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Matua Peter Anaru grateful for unexpected Wh\u0101nau Ora packages.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kaum\u0101tua Peter Anaru called the Te Arawa Wh\u0101nau Ora hotline to thank the organisation for providing him with a hygiene pack and veteran\u2019s pack with food staples during the Covid-19 lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Matua Peter recalls during World War II when food, such as sugar and butter, was rationed and there was a limit to how much families could purchase from the grocery store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Covid-19 lockdown has certainly been a trying time for our kaum\u0101tua and kuia. But despite the disruption, their inner strength is amazing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8956,"template":"","categories":[15],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\u201cI appreciated the hygiene pack a lot because I was just about to make up a list to go down to Countdown to do my shopping,\u201d he says. \u201cI didn\u2019t have to go down to Countdown because everything I wanted was in the parcel that Wh\u0101nau Ora gave me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith the other pack, I had to store things away because they gave me too many items. I got eggs, milk, bread, butter, tins of fruit, vegetables \u2013 and that one was unexpected. I didn\u2019t expect to receive a parcel like that from Wh\u0101nau Ora.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was one of a family of six and we used to sit around the table while my mother dished out butter to everybody \u2013 just enough butter to go on your bread. She rationed everything.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith the lockdown, Wh\u0101nau Ora and other organisations have provided food and other things, which we didn\u2019t expect. But there were a lot of people who were very appreciative of what they received because they didn\u2019t have enough money and they had families to feed,\u201d says Matua Peter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n