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CHRIS SKELTON/STUFF Kevin Cotton and Gillian Pool struggle to keep warm in their draughty, damp and mouldy social housing unit. (Video filmed in winter 2020) MAKING ENDS MEET: As the sting of Covid-19 hits home, Making Ends Meet by reporter VICKI ANDERSON and visual journalist CHRIS SKELTON offers a voice to those living and working on the frontlines of poverty. Kevin Cotton scuffs at the threadbare carpet beneath his feet in the bitterly cold social housing unit he shares with partner Gillian Pool. The wind whistles through the curtains in their bedroom from earthquake damage a decade ago,...

Tracey King is not able to drive because of her vision impairment. Bishopdale resident Tracey King has a vision impairment and is unable to drive. She tends to use four routes that previously had a blue, red, white, or green bus. “The bus has literally got to be on top of me before I see the number, so having the same colour, you're forever going to be stopping buses all the time,” she said. “You actually feel disempowered ... like you're not a part of society.” ALDEN WILLIAMS/Stuff King says teal is not most ideal colour contrast-wise either. At Riccarton Mall on a Friday night...