SunLive - Elders living in fear of Covid-19 - The Bay s News First sunlive.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunlive.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
All 26 people who have died in New Zealand
from COVID-19 were older people.
Carole undertook
research into the impact of COVID-19 on Elders from October
to November 2020, finding that while Elders felt safe and
well-informed during the 2020 lockdowns, they are still
afraid to go out, are limiting their lives, and are
experiencing high levels of social disconnectedness and
hardship.
“Elders did so well managing that long
period of social isolation and now there is a challenge to
reconnect,” she says.
Carole’s report,
Safe?
The Impact of COVID-19 on Elders, calls for urgent
investment in restoring Elder social connectedness and is
Campaign to protect Te Moana a Toi against measles has launched
12 Mar, 2021 06:31 AM
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A measles campaign has launched in Tauranga Moana. Photo / File
Bay of Plenty Times
By: Supplied content
A powhiri marked the start of the measles vaccination campaign at Te Wananga o Aotearoa s Tauranga campus today.
Next week tauira (students) will be able to get their free vaccinations on-site from Te Pare ō Toi kaupapa Māori community nurses. We have organised these clinics at our wānanga and are supporting pop-up stands at events across the Bay of Plenty as part of the national campaign to reach those aged 15 to 30 years who may have missed getting their childhood MMR jabs, explains Manukura at Te Pare ō Toi, Marama Tauranga.
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Leaders pleased with community s tsunami response despite burglaries
9 Mar, 2021 07:21 PM
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Aerial photos showing traffic on the Ōhope Hills after a tsunami warning on the Bay of Plenty coastline on March 5. Photo / File
Aerial photos showing traffic on the Ōhope Hills after a tsunami warning on the Bay of Plenty coastline on March 5. Photo / File
Charlotte is a Local Democracy Reporter based in Whakatane.
Eastern Bay leaders are stoked with how the Whakatāne and Ōpōtiki communities reacted to Friday s tsunami threat.
East Coast MP and Emergency Management Minister Kiri Allan along with Whakatāne and Ōpōtiki mayors Judy Turner and Lyn Riesterer were impressed with how quickly communities evacuated and the compassion shown for others during the long hours waiting on the all clear .