Charities. Pensioners - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 11 Jul 2024 04:36:04 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Charities. Pensioners - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Northland charities facing increased demand from pensioners as living costs hit home https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/07/11/northland-charities-facing-increased-demand-from-pensioners-as-living-costs-hit-home/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 05:54:07 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=173063 Several Northland charities are struggling to keep up with the significant increase in service demands from pensioners desperately trying to make ends meet. For one Moerewa woman in her 70s, paying her bills and asking for help was not easy. "Like most elderly, I don't want to feel like I'm a burden to anyone," Moana Read more

Northland charities facing increased demand from pensioners as living costs hit home... Read more]]> Several Northland charities are struggling to keep up with the significant increase in service demands from pensioners desperately trying to make ends meet.

For one Moerewa woman in her 70s, paying her bills and asking for help was not easy.

"Like most elderly, I don't want to feel like I'm a burden to anyone," Moana Baragwanath said.

"That's why we live in leaky houses and can pay some bills but not others," she added. Read more

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