A different kind of bank: Mangakino community fights firewood poverty
3 Mar, 2021 08:33 PM
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Jan Heath is happy with her firewood from the Mangakino Firewood Bank. Photo / Charlene Campbell
Taupō & Tūrangi Weekender
Four years ago when a doctor from Mangakino Health Services opened a bank account for a firewood club, the banker said "not many other practices around Taupō do this".
All geared up for their fifth winter, Mangakino Health Services practice manager Charlene Campbell said the Mangakino Firewood Bank was born out of a Ministry of Internal Affairs pilot community-led development project.
Pilots were run in four areas in New Zealand; Whirinaki, Mt Roskill, North East Valley, and Mangakino.