide them for the week, Marlena says. Care extends to home environment ... Karanga Mai mum Caite Hutson with children Sophia, Chase (a nephew), and Poppy. PHOTO: SUPPLIED This week’swhakatauki is: Me ka moemoea au, ko au anake; Me ka moemoea tatau, ka taea etatau:IfIwere to dream alone only Iwouldbenefit. If we were to dreamtogether we couldachieve anything(Princess Te Puea Herangi, iwi: Tainui). Another whakatauki is from the firstever chief of Tuahiwi, Pita Te Hori, Ngi Thuriri; Kia atawhai ki te iwi which translates as ‘‘care for the people’’, whichcouldn’t be more appropriate rightnow. ‘‘It’s likewe’ve flipped normal KarangaMai life,’’ Jacintasays. ‘‘Whanau aren’t physically coming to us at the moment, but we’re now coming into theirhomes. It’s areal privilege. It’s hard not seeing the tamariki (children) every day.’’ As an essentialworker, Jacinta is delivering food parcels to families twice aweek, so gets to see wee faces at the window,smilingand waving. ‘‘I love that,’’shesays. —Promotionalcontent COMMUNITY WELLBEING NORTH CANTERBURY TRUST COVID-19 CRISIS APPEAL Right now, vulnerable North Canterbury families are struggling with the impact of COVID-19. Now more than ever they need your support. Help us to help them get through this. No-one can be sure exactly what will be needed in the weeks and months ahead but Ipromise you, wewill respond to the needs of our most vulnerable families. Families like Alex (not her real name) and her partner, with ayoungster at Leithfield school. In tears after her partner lost his job, Alex told me: “I don’t know what we’re going to do”. Community Wellbeing rallied, delivering boxes of food to Alex and several other families from Leithfield and Amberley Schools. “Some of our families are already doing it tough,” Leithfield School Principal Sharon Marsh says. “Covid-19 is pushing them to breaking point. Ihate tothink how these families will survive this crisis without Community Wellbeing.” Community Wellbeing North Canterbury Trust has more than 30 years experience responding to the needs of families in North Canterbury. We’re your trust, distinctly local, providing free social and community services throughout Waimakariri and the Hurunui. Supporting vulnerable families with urgent food parcels is just one of the ways we’re helping our community through this crisis. Our team are all on deck, responding to the escalating needs of our community. But we can’t do it without you. Help us meet the needs of North Canterbury’s most vulnerable families. Please donate now by credit card or internet banking using the easy-tofollow links on our website: https://wellbeingnc.org.nz/get-involved/donate/ Iguarantee 100% of your gift stays in North Canterbury to help local families. Donations over $5 are tax deductible. 2270820 Deirdre Ryan Manager Community Wellbeing North CanterburyTrust Follow your impact on our Facebook page: @CommunityWellbeing NorthCanterburyTrust
Rates help at hand The Hurunui District Council is developing a policy for delaying rates payments. It will be for those experiencing financial hardship related to Covid19, and who will struggle to pay rates. Adraft policy went to the council’s April meeting and is being further refined. The council says it is working to help those in extreme hardship and struggling with rates. They are asked to reach out to council. Residents who have communicated their hardship and come to an arrangement with the council will be offered relief where possible. To talk to the council about the issue, email rates@hurunui.govt.nz. Mayor Marie Black says the council is there to help, but relies on residents communicating. “As acouncil it is really important that our community know our door is always open and feel encouraged to contact us, so that we can, in turn, offer help and support. “We would like residents to feel confident that they can ring us for support and guidance whenever they may need us.” Vege'n Out back in business By DAVID HILL Woodend’sfresh produce retailer is backtrading. Vege’n Out owner Nick McLachlan is finally taking orders for contactless deliveryoffresh fruit and vegetables afterafrustrating few weeks. His new website vegenout.co.nz wentonline this week and he has beenbusyrestocking, ready to beginmaking deliveries from today. Vege’n Out was forced to close when the lockdown took effect on March 26, as it was not deemed an essential service, even though thereis no supermarket in the town. But Nick got word lastweek that he could resume trading,aslong as it was ‘‘contactless’’. Sincethen he has beenworking hard to get his website running, which he began work on last November. Nick saysthe government subsidy is helpingto pay staff wages, but there was areal urgencyto return to trading for the survival of his business and to support the community. ‘‘Woodendbeing Woodend,the wordwill get out very quickly thatweare available. We’ve had very good support from Woodend. Our community and clienteleare still theretosupport us and without that we might have been in adarker place.’’ Localresidents can make ordersbyphone, text, emailand on thewebsite. Trading ... Nick McLachlan is ready to take online orders for fresh fruit and vegetables at Woodend’s Vege’n Out. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Councillors go online to hold meeting Waimakariri's district councillors met this Tuesday for the first full council meeting since the lockdown. The council meetingwas held two weeks later thanthe usual firstTuesday of the monthand was held online. But Mayor Dan Gordon said aheadofthe meeting that it would be apublic affair. He said he was not sure whether the publicwould be able to viewitlive or whether it would be available later. ‘‘We’re still tryingtowork thatout, but it will be publicly available. “We have been meeting weekly as acouncilvia Zoom and community boardshave been catching up viaZoom, so they have the ability to keep connecting as well.” Council staff are also meeting daily on Zoomcalls and Mr Gordonhas been participating in onlinemanagement meetings. The Waimakariri Youth Council also met last weekvia Zoom to discuss how to support local youth during the remainder of the lockdown and in the weeks and months ahead. NEWS North Canterbury News, April 23, 2020 5 Landslips aproblem By DAVIDHILL Natural hazards, earthquake recoveryand the Covid19 lockdown were discussed at therecent KaikouraDistrict Council meeting, held using video technology. MayorCraig Mackle says natural hazards are continuing to create headaches as the recoveryfrom the 2016 earthquake proceeds. The quake created landslips in the hills, whichremainvulnerable to weather events, and created new floodzones. “The big unknown is whenthe stuffactually comes out off the hills. While the work is continuing on the roads,the equipment is thereready to go to maintainit, but when that work stops the challengewill be keeping on top of it. “Whenever there's aweather eventoranorthwesterly wind there's slipsoff thehillsand it'sgot to go somewhere,whether that'son to the roadsorputtingthe riverbeds up.” There arealso new questions aroundwhereitis appropriate to build, the levelof risk and whatsteps are practical to reduce the risk. Work has been suspended on the North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery (NCTIR) work on the roads. The lockdown could lead to the NCTIRwork being extended beyond the planned December completion date, whichcould help Kaikoura, giventhat borders are likely to be closed to international tourists for some time. “Weare in for ahard road goingforward.” OPEN FOR PHONE AND “A Healthcare Home for you and your Family” EMAIL ORDERS 2272524 8AM -5PM From Tuesday April 28 th SALES, PARTS, SERVICE Ph: 313 6640 sales@brandmowers.co.nz CONTACTLESS PICK UP ONLY 275 FlaxtonRoad, Southbrook 2272213 • Open for Phone, Video and In-Practice Consultations*. • New Patients welcome to enrol • Flu Vaccine Clinics for enrolled patients • On-site Pharmacy *ifdeemed necessary by the clinical team Minutes from Kaiapoi, Rangiora and Northwood 9/42 Silverstream Boulevard, Kaiapoi 7630 |03-595 1489 www.silverstreammedicalcentre.co.nz
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