25 Jun 2020

Family relationships stayed intact over lockdown - report

From Morning Report, 8:52 am on 25 June 2020

At the tail end of Alert Level 4, those who lost work were more likely to feel depressed and alone, and people in essential roles were more stressed and angry.

Remarkably, family relationships were on the whole left intact, and in some cases subject to a slight increase in functionality.

That's according to a survey of New Zealand families carried out during the last week of level four lockdown.

Victoria University of Wellington researcher Dr Kate Prickett speaks to Corin Dann.