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Story: Hawke’s Bay region

Social deprivation

Hawke’s Bay has an image of prosperity based on its agriculture and horticulture, but alongside this are stories of hardship. Areas defined as socially and economically deprived are found throughout the region.

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Reference: P. White and others, Atlas of socioeconomic deprivation in New Zealand: NZDep2006. Wellington: Ministry of Health, 2008

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Kerryn Pollock, Hawke’s Bay region – Society, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/zoomify/23946/social-deprivation (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 22 January 2010, updated 1 July 2015.