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Martin Williams – data to understand
financial impacts is vital to the response and economic recovery, Transport
workshop on Monday was very worthwhile particularly around getting more for
less and road corridors for the business sector.
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Mike Paku – ongoing iwi welfare response
to ensure people are coping with isolation; concerns about unemployment and
how to recover when competing with more skilled or professional people
applying for positions normally filled by unskilled labour; acknowledges CDEM
working well with the iwi hubs.
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Craig Foss – tourism worth $700M per
year to the regional economy - in March 2019 international tourism was $13.5M
and domestic worth $43M while in April 2020 total under $3M. HB Tourism has
developed a plan to attract more NZers to come to HB as part of the economic recovery
plan.
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Hinewai Ormsby – thank you to Jerf for
mahi collecting and distributing excess produce to local marae and Taiwhenua;
tourism businesses appear to be over the initial shock but still hurting; HB
Tourism board meeting every second week and working hard on promotion and
marketing HB with strong messages.
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Apiata Tapine – good ongoing communication
and support efforts in Wairoa.
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Charles Lambert – whanau ora hubs are
working well, however sad to see businesses failing; mindful that hospital is
retaining beds for potential Covid-19 patients in case there’s another
wave of infections; orchards in Nuhaka starting to harvest kiwifruit and
apples.
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Neil Kirton – the 3 Rs set for Hohepa
are reimagine, reset and recover for developing a strategy that reflects the
new world we’re living in.
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Michelle McIlroy – the Wairoa Affco
plant is operating 6 days per week at reduced capacity; Tatau Tatau setting
up a firewood supply initiative in collaboration with the kahui in forestry;
Wairoa Collective continues to operate with more vulnerable whanau being
identified; advises there is funding available to charitable trusts suffering
the impacts of Covid-19.
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Jerf van Beek – Darren Davies
presentation to Transport workshop worthwhile for all councillors to review;
suggests scaling jobs when large numbers of unemployed to identify most
disadvantaged; 50+ tonnes of excess produce distributed into the community
and investigating ways to extend that support over longer term; sector
working with Central Government agencies and MPs around seasonal labour
issues.
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Will Foley – no cases of Covid-19 in
CHB; had some rain early April but zero in the mid-range forecast; big win
locally was Silver Fern Farms operating over the Easter weekend; pastural
farming and horticulture are key to success for the region’s economic
recovery.
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Rick Barker – considers NZ in better
situation than anticipated; CD structure has worked extremely well with
partner organisations providing welfare assistance; Community-Based
Assessment Centres (CBACs) will
continue to operate for next two weeks before deciding where to next, and
considering how to carry out sentinel (random) testing; challenge to have a
regional response with a strengthened Matariki as key element; hope to keep learnings
and gains in cooperation, interoperability and doing things differently; HBRIC
discussing how it can add value to support the region’s economic
recovery.
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Rex Graham – thanks to all councillors and
regional council staff for significant contributions to the Covid-19 response.
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