“She feels quite secure – I’ve stocked up enough for a year at least.” Sangeeta said the number of Covid-19 cases started to grow in March. “Mum was stronger than I was.” Where she was, essential items such as food can be bought between 7-11am, chemists and medical services are open all day, and public transport is operating at half capacity. “I double masked, I didn’t take any transport,” Sangeeta said. “It’s also luck, you just don’t know.” It was hard leaving her mother, who does not have any other family nearby, she said. However, Sangeeta said other cities were worse off, with higher death rates.
Businessman John Matthews bemoaned the “awful” state of Airport Dr as an entrance to the city. “It’s barren in places.” He also spoke of not waiting around for Waka Kotahi (NZTA) and suggested a proposed bypass for State Highway 45 in Omata so the main road did not pass through the village. “I appeal to you to be visionaries,” he told councillors. Jake Rapira said he had been in favour of a multisport hub since taking a team to a sports hub on the Gold Coast in 2017. “It was amazing. He had travelled to similar hubs in Invercargill and Porirua as well.
Economist Cameron Bagrie focused on the impact of housing laws, Covid-19, and property investment at a business lunch address hosted by the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce in New Plymouth.
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Clinical psychologist Nigel Latta was a guest speaker at the Wellbeing Conference for which Paul Rangiwahia was MC.
More than 250 people attended the first Wellbeing Conference organised by the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce. The event, held at the Devon Hotel on Thursday, looked at mental, financial, physical/nutritional and general workplace health and wellbeing. Speakers included psychologist Nigel Latta, Be Pure founder Ben Warren, Tui Ora chief executive and Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission chairman Hayden Wano, and Xero managing director Craig Hudson. Running alongside the conference was Wellbeing Expo, with businesses from the sector exhibiting products and services.
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