Impact of lockdown sees popular Taranaki cafe close for good

Can't view this email, [click here]( [Taranaki Daily News Banner]( 24 April 2020 Hi {NAME}, Catch up on the most popular Taranaki Daily News stories you might have missed this week. [Large Article Image]( [Impact of lockdown sees popular Taranaki cafe close for good]( When Laurent Manderson shut the doors of his coastal Taranaki cafe on March 22, he had no idea he would not be opening them again. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Large Article Image]( [The wheely wash - a Taranaki builder's lockdown invention]( Foot pedals turn on the water and soap so there's no need to touch anything at a wheely wash station. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Leaders pushing for Taranaki to move levels sooner than other regions]( Plans are being developed to give Taranaki a chance of moving down Covid-19 alert levels sooner and being open for business even if other regions are not. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Beachfront living during lockdown 'torture' for pro surfer Paige Hareb]( Paige Hareb can see the surf from her lounge, but can't enter the water. The waves haven't been great, which helps, she says. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Random community-based testing to be carried out in Taranaki]( Already the targeted testing has been carried out in Queenstown, Waikato, Canterbury and Auckland. This week it will be in Taranaki, Northland and Tairawhiti. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Arson attack on New Plymouth bike park]( A New Plymouth bike park volunteers have poured thousands of hours into has been vandalised and set on fire. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre co-directors resign after one year in the job]( The first ever co-directors of New Plymouth's Govett Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre have resigned after only one year in the job. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Birthday serenade for wife sparks Taranaki man's weekly neighbourhood concert]( All John Paki Paki's wife wanted for her lockdown birthday was a song. He's now serenading his whole street once a week. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [The New Plymouth neighbour who built a DVD library for all]( Iain Malloy has watched villages fall apart when communities don't come together so he knows every little bit helps. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Taranaki leaders welcome next week's move to level 3]( Taranaki leaders are welcoming the decision to bring the country out of the highest level of lockdown next week. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( Stuff daily quiz Have you taken part in today's quiz? [See what it takes to reach the top of the leader board.]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google Plus]( [Unsubscribe]( [Newsletter Settings]( [Privacy Policy]( [Advertise]( [Feedback](