Stories

Even under COVID-19 Alert Level 4, our Meals on Wheels service continues to operate nationwide as the New Zealand Government has classified it as an essential service. Every day, remarkable volunteers continue to deliver healthy meals to people in their community.

The factory floor of St Michel is noisy with the sounds of drilling, hammering, and humming engines filling the air. On the left of the large room are Solomon Teweldebrhan and Maung Shwe, both studiously working on the half-made cabinets sitting on their benches.

Mitchell was only 12 when he fled his home in Vietnam. He was accepted for resettlement to New Zealand where he became an internationally recognised businessman.