Auckland Emergency Management – Welfare packages available to those in need

To our community partners in the North.    Welfare packages available to those in need   Auckland Emergency Management (AEM) has set up a welfare system to assist Aucklanders who may be struggling to access basic household supplies due to job losses or hardship caused by the COVID-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown, and some of … Read moreAuckland Emergency Management – Welfare packages available to those in need

MSD: Community Awareness and Preparedness Grant Fund

This is part of government’s $27m package to support social services, announced yesterday. https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/newsroom/2020/covid-19/community-awareness-and-preparedness-grant-fund.html What is the Grant Fund for and who can apply? The Community Awareness and Preparedness Grant fund is available to Community based groups that are or will be providing essential community-led solutions to support local resilience and community wellbeing during the … Read moreMSD: Community Awareness and Preparedness Grant Fund

Due to the COVID-19 Lockdown – School holidays brought forward for 2020

Keeping you informed, according to the Ministry of Education: School holidays are being brought forward so that they are completed within the 4 week period of Alert level 4 in response to Covid-19. Holidays will now begin from Monday 30 March to Tuesday 14 April inclusive (a reminder that the Tuesday after Easter Monday is … Read moreDue to the COVID-19 Lockdown – School holidays brought forward for 2020

Pacific messages for Pacific people

During these difficult and uncertain times, the Ministry for Pacific Peoples’ (MPP) priority is to keep Pacific communities in New Zealand safe, aware, educated and informed. With support from our friends at SunPix (Tagata Pasifika), Director of Bright Sunday Stella Muller and others, we have been able to produce important key COVID-19 messages for our … Read morePacific messages for Pacific people