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.