Are you part of the working poor?

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

Many New Zealanders work fulltime, but still can't afford the basics. They are the county's 'working poor'. 

The working poor are those people whose incomes fall below a given poverty line due to a lack of work hours, low wages and high living costs. 

Are you one of the country's 'living poor'?

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*** Working, but poor

* Rising living costs seeing more families turning to food banks

* Families struggle to afford the rising cost of back-to-school requirements

* One in 10 New Zealand families fell into 'Struggle Street 

* No simple answer to help New Zealand's poor**