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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020
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the breadline Hayley Gastmeier Having a full tummy is something many of us take for granted. A balanced diet is vital for the health and wellbeing of our bodies and our minds. Your pantry and fridge may be full, your veggie garden may be blooming, and putting dinner on the table tonight is no problem. But that’s not the case for everyone. You only need to turn on the news to hear that poverty is alive and well right here in Aotearoa.
People are living in cars, councils are introducing measures to tackle homelessness and street begging, and food banks are reporting record numbers of parcel handouts. Feeding the family is tough for many Kiwis, and it’s no different here in Wairarapa. The terms food insecurity and food poverty are ones you may or may not be familiar with. Food insecurity, sometimes called food poverty, exists when people do not have adequate physical, social, or economic access to food. People are considered to be food secure when they have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food, which meets their dietary needs and enables an active and healthy life. Understanding how these terms relate to the Wairarapa community
has been the focal point of an in-depth research project commissioned by Connecting Communities Wairarapa and conducted by Greytown-based research consultancy, Planalytics. The research findings have been laid out in the report, Waste Not, Want Not: Food Insecurity in Wairarapa. Continued on page 3 Editorial page 12
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