Updated 24 August 2020
Following Alert Levels 3 and 4, an Integrated Recovery Team was established, based on relationships which were strengthened during the emergency response.
Whanganui District Health Board is working closely with Whanganui District Council, Whanganui Civil Defence, Ruapehu District Council and Rangitikei District Council and a wide range of organisations and agencies such as Whanganui & Partners, the Whanganui Health Network and the Ministry of Social Development.
The current focus of the team is to collect and evaluate information gathered from and by people and organisations throughout our region, while also addressing immediate needs and opportunities.
Rangitikei District, Whanganui District and Ruapehu District have a number of 'shovel ready' projects and economic and social initiatives to support their communities - find out what your district is doing at the links below.
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One of the Recovery Managers - Leighton Toy - holds a briefing with the Integrated Recovery Office.
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Results from more than 1000 businesses and organisations about the impact of Alert Levels 3 and 4. |
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The Covid-19 short-medium term Action Recovery Plan identifies how to improve the way services are delivered to impact community well-being. |
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2 July 2020 Following the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Integrated Recovery Team (IRT) - a collective team of organisations working on recovery - is asking the community what projects... |
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29 June 2020 Two WDHB staff with backgrounds in mental health - Olive Redfern and Ron Kinsey – talk about their expertise in resilience, coping mechanisms and change following the response... |
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A new website, Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Indicators (MWRI), has been created to reflect the region’s councils’ collaboration and initiatives underway to help with recovery from the impacts of COVID-19. |
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Members of Whanganui’s Integrated Recovery Team (IRT) were at the riverside market on Saturday getting feedback from the public on the impacts of COVID-19 and the lessons learned from the response to the virus. |
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Ministry of Social Development is working in partnership, through the Integrated Recovery Team, on social and economic recovery for the Whanganui region. |
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To help support the community post COVID-19, a directory of support organisations and resources is available. |
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The Integrated Recovery Team, based in Whanganui, is benefiting from the expertise of international recovery and infrastructure development expert Paul Bayly. |
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Post-COVID-19, the Integrated Recovery Team has created a survey for the communities of Whanganui, Rangitikei and South Ruapehu. |
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