19 May 2011

Southern Story for 19 May 2011 - Free meals in Lyttelton

From Afternoons, 3:25 pm on 19 May 2011

Elderly residents in Lyttelton have been enjoying free meals while their supermarket is closed and their town is being rebuilt. After February's earthquake, locals found that many of the community's older members felt isolated and had no means of buying groceries for themselves. Christchurch correspondent Katy Gosset finds that Lyttelton is a town that looks after its own.

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