Thursday, 22 July 2021, 1:13 pm
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – 22 July 2021 –
Aged care and retirement village operator Radius
Care (NZX: RAD) has achieved a vaccination milestone. Over
59 percent of residents and 52 percent of staff have
received their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
87
percent of Radius Care residents and 69 percent of staff
have also received their first doses of the
vaccine.
Brien Cree, Chairman and Founder of Radius
Care says, “Working with people of all ages and cultures
makes aged care a challenging business, and complications
with supply, misinformation and vaccine hesitancy have
created additional challenges with our vaccination
programme. I’m pleased to say staff at our facilities
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 2:19 pm
Marlborough Mayor John Leggett has established a Mayoral
Relief Fund to assist the region in its storm recovery
effort following the weekend’s event.
In announcing
the fund, Mayor Leggett thanked Acting Minister for
Emergency Management, Kris Faafoi, for the Government’s
generous donation of $100,000.
People wishing to
donate to this fund can do so online via online banking.
Simply add the Marlborough District Council’s account
number: 02-0600-0202861-00 and include ‘Mayoral Fund’ as
a reference.
Alternatively people can make payments to
the fund at Council reception in Blenheim.
Mayor
Leggett says Marlborough’s recovery is going well and the
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 11:18 am
New Zealand’s first electric vehicle mobile library
service, Mangaroa, is coming to Upper Hutt Libraries.
Blessed this morning, Thursday 22 July, by Matua Kura Moeahu
of Te Āti Awa, this service will be in addition to the
existing mobile library bus Pūrehurehu and will help to
provide greater access to library resources around Upper
Hutt. This EV service will begin in early September of 2021
visiting various community spaces including schools and rest
homes.
“We are delighted with
Mangaroa, and are very proud to have the first EV mobile
library service in New Zealand,” says Upper Hutt Libraries
Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story
has
been described as
the world’s most successful rock ‘n’ roll musical”
having been seen by more than 22 million
people.
Showbiz is thrilled to have cast in the title
role, 23-year-old Jake Byrom, a phenomenally talented
performer who has recently returned from London.
“We
are fortunate to have such outstanding talent available to
us. In fact, the entire cast is terrific. As Showbiz
audiences know, we consistently produce word-class
productions and
Buddy will be no
different,” says Craig.
Jake returned to Aotearoa
from a successful theatre career overseas early last year,
as Covid travel restrictions were put in place. He had been
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 8:55 am
An unpleasant aspect of our current national character
has come to light in recent times. When it comes right down
to it, no matter what our pretences to the contrary,
tolerance for a different point of view, or approach to
things, is not a commodity in great supply at present, right
across the political spectrum. Of course, there are moral
absolutes like upholding universal equality and freedom from
discrimination to which most of us adhere, but whereas
previously we accepted other diverse views as either a
person’s prerogative, or a harmless quirk, we now seem far