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Pencils, pens, textbooks and a full uniform might seem like the basics for any school student, but many families are relying on donations to start the school year.
Several schools across New Zealand can fund parts of their school uniform through their own coffers, local community trusts and donations.
But some school principals said covering back-to-school costs means they have to make sacrifices elsewhere.
It's that time of year... families are making trips to their school's uniform shop and rushing to print out school stationery lists.
But for many families in Aotearoa buying back-to-school basics has never been so expensive.
Checkpoint spoke to some p
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