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Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Every day, David Letele and the workers at his Brown Buttabean food bank are run off their feet. From morning until well into the night, they're busy packing parcels by the hundreds to meet an unprecedented demand.
Letele's central Manukau foodbank is one of many across...

![David Letele, right, and his food bank workers are run off their feet packing parcels to meet unprecedented demand during a resurgence of the pandemic in New Zealand. Letele's central Manukau food bank is one of many across Auckland confronting a food crisis where vulnerable families are having to wait as long as a week for help. Currently, Auckland and the Northlands are still at Level 4, while the rest of New Zealand is at Level 3. [photo: courtesy David Letele] David Letele, right, and his food bank workers](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/nz_food_banks.jpg?itok=zjSE5-ss)