13 Sep 2018

Minimum wage: The mum spending all her pay on rent

12:20 pm on 13 September 2018

In the fourth episode of Minimum, a short documentary about women working for minimum wage, laundry worker Sheree earns $490 a week but must come up with $500 for rent.

Read about Minimum, and watch the previous episodes here

*Minimum was produced for RNZ by Notable Pictures, with the support of Loading Docs, and with funding from NZ On Air

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