Young people from Paeroa

What they say...

“Poverty is…moving houses, always moving – stressful. Having to move in the middle of the night – unable to pay rent, scary. Don’t make a lot of friends if moving a lot.”

“Poverty is…not wanting to invite people to your house if you live in poverty”.

Definitions created by young people from Paeroa

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