Charities around the country have been reporting increasing levels of families in poverty with no signs of it slowing down. Award-winning journalist Rebecca Macfie has undergone extensive research in this area in her latest two books Hardship & Hope published through Bridget Williams Books and Pakukore which she co-edited.
Both books explore the everyday struggles whanau across the country are facing and analyses the systems, institutions and policies that perpetuate cycles of poverty.
Rebecca won the Bruce Jesson Journalism Prize in support of her book Tragedy at Pike River Mine, which provided extensive research and insights into the causes of the tragedy, putting a human face on the people who suffered - and suffer still.
She speaks to Susie about how we can achieve meaningful change.
Rebecca Macfie Photo: Bridget Williams Books
