Since her sister resigned from her job, Aroha has been left to fill the financial void. “I know of a few here in Northland who are financially supporting their unvaccinated family members,” she says. But financial help service MoneyTalks said it had received calls since the change in Covid-19 requirements. Vaccination rates tend to correlate with deprivation, with rates the lowest in the country’s poorest areas. There are more affluent pockets of the country where vaccination rates are lower, and these tend to correlate with known anti-vax enclaves.

Source: Stuff December 23, 2021 02:37 UTC