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A Wellington Marae is adding period care products to its Christmas kai parcels this year as the cost-of-living crisis deepens forcing more people into period poverty.
KΕkiri Marae in the Lower Hutt suburb of Seaview has worked with Dignity since 2022 to include pads, tampons, and reusable options in its parcels.
Dignity CEO Lisa Maathuis said they work with over 250 different community partners across Aotearoa with KΕkiri being one of the biggest gifting partners, gifting about two and half thousand boxes of period products across three years.
"The benefit of working with places like KΕkiri Marae and our other
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