Recently 10,000 masks Lanaco N95 masks were delivered to the NZ Food Network (NZ FN)which organises the Food Hubs and Kiwi Harvest.
NZ Food Network had approached Lanaco to purchase some masks as Ministry of Social Development had asked them to deliver food parcels to those in isolation at home. It is understandably very important to them that their volunteers are protected as best as possible as they do this work.
MSD then agreed to provide the funding via Rotary to the NZ Food Network for the additional 30,000 masks.
The NZ Food Network is reaching out to the Food Relief groups around the country to ask them for orders of masks that will also go through the same process. They will be ordering at a rate of a minimum of 1000 masks at a time.
The Rotary Oceania website https://rotaryoceania.zone/page/one-million-masks has been updated and has the full information on how to order masks for communities and schools. Note that schools are now required to have staff and students from age 12 up to wear quality masks.