Hardship and resourcefulness: Covid-19 lockdown for low-income Kiwis

Low-income New Zealanders experienced hunger and isolation during last year's Covid-19 lockdown, but were resourceful and backed the approach to the pandemic, a study has found.
Food parcels prepared at Ngā Whare Waatea marae during lockdown last year (file photo). The University of Otago study found support from charitable organisations was crucial for low-income New Zealanders in lockdown.
Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro
The University of Otago study
Life During Lockdown explored the experience of low-income New Zealanders and their advice to government about addressing future pandemics.
Interviews with 27 with low-income people were carried out in June and July 2020, immediately after lockdown was lifted, for the study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal

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