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Beck Lane runs the Point Wells General Store, about an hour s drive north of Auckland CBD and just inside the region s alert level 3 cordon. When the Auckland snap lockdown was announced late on 27 February, she was left with a cancelled event for the next day and kilos and kilos of leftover fish. So we did a free fish and chips day, it was great, it was fun, I take real issue with having to throw fish out to be honest so the best option was to treat the community. The event started at 1pm and by 3pm the fish was gone but Beck said although it was a great community event, she couldn t afford to shoulder the cost again. ....
Beck Lane runs the Point Wells General Store, about an hour s drive north of Auckland CBD and just inside the region s alert level 3 cordon. When the Auckland snap lockdown was announced late on 27 February, she was left with a cancelled event for the next day and kilos and kilos of leftover fish. So we did a free fish and chips day, it was great, it was fun, I take real issue with having to throw fish out to be honest so the best option was to treat the community. The event started at 1pm and by 3pm the fish was gone but Beck said although it was a great community event, she couldn t afford to shoulder the cost again. ....
Hundreds of people gathered at four Auckland locations for a Christmas lunch sponsored by City Mission today. Aucklander Karl Sylva with his 5-year-old god daughter Xea enjoy City Mission s Christmas lunch at Freemans Bay, Auckland. Photo: RNZ / Liu Chen City Missioner Chris Farrelly said they decided not to do one big lunch - which last year was attended by 2000 people - out of Covid-19 concerns. Eight hundred people were expected this year at Freemans Bay Community Centre, Nando s on Queen Street and Manukau, and the mission building, according to Farrelly. We have smaller lunches, quite intimate, quite connecting, and I think in this is a lot of beauty. Also, we ve also provided 9000 families over the last week with a full Christmas lunch so that they can do that at home - chicken, vegetables and desserts etc, he said. ....
Christmas hope for Aotearoa: Message from NZ church leaders 18 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 7 minutes to read Glad tidings of joy to arrive with Christmas are needed more than ever in a year of Covid-19. Photo / Alan Gibson NZ Herald Christmas can t come early enough at least for some this year. The desire for joy and laughter, regathering with family and friends, not to mention putting 2020 behind us. For others, there is fatigue from the emotional cost of a year that will be remembered in the history books. Christmas is a season that evokes mixed emotions for many whānau in Aotearoa. For some, it s a season where families eat together and wait with anticipation to open gifts under a Christmas tree. It can also be another reminder of the passing of a loved one, the pressure of unemployment, the uncertainties of business, loneliness, and a closed border keeping family and friends in far-away lands. ....