Stars of the season...

• Published date: 24 June 2022
• Publication title: Otago Daily Times: Web Edition Articles (New Zealand)

For the second year in a row, donated food was laid out to represent the Matariki constellation in the Octagon, where it was collected in Dunedin's city centre

The stars were used to represent the "harvest time" symbolised by the holiday, Family Works practice manager Deb Gelling said.

Due to the increasing cost of living and "the pressures for everybody in the community", Mrs Gelling said the appeal's organisers knew this year was also a difficult year for some people to give.

The appeal usually resulted in donations of between 12,000 and 16,000 cans of food. It aimed to re-stock the Family Works foodbank with...