2083 days ago

COVID-19

Gemma Elizabeth from Hutt Valley District Health Board

We understand that people may be concerned about the recent new cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand.

Hutt Hospital remains safe and does not have any current cases of COVID-19. Please continue to attend to your appointments and seek health treatment when you need it. You may be screened upon entry to some of our facilities, as part of our ongoing work to keep our patients and staff safe.

New Zealand remains at alert level one, which means that you should continue to practice good hand hygiene and keep track of where you have been.

Let’s keep up the good work, be kind and support each other during this time.

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Local Highlight

1 day ago

Poll: If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? 🛻🚨🚓

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

In the Post's article on speeding penalties, the question is asked whether speeding fines are truly about road safety, or are they just a way to boost revenue for the Crown?

What do you think? Should speeding motorists receive speeding fines or demerit points?

If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? 🛻🚨🚓

35.5% The sting of a fine (Money talks!)

35.5% Complete
64.5% The threat of demerit points (Nobody wants to lose their license!)

64.5% Complete

301 votes

Local Highlight

8 days ago

Some Choice News!

Kia pai from Sharing the Good Stuff

DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.

Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.

For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.

Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?

We hope this brings a smile!