Drowning in debt: Budget services reveal clients owe $50m - and rising
20 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM
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Some people in the Bay are drowning in debt. Photo / Getty Images
Struggling Bay of Plenty families are drowning in debt - with cripplingly high-interest loans driving many to despair. Two Bay budget services, whose clients have accumulated more than $50 million in arrears, say debt levels are soaring, along with housing costs, and the financial fallout of Covid-19 on working families is still being felt.
Some clients were struggling to survive, people were sleeping in cars and children were going to school hungry.
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Drowning in debt: Budget services reveal clients owe $50m - and rising
20 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM
5 minutes to read
Some people in the Bay are drowning in debt. Photo / Getty Images
Struggling Bay of Plenty families are drowning in debt - with cripplingly high-interest loans driving many to despair. Two Bay budget services, whose clients have accumulated more than $50 million in arrears, say debt levels are soaring, along with housing costs, and the financial fallout of Covid-19 on working families is still being felt.
Some clients were struggling to survive, people were sleeping in cars and children were going to school hungry.
Rotorua Daily Post Christmas Appeal: The highlights so far
16 Dec, 2020 09:00 PM
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The Salvation Army s annual Fill the Bus appeal.
The Rotorua Daily Post Christmas Appeal for the Salvation Army Foodbank wraps up on Saturday and in the last six weeks, there have been endless highlights.
Since the appeal launched on November 7, donations have rolled in from every corner of Rotorua.
Reporter David Beck looks at some of the highlights.
Week One: November 7-15
The first week of the Rotorua Daily Post Christmas Appeal saw local medical centres put their hands up to back the cause.
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Ranolf Medical Centre opted to Fill the Caravan as a show of support. The caravan in question was loaned to the medical centre by the Salvation Army during lockdown, giving them a place to safely administer flu shots.