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Meals on Wheels

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Meals on Wheels

In 2008, 79-year-old volunteer Doris Fiddell had been delivering meals in Auckland for 45 years. Meals on Wheels is an important social service for many older people and is often staffed by older volunteers. 

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Peggy Koopman-Boyden, Older people – Lifestyles, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/26707/meals-on-wheels (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Peggy Koopman-Boyden, published 22 March 2011.