Rotorua Daily Post Year in Review: March 2020
29 Dec, 2020 12:00 AM
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Manpreet Basra an essential worker at Four Square Koutu. Photo / File
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The Rotorua Daily Post is looking back at the stories of 2020. Here s what made headlines in March.
March 2
March began as it always does in Rotorua, as Crankworx drew hundreds of international riders to town.
Locals flocked to Skyline, even the rain didn t stop them getting involved.
Italian Crankworx competitors Torquato Testa and Stefano Dolfin in self-isolation in Rotorua. Photo / Supplied
But the event quickly felt the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic which was starting to reach all corners of the world.
Summer read: How one woman lost 52kg in two years
25 Dec, 2020 07:00 PM
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There was once a dress that hung from Julia Skudders door. For about two years the dress hung there waiting to be worn - but Skudder was waiting to lose a couple of kilograms.
Last week she tried it on but it is far too big after the Rotorua woman lost 52kg in two years.
Fifteen people from the Lakes District Health Board area have laid on the operating table in the past three years for bariatric surgery. Skudder was not one of them.
However, she did have a gastric band of some sorts put on - through hypnosis.
Patients stable after serious crash on Ngongotahā Rd, Rotorua
16 Dec, 2020 09:55 PM
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Emergency services respond to a serious crash on Ngongotahā Rd.
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A man and a woman involved in yesterday s crash on Ngongotahā Rd remain stable in hospital.
The two, who were in separate vehicles, were seriously injured in the crash that closed the road and caused massive traffic build-up and delays.
Emergency services at the scene of a crash on Ngongotahā Rd. Photo / Ben Fraser
A Lakes District Health Board spokeswoman today said a 24-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man had been moved from the Emergency Department on to a ward at Rotorua Hospital and were in a stable condition.
More support offered to young families 14 Dec 2020 13:42 PM
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Young families in the Lakes District Health Board area will get extra support under a new pilot scheme, Tiaki Whānau.
Well Child Tamariki Ora service provider Manaaki Ora Tipu Ora is being funded to deliver culturally appropriate, whānau-based care.
Up to 40 whānau will each be assigned a kaitiaki or key worker who may be a child health nurse or social worker, backed by a multidisciplinary team.
The support can include health care, mental health support, help to access social services, housing or education, or helping whānau learn more about parenting and child development.
Rotorua homeless crisis: Meal service moved on from near Rotorua Central Mall to Kuirau Park
10 Dec, 2020 11:00 PM
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A meal service that feeds the homeless is moving from Amohau St to Kuirau Park. Photo / Getty Images
A meal service that feeds the homeless is moving from Amohau St to Kuirau Park. Photo / Getty Images
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A controversial meal service for the homeless has been given a new home in Kuirau Park following complaints from Rotorua Central Mall. The service feeds up to 200 homeless people daily from 5pm and sees those in need go to a drop-off point and collect a container of food cooked or collected by a local trust.