24 Dec 2020

Budgeting service sees huge spike in pensioners needing food

From The Panel, 4:08 pm on 24 December 2020

The Mangere Budgeting Service says they have seen a 46 percent spike in pensioners needing food in the past two years. Darryl Evans, who runs the service, says the problem is crippling rents. He joins The Panel to discuss.

Unrecognizable health visitor and a senior woman during home visit. A nurse giving tea to an elderly woman sitting at the table. Close up.

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