New Zealand’s response to the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted a range of inequities across Aotearoa, with access to food perhaps the most noticeable.
As we slowly return to our new normal, community organisations who have been grappling with food and housing shortages say they do not want things to go back to how they were.
More than 16,000 food parcels have been distributed by Auckland Council’s emergency response teams. That is in addition to the parcels being handed out by marae, food banks and other community organisations. Those on the front lines say food insecurity is nothing new, but the Covid-19 lockdown has highlighted problems that need dealing with.
Checkpoint cameraman Nick Monro and reporter Nita Blake-Persen filed this report
