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COVID-19 Alert Level 2
Effective 11:59pm Tuesday 7th September 2021, Canterbury will be at Alert Level 2. Purapura Whetu will continue to operate under Level 2 as below. Our sites at 166 St Asaph Street and the Phillipstown Community Hub will re-open. Most staff will return to work at our sites and some staff will continue to work remotely. All…
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Effective 11:59pm Tuesday 31st August 2021, Canterbury will be at Alert Level 3. Purapura Whetu will continue to operate under Level 3, with the same changes to our services that you saw in Level 4. Our sites at 166 St Asaph Street and the Phillipstown Community Hub remain closed. Our staff will continue to work…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Alert Level 4
WE ARE STILL HERE TO HELP New Zealand is at Alert Level 4 (effective 11:59pm Tuesday 17th August 2021). Canterbury will remain at Level 4 for at least three days. Purapura Whetu continues to operate under Level 4, with the following changes to our services. Our sites at 166 St Asaph Street and the Phillipstown Community Hub…
Read MoreService Update 20 May 2020
Tēnā koutou e ngā ringa rehe, e ngā ringa raka i tu kaha ai ki te mahi pono rawa! Ara, mahia te mahi! Tihei Mauri ora! It is a reassuring to see that the COVID -19 pandemic approach is going positively in Aotearoa, and that we are moving through the alert levels in a predictable…
Read MoreCOVID-19 CEO update – 22/03/2020
Tēnā koutou katoa, As the efforts to contain Covid-19 escalate Purapura Whetu is making changes to adhere to the Government’s announcement that we are now at a Risk Level 2. Alert Level Two is where the disease is contained but the risks are growing because we have more cases. This is when we…
Read MoreCOVID-19 CEO Update – 17/3/2020
Tēnā koutou katoa, This message is to keep you up to date, as to how Purapura Whetu Trust is responding to the COVID –19 pandemic and how we can work together to keep our communities safe and well. Purapura Whetu intends to continue to support whānau at this time and take safe practical measures…
Read MoreMuslim Community Support at Purapura Whetu
We are very excited to welcome five new kaimahi to the Purapura Whetu whānau. Yesterday at Rehua Marae we held a powhiri for our new Muslim community support workers who have come on board to help support the health and social needs of the Muslim community in Christchurch. We have worked with the Muslim community…
Read MoreChristmas Closure 2017
Kia Ora, Please note that Purapura Whetu will be closed from the 23rd December 2017 – 26th December 2017 During the period of 27th December to 12th January we will have a small number of staff available in the office and over the phone to offer support to current clients. Please phone 03 379 8001…
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