Living with COVID; lessons learned for the community and health system
Breakfast at Corelli's Cafe with a speaker this Friday 20th Nov 6.45am
Des Gorman (Ngati Kuri and Ngapuhi) is a Professor of Medicine in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland and is currently involved in health reforms in a number of different jurisdictions.
"We went into this pandemic profoundly under-prepared and when we should have closed the borders hard, we couldn't. Being properly resourced meant being able to call on the army and police to set up motels, and even a tented village. "I think we were spectacularly complacent."
Business on Toast
A delicious and bountiful full breakfast for people living or working in and around Devonport and a great way to network with others in your community.
Corelli's Cafe, Devonport. Friday 7 am to 8 am
(coffee or tea available from 6.30 am)
Book in advance and pay $25 cash
(This includes a donation to the Devonport Rotary Charitable Trust)
RSVP by Wednesday 18 Nov 2020
info@devonportrotary.co.nz
with Business on Toast in the subject line
Sponsored Community Event for Heart Patients and Heart Event Survivors
Almost a third of all heart patients and heart event survivors are diagnosed as clinically depressed - that's understandable when you have faced a life-threatening and life-changing situation.
If you've faced such a situation, and would like to know more about how to deal with it. . . or learn where to go for professional help, come along to this FREE, AND INFORMAL talk tomorrow evening Thursday, 7pm at the Sunnynook Community Centre, 148 Sycamore Drive, at 7pm.
Talk and presentation by Vanessa Garcia, M.Sc. (Psychology) Health Psychologist specializing in anxiety and showing ways of getting back your life.
EVERYONE WITH A HEART ISSUE IS WELCOME. Bring your partner and family - you're all in it together! See you there.
Poll: Should all neighbours have to contribute to improvements?
An Auckland court has ruled a woman doesn’t have to contribute towards the cost of fixing a driveway she shares with 10 neighbours.
When thinking about fences, driveways or tree felling, for example, do you think all neighbours should have to pay if the improvements directly benefit them?
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82.4% Yes
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15.1% No
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2.5% Other - I'll share below