Monday, 19 July 2021, 1:25 pm
The county’s top school-age karters proved their mettle
as torrential rain showers lashed the Tokoroa venue hosting
this year’s KartSport New Zealand McFall Fuel National
Schools’ Championship meeting on Saturday.
Braving
what one long term observer of the sport described as
‘probably the worst conditions I have ever seen at a kart
race meeting, with very high winds and horizontal rain for
most of the day,’ the 103 karters who had entered this
year’s event simply knuckled down and got on with
representing their school.
At one stage racing was
suspended until conditions improved, but bar the resulting
Mayor John Leggett said
Marlborough Emergency Management’s focus is now on
recovery.
“Our communities are resourceful. We know
many of them have already connected with their neighbours
and are providing each other with support while the agencies
involved in our response reach them,” he
said.
“Recovery involves getting a full assessment
of the damage, clearing and repairing roads, and restoring
power and telecommunications lines around the region. Our
teams have been in the air today doing as much aerial
reconnaissance as possible.”
“The good news is
that our helicopter survey beginning with the Queen
Charlotte and Kenepuru Sounds this morning - which included
Monday, 19 July 2021, 2:02 pm
Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Rose Wall today
released a report finding a registered nurse in breach of
the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’
Rights (the Code) for failure in her care of a baby being
vaccinated.
At the time of these events, the baby was
overdue for his six-week vaccinations. During a home visit,
the nurse administered the wrong six-week vaccine to the
baby.
Instead of the rotavirus vaccine, the nurse
vaccinated the baby with Prevenar 13, a vaccine that is
normally administered by injection for protection against
pneumococcal disease. This was in addition to the PCV10
Monday, 19 July 2021, 1:48 pm
The severe weather of the weekend has left many Kiwis
with a lengthy clean up, especially those in Westport and
Buller. As people start to return home the Insurance Council
of New Zealand - Te Kāhui Inihui o Aotearoa - has some
useful tips and advice. Those in the affected areas
will be turning their attention to clearing the damage and
getting things back to normal, says Tim Grafton, Chief
Executive ICNZ. As communities start assessing the scale of
the event and the needs of those affected, such as
short-term and medium-term accommodation for those whose
Monday, 19 July 2021, 4:36 pm
Pandora
Fruean CSNZ GM
Pandora Fruean s
immediate workload has been all Tokyo but she has a very
firm focus on Paris, as she steps into her new role at Canoe
Slalom New Zealand.
Having just been appointed General
Manager of the Olympic sport, Fruean has spent the past
couple of months making sure CSNZ s athletes and coaching
staff are as safe as possible for the upcoming test event in
Tokyo, followed closely by this month s Games. In addition
to supporting athlete plans to compete at World Cups and the
Junior and U23 World Championships, it s made for a busy