The Star: November 04, 2021

• By Susan Sandys
PATIENTS AT Christchurch
Hospital’s Emergency
Department are being streamed
to reduce the chance of catching
Covid-19 while they are there.
The announcement comes as
no new cases were reported in
Christchurch yesterday for the
fifth day in a row. There are still
four active cases in quarantine.
The Canterbury District
Health Board’s chief executive
Peter Bramley announced the
new streaming strategy, as well
as air flow system changes, this
week.
“Our ED has had changes
made to its air flow systems and
divided the waiting area into
two sections to accommodate
‘red’ and ‘green’ stream
patients,” Bramley said.
This would reduce the chance
of a person with undetected
Covid-19 sharing their infection
with others.
He said last week had been
a “whirlwind” of a short week
with the news on Thursday
of the first two positive
A CHRISTCHURCH
journalist has offered
an insight into
the abuse she
receives in public,
revealing some
of the crude
comments
slung her
way by
gutless
passersby.
Newshub’s
Holly
Henry
shared a
clip on
TikTok
to show
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Reporter shares abuse received
while going live, fans empathise
HARASSED: Newshub journalist Holly Henry has shared a
video of the heckling she has to put up with as a female
reporter.
PHOTO: HOLLY HENRY/NZ HERALD
community cases of Covid-19 in
Christchurch in the latest Delta
outbreak.
This had necessitated “dusting
off” emergency response plans
to deal with the inevitable
outbreak of Covid-19 in the
region.
“Our region is incredibly well
placed to respond to Covid-19
cases,” he said.
The changes in the emergency
department were on top of the
capacity the CDHB had been
building. At Christchurch
Hospital, in addition to 32
viewers what happens on the
other side of the camera for
female reporters in the field.
“So while I’ve been set up to
go live to do my job I have been
completely harassed,” Henry
said.
“I just had a man call me a c-
word out his window.”
She said some “young boys”
had directed “sex noises” at her
and another person shouted a
vile sexual comment at her that
is often directed at reporters who
are live on camera.
She also revealed a woman yelled
out, calling her a “big fat ho”.
“And of course, she had car
seats in the back of her car.”
Henry regularly shares behind
the scenes looks at her work as
a journalist, previously showing
her masked and distancing
reporting in the early days of
lockdown.
“I am so sorry you had this
happen to you,” a supporter
wrote on TikTok. “There are
definitely some spineless tossers
out there.”
“Sooo many!!” Henry replied.
“Tell me you’re in Christchurch
dedicated beds in the newly
established Parkside Ground
Medical ward, there were 36
beds within ICU and Children’s
High Care which could be
used in a pandemic response.
In addition, CDHB had 54
negative pressure rooms across
its facilities, including 38 at
Christchurch Hospital.
“I can assure you, we are
well-placed, particularly as in
a significant outbreak most
people are likely to be cared for
in the community, in their own
homes,” Bramley said.
without telling me you’re in
Christchurch,” another wrote.
“I drove past as people were
tooting,” another said. “Not sure
how the heck you did it, it was
constant.”
Earlier in the outbreak, another
TV reporter showed her skills
in the face of some background
chaos during a live cross.
TVNZ reporter Nicole Bremner
remained focused during a
live cross from a Te Awamutu
intersection, as sirens sounded
and boy racers did burnouts.
Her ability to stay on track
in spite of everything that was
going on around her did not go
unnoticed, with people on social
media praising the way Bremner
“kept her cool”.
“That @1NewsNZ live to Te
Awamutu was chaotic. First,
a special boy showing off his
wheels to no one that cares. Then
to finish, a lovely song of sirens,”
one person wrote on Twitter.
“Shout out to the reporter for
not skipping a beat,” the Twitter
user added.
— NZ Herald
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in brief
ED changes to reduce risk of Covid
O’Rourke: ‘Not guilty’
plea to driving charges
Former city councillor and MP
Denis O’Rourke has pleaded
not guilty to charges of careless
driving causing death and careless
driving. The 75-year-old
appeared in the district court
on Tuesday over the death of
motorcyclist Josh Broughan
on March 6. Broughan died
after colliding with a vehicle
carrying a bridal party driven
by O’Rourke as it entered the
grounds of St Cuthbert’s Church
in Governors Bay. O’Rourke,
a former lawyer, represented
himself. He was remanded on
bail until his next appearance
on December 21.
City house prices still
increasing
Average house prices in
Christchurch have outstripped
Dunedin for the first time since
2019, when the Garden City’s
market was stagnating. Values
have increased an average of
31.9 per cent this year, the
strongest on record according
to property data and analytics
provider CoreLogic. There was
a 4.1 per cent hike in October,
and 7.6 per cent over the last
three months as the residential
market continues to boom in
the city. CoreLogic estimated
the average property value in
Christchurch is now $693,864,
eclipsing Dunedin ($683,000)
for the first time since
November, 2019.
Keep dogs on lead to
protect bird species
Dog owners are encouraged
to keep their pets on lead
when walking near the Avon-
Heathcote Ihutai Estuary. City
council ornithologist Andrew
Crossland said: “Spring and
early summer is the peak
breeding time for birds and
because most of them nest on
the ground or in low vegetation
they’re very vulnerable to
losing their eggs and their
chicks being eaten.” More than
100 bird species are found
around the city and up to one
third of those are endangered
and at risk.
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