15 Sep 2021

Feeding the family gets harder as lockdown ongoing in Auckland

From Checkpoint, 5:39 pm on 15 September 2021

As Auckland rolls into lockdown week five, feeding the family is getting harder for some. A major food bank in Auckland says it's packed nearly six thousand boxes of kai, with volunteers shocked by the number of people lining up for food.

They say demand is well above last year's level 4 lockdown.

Our reporter Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro have the story.