• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to footer

Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa

Te Rūnanga O Whaingaroa has an operational service delivery arm focused on the delivery of Whānau Ora holistic services to all resident families/whanau and individuals seeking assistance in our geographic area.

  • Home
  • Rūnanga
    • Board/Governance
    • Staff
    • Vacancies
    • Rohe
  • Services
    • Whānau Ora Kaiarahi
    • Building Financial Capability
    • Kaumatua / Kuia Support
    • Puna Playgroups
    • Rheumatic Fever
    • Auahi Kore- Smoking Cessation
    • Housing – Kāinga Ora
    • Road Safety and Driver Licence Support
    • Social Services
  • Te Ūkaipō
    • Iwi Resource Management Plan
  • Resources
  • Registration
  • Scholarships
  • Contact
  • 2019 – HUI A IWI

3 new cases of COVID-19

 17 February 2021

There are two new cases of COVID-19 in the community, and one new case in managed isolation.

Auckland February cases

Both of today’s community cases are linked to the previous Auckland February cases.

Both cases are students at Papatoetoe High School. Case D is a classmate, and had already been identified as a close contact, of Case A. Case E is Case D’s sibling.

Case interviews are continuing and we will have further information, including any locations of interest, at a media conference at 4.30pm.

Wastewater

We have received the first results from ESR’s wastewater testing for 15 February.

So far, they have found no evidence of any community cases of COVID-19 in wastewater sampled.

Results for Monday 15-Feb

  • Auckland Western and Eastern Interceptors, North Shore (Rosedale), Rotorua, and Christchurch all returned negative.
  • The South Western Interceptor (Auckland) returned a positive result, which is a consequence of COVID-19 cases at the Auckland quarantine facility. The levels detected are consistent with those seen over the last month.
  • Samples collected from the Papatoetoe catchment area arrived this morning and are being processed today. Hamilton samples are also being processed today.
  • Further results will follow as they are received and tested throughout the week.

Contact tracing

Contact tracing has identified 128 close contacts associated with Cases A, B and C. Of these, 76 have tested negative; there is one positive (Case D) and 49 results are pending.

Case investigation and contact tracing for Cases D and E is currently underway.

As at 1130 this morning, a total of 31 close contacts and 1523 casual plus contacts have been identified at Papatoetoe High School.

Of those, 29 close contacts have returned negative results, one positive result (Case D), and one is outstanding.

Of the casual plus contacts, 1159 have returned negative results, there is one positive (Case E), and 363 are outstanding. It’s important to note that Case E is a close contact of Case D, but for the purpose of test reporting is classified as casual plus.

Testing

Community testing centres in Auckland remain steady today, with no significant wait times reported at any of the ten community testing centres or pop-ups.

As at 11am, the wait time at the Otara CTC was less than 20 minutes and less than 10 minutes at the Wiri CTC. There are no reports of queues at any of Auckland’s other CTCs.

We want to thank our Auckland communities for getting tested – since Sunday, more than 20,000 tests have been performed in the community.

Today there are 10 community testing sites available testing in Auckland, including the pop-up testing centre at Kohuora Park in Papatoetoe.

We are monitoring the situation continuously and will continue to increase capacity and hours at the current CTCs and open new CTCs as needed.

We would like to thank the public for their patience while teams work tirelessly to test everyone who needs a test.

There is room and resource to test everyone – but we need your help to get testing running quickly and easily.

  • If you were not at a location of interest at the stated times and you have no symptoms you do not need to be tested.
  • If you were at the locations of interest at the times stated, you need to get a test.
  • If you have symptoms but have not been to a location of interest stay home and call Healthline for advice.
  • Be patient, take care, they do want to talk to you.
  • If you do have to wait for a test, our frontliners ask for your patience and empathy, please be kind

All community testing centres in the metro Auckland experienced a big increase in demand for testing yesterday.  As at 11am today (17 February), labs in metro Auckland had registered 7,010 tests from yesterday (16 February) – this number will increase throughout today. Swabs are registered up to 48 hours after the test is carried out.

Labs across the Auckland region are coping well and the current turnaround time for test results is 48 hours and extra staff have been rostered on to help manage any surge in the number of tests needing to be processed.

