Connection is the key driver behind the annual Tairāwhiti Emergency Management Group welfare forum held recently. Group welfare manager Dallas Haynes says kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face) creates a connectivity that ensures a far smoother relationship .
Zita Campbell, Local Democracy reporter “Barriers are everywhere for disabled people in Gisborne,” says Karen Tait, who has an adult son with rheumatoid.
Members of the disabled community in Gisborne set up a meeting with GDC last Thursday to share the Whaikaha Community Led Recovery Plan and address the Gisborne Disability strategy being 10 years out of date