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Old 25-05-2008, 03:46 PM
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By Alice Hudson

Budgeting services and foodbanks are struggling to cope with unprecedented demand as rising living costs start to bite.

Waiting lists are getting substantially longer and more middle-class families are seeking financial help.

Luxuries are off the menu for all but the highest earners and the social cost is starting to hurt, with stress, depression, break-ups and family violence on the rise.

Mangere Budgeting and Family Support Services chief executive Darryl Evans told the Herald on Sunday families in financial dire straits were experiencing "extreme stress".

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