For up-to-date information on testing locations in metro Auckland, visit www.arphs.health.nz/covid19test . Testing locations nationally are also available at www.healthpoint.co.nz

New border case details

Arrival date From Via Positive test day/reason Managed isolation/quarantine location
14 February Kazakhstan United Arab Emirates day 1 / routine testing Auckland

The total number of active cases in New Zealand is now 49. Our total number of confirmed cases is 1,984.

The total number of tests processed by laboratories to date is 1,613,211.

On Tuesday our laboratories processed 17,439 tests.

The seven-day rolling average up to yesterday is 6,466 tests processed.

Historical cases  

Since January 1, there have now been 29 historical cases, out of a total of 174 cases.

NZ COVID Tracer

NZ COVID Tracer now has 2,636,000 registered users.

Poster scans have reached 182,799,643. More than 1,024,397 poster scans have been recorded since midday yesterday.

Users have created 7,486,108 manual diary entries.

Type of information about COVID-19 Website link
Main webpage for all information about COVID-19 https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus

 

 

 

https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-novel-coronavirus-health-advice-general-public

 

Tikanga and gatherings

 

  • Detailed information guide about public events and mass gatherings including information for event organisers etc.

 

 

https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-novel-coronavirus-information-specific-audiences/covid-19-advice-public-events-and-mass-gatherings

 

Health care advice:

  • Caring for yourself and others who have, or may have, COVID-19 at home

 

 

 

 

  • Contact tracing

 

 

 

  • Countries and areas of concern

 

 

 

  • Face mask and hygiene advice

 

 

 

 

  • Managing your mental wellbeing

 

 

 

 

  • Self-isolation guidance for people returning to New Zealand

 

 

https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-novel-coronavirus-health-advice-general-public/caring-yourself-and-others-who-have-or-may-have-covid-19-home

https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-novel-coronavirus-health-advice-general-public/contact-tracing-covid-19-novel-coronavirus

https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-novel-coronavirus-health-advice-general-public/contact-tracing-covid-19-novel-coronavirus

 

https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-novel-coronavirus-health-advice-general-public/covid-19-novel-coronavirus-face-mask-and-hygiene-advice

 

https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-novel-coronavirus-health-advice-general-public/covid-19-novel-coronavirus-face-mask-and-hygiene-advice


https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-novel-coronavirus-health-advice-general-public/covid-19-novel-coronavirus-self-isolation

 

Welcome to Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa

Te Rūnanga O Whaingaroa (TROW) was established in 1991, to protect resources and deliver services for the whānau of Whaingaroa.

We focus on the delivery of Whānau Ora holistic services to all resident families/whanau and individuals seeking assistance in our geographic area.

TROW’s main operational arm delivers support across;

Social well being – Health – Education – Housing Repairs and Emergency Housing – General information/advice services.

We offer free access to help such as social workers, financial capability budget mentoring, play-center,  driver licensing assistance,  positive parenting, whanau ora planning, pre-employment preparation and placement services, and smoking cessation.

TROW is a Mandated Iwi Organisation in the Māori Fisheries Act 2004, an Iwi Aquaculture Organisation in the Māori Aquaculture claims settlement Act 2004, and Represents Ngāpuhi / Ngāti Kahu ki Whaingaroa as an “Iwi authority” for the Resource Management Act 1991, registered as a Charitable Trust based in the mid/far north.

Te Rūnanga O Whaingaroa is also the 100% shareholder of our Asset Holding Company Whaingaroa Fisheries Company Limited and supports distributions to registered beneficiaries through Marae as well as through educational scholarships and sports/cultural grants to individuals and teams.

 

Iwi Register

Whanau can now register online as a beneficiary of Ngapuhi Ki Whaingaroa and Ngati Kahu Ki Whaingaroa

Te Ūkaipō

Resource Management & Marae Development where we all have a responsibility to exercise kaitiakitanga

Services

Find a complete list of services which Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa offers to its beneficiaries

Like Us

Keep up to date with any news by liking our Facebook page

Footer

PRINCIPLES Underpinning our vision are:

Whaingaroatanga: Defining and building on our uniqueness

Whakawhānaungatanga: Understanding the value of relationships and the need to maintain and strengthen them based on mutual respect

Kaupapatanga: Being driven from values within rather than reactive to external influences

Sustainability: Ensuring that all we engage in contributing to sustainable processes and outcomes

 

Login