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Russell Lights Issue No Russell Lights Issue No. 06, April 2020, RRP $3.00 Circulation: Russell District and Beyond -ISSN 1174-5509 (Print),ISSN 2438-1040 (Online) Coping with COVID19 Under Stage 4 Alert and a State of Duke and Charlotte’s Kitchen in Paihia were For all information: Emergency, the town’s biggest employers to close. Jayne Shirley, said the hotel was acted swiftly. also winding down the accommodation https://covid19.govt.nz/ side of the business. “Obviously our staff At Fuller’s Great Sites it’s believed 40 casual are impacted by this decision and we have staff were laid off and have all been paid been talking to them the whole way Russell Medical out to the end of their casual contract through and working with them over the period. General Manager, Charles Parker, coming days and weeks to see what this Centre: was asked to confirm but said it was ‘not means for them and how we can support Be prepared – there may be delays in appropriate to be commenting at this time’. them during this time.” having your call answered. • For normal medical services, phone The Bay Belle has been taken off service. Most clubs have ceased operating, most for appointment (09) 403 7690. Arrangements are being made for essential venues are closed – except essential services including the Medical Centre and services – see Medical Centre box and • The doctor may phone you before St Johns. The vehicle ferry will reduce to page 2 for Civil Defence. your appointment to see if your issue one vessel only. After hours emergencies can be resolved without a personal will still be accommodated. The Duke of The back Four Square in York Street visit. Marlborough Hotel issued an initial advisesanyone needing to self-isolate • Foralife-threateningemergency AT statement saying the restaurants at The or who wished not to visit the town, ANY TIME phone 111 and St John could be offered a delivery service. will respond. Facebook page Bay Four Square. • For non life-threatening attention Email: [email protected], Phone: AFTER HOURS phone the Med Wendy 021 241 4815. Centre and your call will be connected to a trained nurse who Stand two metres back from anyone at the can advise you or advance the call to supermarket checkout. Don’t touch trolley handles with your hands, use gloves or Continue on page 2 paper towels or antiseptic wipes. Russell Lights | Page 1 THISISSUE Continues from page 1 • Full details are available on the Med the 111 service for you or arrange a visit Centre Facebook page:https:// ◆ Coping with Covid19 to the Duty Doctor. www.facebook.com/Russell-Medical- ◆ Civil Defence • For Covid-19 issues - do not phone the Centre-111646785583479/?ref=br_rs ◆ A Man Cave Called Clive medical centre. Call Healthline 0800 • Do not leave home unless it is essential. ◆ Footprints, Boats, an Eco Sanctuary, Mapping History 358 5453 (for international SIM cards Do not stop to talk with others - use the ◆ and more! +64 9 358 5453). phone or email. Important notices from Civil Defence Stay home, stay alive. If you must go out for essential services, do not stop to talk with others. Strictly respecting self-isolation and personal distancing will save lives. Keep watch over each other by regular phone, Skype and digital platforms. Rubbish Please reduce and re-purpose waste, using disposal only as a last Civil Defence bulletins will normally be posted on the community resort. Nationwide, recycling is mostly cancelled. online noticeboard and Facebook daily after 2pm. There may be additional bulletins from time to time. The transfer station is open normal hours for essential waste in bags only. Exact cash only sealed in a bag. Recycling or green Civil Defence is working in conjunction with NZ Police, as we waste will not be accepted. operate under the state of national emergency. • Commercial services continue for essential need only. The community, under the Civil Defence umbrella, has organised • Domestic rubbish bins and bag collections are running as support groups as follows: normal. Disinfect the handle of your bin when you put it out (e.g. with bleach added 2% to water). • Food&accommodation • New domestic bins are still available if essential. Email Colin Cashmore:[email protected] • Emergency & Medical Services • Try home composting. Cover your heap or bin with a plastic • CommunityHealth/Welfare sheet to increase the temperature and speed the process,but • Communications be sure to turn it over regularly to aerate. Be aware of rodent • Transportandlogistics issues at this time of year especially. There are many guides on- • Please use Civil Defence contacts for the above. line such as https://www.foodwise.com.au/wp-content/ • Vehicle ferry 7am to 7pm subject to change uploads/2013/07/Compost-ONLINE.pdf • Commercial waste still operating – more clarification to follow. • Start a log of your travels/movements