that is being led by the district health board.s there on the ground and fully involved in the co—ordination hub with other government departments. the second part of the response is at a national level. and as you will be aware we have been directing people to use the 1737 healthline. it can be phoned or directed via a web chat. what i can say is there has been a significant increase in use of that line, from people both in canterbury and around the country. and that is great to see. that includes a wide range of people, including individuals who we re people, including individuals who were directly caught up in the attacks in one or other of the mosques, through to ordinary new zealanders around the rest of the country. so, just to give you an idea of the volume of work that the mental health helpline is dealing with, yesterday they had 544 contacts from around the country. about 60% of those calls were answered within 20 seconds. and the average length of those calls was 38 minutes. so these are notjust average length of those c

civil defense image and see management group the ministry of social development canterbury district health board and for them support. the ministry of business and evasion and employments visa services facilitating image and see faces families of the injured and those that have passed away in face ministry of foreign affairs and trade and communication with international partners about information regarding the attack and providing travel advice and information on accommodation and venue's with visitors can attains to pay their respects and sympathies. the footage related to the tech has been classed as objectional objectionable so it is an offense under the new zealand law to possess share and to host it i understand the department of internal affair as is planning to issue an updated media statement around digital safety so more information can be found there. public condolence books are available the palin meant and the national library of new zealand and mulls with strace in wellington the national library is banned from nine am to five pm monday to friday and nine am to one pm on saturday.

and i now invite the canterbury district health board.e since 48 gunshot wounds turned up at christchurch hospital. today we have still 30 people in the hospital, nine of whom are still in intensive ca re nine of whom are still in intensive care and in a critical condition. there to patients who have been transferred over the last few days to auckland. one is a four—year—old child, transferred to starship hospital and herfather child, transferred to starship hospital and her father was transferred, and she remains in a critical condition. herfather transferred, and she remains in a critical condition. her father was transferred up to auckland was able to be close to his daughter and with his wife. and he is in a stable condition in auckland. part of the ongoing response to the patients that we have had so far, there will be ongoing multiple operations for a number of those patients and it will bea number of those patients and it will be a long—term recoveryjourney that many of them will be undertaking. at the same time, while we are deal

care with this is required for all those with acute medical injuries we are working with that district health board and provide is around the area and stash it to support these victims and if families for families of those who have lost people who have lost their lives we will provide a funeral grant and a survivor grant for patmos in families there is also additional support where there are children and other defendants. that amun christchurch as connected with a police family liaison offices who are dying to infect them and families to which with us we are fast tracking all claims so that there are no idolised any way to compensation or payment and we have seen two specialists from an exchange which if you meant down to christ used to wear it with tims. and terms of what is available from as to support families and victims we pay a tax free funeral grant of six thousand two hundred nineteen dollars and there is additional four thousand dollars of funding from the ministry of justice. as behind the sayings in order to support this so that it is a miss for families this money can also have a years

earlier, the chief of surgery at the canterbury district health board gave an update to the media....it is a bit challenging for people. you know, we are all part of the community and we are struggling with it as much as everyone else is. this is not something that we expected to see in our environment. we do see gunshot wounds, we do see all these type of injuries, but a0 or 50 people in a day is more than what we should see, so our staff are doing remarkably well. part of the reason that we are trying to take some of the pressure off the system through the week is to allow people to have a bit of a break. most people cope with things pretty well when you are doing things, it's when you go home and you think about it. when people come into hospital in an event like this, particularly with gunshot wounds, there are things that we need to do initially in terms of saving life and saving limbs, so our initial surgery, after having the patients triaged, is to deal with the life—threatening problems, what we call damage—control surgery. that's trying to stop bleeding, making sure the ai

within the past hour the chief of surgery at the canterbury district health board gave an update to the media. it is... it isa it is... it is a bit challenging the people, you know, we are all part of a community and we are struggling with it as much as anyone else. this is not something that we expected to see in our environment. we do see gunshots wounds and these injuries but 30-40 gunshots wounds and these injuries but 30—a0 people a day is not what we usually see. our staff are doing remarkably well. part of the reason that we are trying some of the pressure of the system through the week is to allow people to have a bit of a break. most people cope with things pretty well when you are doing things it is when you go home and think about it. in an event like this, particularly gunshot wounds, there are things we need to do initially in terms of saving lives and limbs and the initial surgery, after having the patient triage is to have a look at the vital injuries. making sure we stop bleeding. that the circulation system is preserved. the abcs you probably remember from your cpr days

