Some of those families have complex health needs, including Geoff Ward.
Geoff has Parkinson s disease and his health is slowly declining. He and his wife Maureen can only afford to live in a caravan due to their benefit budget constraints. We ve got three boxes of Christmas decorations in Tokoroa but we ve got no room in the caravan for things like a Christmas tree or anything like that. Basically we re not really going to celebrate it this year.
Geoff and Maureen Ward can only afford to live in a caravan due to their benefit budget constraints and circumstances.
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