to help contact tracing Fire Ban which will become essential. • Total fire ban subject to change • Start a log of your travels/movements to help contact tracing For those who have submitted to government agencies seeking which will become essential. financial support, once your application is acknowledged please be • For overall information and the latest updates patient. For further information visit visit www.covid19.govt.nz • Please remember to keep apart from others if going outside https://www.workandincome.govt.nz/products/a-z-benefits/covid- your home for essential shopping or services. This will save 19-support.html lives. For a guide showing which government agency is leading various It is important to help each other but Civil Defence prefers sectors of the Covid-19 response, visithttps://www.msd.govt.nz/ you ask first. about-msd-and-our-work/newsroom/2020/covid-19/index.html Russell Civil Defence: Ian MacIntosh email - For overall information and the latest updates visit [email protected] (urgent issues 021 706 386) www.covid19.govt.nz Russell Covid-19 Communications Centre: Michael Hooper A reminder of the neednot to panic buy. Purchase only what you [email protected] need so others do not go without and our stores have time to re- stock. https://www.civildefence.govt.nz/ © Russell Lights is published by Resilient Russell Charitable Trust. The editorial content in this publication does not necessarily reflect the views of Resilient Russell Charitable Trust. Republication of content is not permitted without permission. Editor: Sandy Myhre, Advertising:[email protected]. Design: Chris Albrecht, Email:[email protected] Do you have a news tip, a story, a recommendation to publish? Do you wish to advertise? Please email:[email protected] Russell Lights | Page 2 One man’s junk is another man’s treasure. Clive’s Community Cave in the making in Orongo Bay. A Man Cave called Clive If an example of pragmatic community enterprise was needed, then a storage for material that needs to be moved out of the Cave shed on a property in Orongo Bay provides it. before work can commence. It’s a man cave, a bloke’s shed, Dad’s second home and yet more than The structure will be re-blocked, the floor will be lined with oyster that; a spot for chaps to chat over a cuppa certainly but with a superior shells, timber storage racks will be built and the roof repaired. ulterior motive. Clive’s Community Cave is currently being rejuvenated into a place for blokes to fix things, to repair items either Donations of tools have been promised and scavenging trips to for themselves or for the community. thetipareonthetodolist. In our contemporary throwaway society (usually thrown into a landfill) In the pipeline is an educational component, with school kids and with many goods enjoying the ‘benefit’ of built-in obsolescence, visiting the Cave to learn the handy craft of restoration. repair and fix are practically unknown terms. But getting back to repairing things, anything, is making something of a comeback world- In fact, John Maxwell has already spoken with Russell School wide. Board Trustee, Shane Maddern, who is ‘very enthusiastic’ about the concept as a place where children can learn new skills. The International Men’s Shed, for example, is well-established and the shed in Orongo Bay is modelled loosely on that although the Russell Clive’s Community Cave welcomes newcomers and handymen. group is not affiliated to any official organisation. New Zealand Phone John Maxwell: 027 380 5640 versions are sometimes called a GOME (Grumpy Old Men Enterprises) but Clive’s Community Shed doesn’t align with those either. John Maxwell, Chairman of Resilient Russell Charitable Trust, is one of the early organisers. The shed has been generously donated by Raewyn Harwood and her partner Martin on the Orongo Bay property. Raewyn and her late husband, Clive, were oyster farmers there and the shed was formerly Clive’s large workshop – hence the nomenclature. There is already a list of 22 chaps interested and between four and six turn up every Wednesday morning to help make the venue fit for purpose. Next to the main workshop is a lean-to shed that’s in the process of being repaired itself, and waterproofed, and will be used as Russell Lights | Page 3 FOOTPRINTS April 2020 Tales of old Kororâreka – a light-hearted look at the history of Russell Compiled by Patricia Colmore-Williams Samuel and Martha Ford returned to Kororareka from Auckland in 1849. By the time of their arrival our town had been renamed Russell, having taken the original name of the first, albeit short- lived, capital established at Okiato. Lord John Russell [1792-1878], after whom Okiato was once named, was a liberal reformist in the English Whig government. He was a well-respected, colourful peer who also championed religious freedom.
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