they say they need to protect the district's financial health. the public relations boardtigation before teachers go on strike.>>> san francisco police and major-league baseball are investigating an incident that involved larry baer and his wife. in this video he reached across his wife to try to pull a cell phone from her hand and she fell to the ground. you heard her screaming. that is when three bystanders moved into separate them. in the video you can hear him saying stop to his wife. witnesses said they had been seated in the park for as long as a half hour before the altercation and the witnesses say it was the culmination of what appeared to be a long argument.>> the gentleman was towering over her and trying to grab something out of her hand and that is when he saw people come over and he let her go and she got up and ran away.>> in a statement released yesterday the couple said regrettably we had a heated argument in public over a family matter. we are deeply embarrassed and have resolved the issue. in a follow-up statement larry baer said i am truly sorry for the

district teachers voted to approve the new contract. it also includes an increase in a health for retired employees and lower student-to-staff ratios. the board of education is expected to ratify the agreement later this month. (vicki) in the north bay... one man is dead after a hit and run in santa rosa, and tonight police are still looking for the driver. it happened on westbound highway 12 near middle rincon road just before 1:30 this morning. police say a man was hit-- and the driver fled. investigators now looking for a blue 2006 mitsubishi raider pickup truck. poice say the truck will be missing the front passenger headlight and the front grill (vicki) a big story tonight... the editor of san francisco's famous thrasher magazine has died. jake phelps died in san francisco yesterday at the age of 56. phelps is famous for his skateboarding career and for being the editor of thrasher magazine... which has been published monthly in san francisco since 1981. no cause of death was released. (vicki) police in san francisco are looking for thieves who stole a safe from a church. it happened at saint dominic's catholic church. police say inside

election for north carolina's 9th district cited serious health condition an they unanimously decided to hold a new race. former u.n. ambassador nikki haley joining boeing boardafter a recent report that she's now charging 200,000 dollars in the use of a private jet for her speeches it seem she's found a friendly environment in the corporate establishment we wonder how that happened what is the reason for that? those answers to follow in the days and weeks ahead. british prime minister theresa may says she'll give parliament the chance to delay brexit that is to overturn the vote of the british people. may considering we're told a short limited extension if a second brexit vote fails, the u.k. is scheduled to leave the european union on march 29th there's no chance of the world that they could do that. under this establishment leadership many britain. a little authoritarian don't you think while trade talks continue, the united states sent two u.s. navy vessels to uss s and cesar chavez to taiwan straight a show of support for ally tige wan this fourth time since october that u.s. navy vessels sailed through the straight demonstrating free navigation for all

health commission. marisa rodriguez is here, representing district attorney george gascon. miss rodriguez is here, and robert torres who is here, the executive director of the rent stablization boardotten anybody, please for give me. god isn't finished working with me yet. jeff adaci is here, carmen chu, the treasurer. there's a particular reason i haven't mentioned the supervisors yet. i haven't gotten to them. okay. everybody else, congratulations to everybody else who's here who's not a public official. [applause] >> okay. we do this work 365 days a year. i just have one question. we are housed at 762 fulton street in the african american art and culture complex. it's a wonderful cultural institution, one of the best in the city. we've been there a number of years in that program. mayor breed was formerly executive director there. how many -- it's a rhetorical question, but how many of you have been to the african american art and culture complex in the last couple of years? wonderful. for all of those who have not been there, please come, visit. it's an incredible -- [inaudible] >> okay. i've got to go. so we're located in the cultural center, and that cultural center is locat

district teachers voted to approve the new contract. it also includes an increase in a health benefit plan, a trust for retired employees and lower student-to-staff ratios. the boardted to ratify the agreement later this month. (lawrence bay area weather) (grant) and attention e-a fans. we take you inside a new sports studio coming to the bay area. (sports tease) just ahead in sports....an agreement has been settled....the raiders will play at oakland coliseum next season...and possibly through the nfl can finally begin making the master schedules......>that's something they usually do in february....but the oakland raiders caused the holdup.....> well, the wait is finally over......>the raiders will pay 7.5 million plus the 750,000 they owe the city to play their home games this season in the coliseum....> it's an outcome that is long overdue and quite frankly shouldn't have even taken this long....>there's also an option for 2020 in case the team's new stadium in las vegas isn't finished.....> the warriors are fresh off one of their biggest wins of the season and now they'll look to win two in a row for the first time since february 12th....> yes you heard that