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Monday, 8 March 2021, 6:18 pm
The
Web Genius Kāpiti Run for Youth is open for registration
and getting ready to take place on Sunday 21 March
2021.
Kāpiti Run for Youth is open for registration
and we can’t wait to get back out on the beach as a big
group after taking the event virtual after going into
lockdown in March 2020. We worked very hard to make the
virtual event a success and were amazed at the number of
local people that got out in their bubbles and completed the
event on their own terms, said Richard Calkin, Founder of
Web Genius.
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With new, more contagious strains of Covid-19 in New Zealand being detected in managed isolation, the board was increasingly concerned the public was not using the QR codes. “Cases of the new strains of Covid-19 in the community could be difficult to control, so we need to try to get as many people as possible to scan QR codes, to enable us to trace and isolate close contacts as quickly as possible should this happen,” the letter says. “Ultimately, if we are able to trace and isolate it could stop another lockdown which means your business can stay open.” Ben Fokkens, owner of the Shoe Clinic in the Invercargill CBD and chair of the Neighbouring Retail Group, said his customers aged under 50 were not generally scanning the QR code in his shop.