Kia ora everybody. Things have been pretty good here in Tūrangi for our first week of lockdown.
I'm happy to report there have been no burglaries and only one reported theft.
We did get called out to six family harm incidents last week which is about the usual number we get most weeks, and a couple were repeat visits to one family to try and help and support them.
I mentioned last week that before the lockdown our staff were out talking to a lot of our local families about ways to stop conflict and tension escalating out of control. I'm pleased to say that of that group of families we proactively visited, we've only had to go back and see one of them over this last week. We've been doing the same with our youth too and at present, because of Covid-19, we're trying to collate a good list of our elderly and vulnerable people in our community that we can also visit.
We will be working with local agencies such as the RSA, Tūwharetoa Health, Te Korowai Roopu Tautoko and Civil Defence to pull this together.