May 29, 2020
Pork bones and pictures in Apanui COVID recovery plan
Eastern Bay of Plenty iwi Te Whanau a Apanui has packed up its border control, but it continues to marshal resources to help its whanau cope with the effects of the COVID-19 crisis.
Spokesperson Willie Te Aho is this weekend distributing 4 pallets of roasts and pork bones from a Ministry for Primary Industries programme to deal with an excess of pork built up through the lockdown.
Ten pallets were distributed earlier this week in Gisborne and the East Coast.
"Even though the lockdowns 3 and 4 have ended, hopefully for good, we have a lot of needy whanau who have lost jobs and are struggling through the aftermath so we need to keep our tabs on them and keep supporting them," Mr Te Aho says.
Some of the roasts are destined for a hui tomorrow where pakeke will be shown a video of what was happening on the checkpoints while they were in lockdown.
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