14 Apr 2020

Coronavirus: Students plead for financial help through lockdown

From Morning Report, 6:44 am on 14 April 2020

Tertiary students are hoping a promised government package will help students struggling to pay for essentials like food and power because of the lockdown.

Students associations say weekly student allowance and loan payments barely cover rent for many students and the casual or part-time work they depend on for other expenses has stopped.

RNZ's education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.