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A new report showing one in three households have struggled to access affordable, nutritious food in the past year has come as a surprise even to the charities putting food on tables.
The Hunger Monitor is the country's first comprehensive tally of food insecurity and will serve as a benchmark for annual updates.
It surveyed 3000 people late last year.
From its warehouse in Manukau, South Auckland Christian Foodbank delivered 40,000 food parcels last year and chief executive Ian Foster said that number was climbing.
"I can remember in Covid we were doing 100 a day and we thought how the heck are we doing that, this year we've averaged 177 a day."
He founded the foodbank
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