Over 35,000 Christmas Boxes packed this year as Kiwis struggle with cost of living
A record number of Christmas Boxes have been packed this year with about 2500 volunteers packing more than 35,000 boxes for the charity initiative.
Each Christmas Box has $70 worth of food and can feed a family of four to six.
Head of Community Response Rebecca So’e said Christmas was supposed to be about celebration, but it puts some families under more pressure to figure out how they’re going to pay for the presents and treats that most families have during the Christmas season.
She said this year had been even tougher than last year for people in the communities they work in.
I think this year there will be 2 very different kinds of Christmas in NZ.
The wealthiest 25% of the country will kick up their heels at surviving 2025 and celebrating like the recession is ‘over’…
Pop the bubbly, the economic recovery is here (finally) – Liam Dann
…then there will be the other 75% who are hurting economically in a way they haven’t before just trying to hold on by their fingernails…
Cost of living crisis: More than half a million people rely on food charity each month
…but don’t you fret if you are out Christmas shopping, the Prime Minister is kindly looking at new powers to arrest the homeless that his policies are creating so you don’t have to feel any shame while you are being a consumer…
Prime Minister Luxon confirms action plan on ‘move-on’ orders for homeless, announcement soon
…this is what we is now.
This is who we have become.
Merry Christmas.
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dumb fucks, you dont even need to celebrate xmas its just another day yet ppl waste thousands of dollars they dont have on useless gifts and food