Golden Bay Weekly - 12 June 2020

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Friday 12 June 2020

From lockdown to liberty Golden Bay, along with the rest of New Zealand, dropped to Alert Level 1 at 11.59pm on Monday night – 79 days after the country first moved to Alert Level 2 at the start of the pandemic. During this period The GB Weekly published 12 papers, each one reporting on the community’s inspiring response to the Covid-19 crisis. These “pandemic” editions of the paper tell the story of this unique and difficult time and below we have re-published the headlines and photos that featured on our front pages, from initial lockdown through to our recent emergence at Level 1.

Keeping coronavirus out Leaders coordinate support Staying safe in Bay lockdown

Stay local, stay well, reduce risk

Farmers carry on farming Covid cases in Golden Bay

Bay reopens for business Contactless trade a challenge 4,3,2... One more step taken

Many happy returns

Let the sport commence Property market "active"

e thinking elling We’ve got family almost everywhere

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Community Coord Group JEANINE TAYLOR

Following a month’s break, a selected group of services got together for a monthly update. Below are the main points raised during the meeting. Police: Essentially business as usual. Groups of freedom campers have moved on. Community Welfare: Is looking to introduce an “army” of volunteers who are ready to mobilise in response to future emergencies. Management is also looking at a way to co-ordinate this and advertise for volunteers in The GB Weekly. Four basic categories have been identified: Shovel ready: People willing to pitch in if needed with physical tasks; Big toys: People who own diggers, tractors or other heavy machinery; Support/companionship: For those who are vulnerable and; Foodies: Those willing to supply food when needed – like at the latest search and rescue event. FreshChoice: Going to Level 1 is a big relief for everyone. There will be less stress on staff having to impose social distancing rules. Staff have been great throughout all the alert levels. It will be great just to get back to normal. Mohua Social Services (MSS): There is a backlog of needs from the community. Level of demand for services is high, so staff are very busy. New people have moved into Golden Bay requiring support. Good to be down to Level 1, which should help relieve some of the anxiety. A big thanks from MSS to everyone who contributed meat, food and donations to the foodbank and the Covid-19 account. It has meant they are able to manage the demand. Schools: Schools are seeing mixed needs from students. Some are hungry and so the Breakfast in Schools Service has been engaged, along with support from MSS. Significant changes to NCEA are being implemented to help senior students gain their qualifications. This will help to make it equitable and more comparable to a normal year. The reality of not being able to schedule all activities due to lockdown is setting in. On a positive note, it is great to have school contact sports up and running again. M ental health: Pro fe s s i o n a l s a re recognising that people may go through several phases as they move from lockdown to normality. A surprisingly low number of people needed services throughout lockdown, although domestic issues are now starting to appear. Mental health teams are reflecting on how resilient we can be. Small business: There has been a good movement of people around town. Queen’s Birthday weekend was very positive for businesses in the Bay and bookings are looking good for the July school holidays. There is relief that Level 1 will relax a lot of requirements that businesses had to put in place. We may see some movement of businesses out of the Takaka township, due to the inability for landlords and business owners to come to an agreement. It was decided to keep the current CCG monthly meeting format for as long as there is the need. ISSN (PRINT) 2538-0923 ISSN (ONLINE) 2538-0931

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