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Kiwi households spend $77 per week on goods linked to modern slavery, report claims

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Publish Date
Tue, 21 Nov 2023, 6:28pm
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Kiwi households spend $77 per week on goods linked to modern slavery, report claims

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 21 Nov 2023, 6:28pm

Electronics have been found to be the most likely product to come from modern slavery.

World Vision has found New Zealand households spend $77 per week on average on products implicated in modern slavery.

This includes clothing, toys, coffee, bananas, furniture, phones and laptops.

Head of Advocacy and Justice Rebekah Armstrong says EVs, e-bikes and solar panels are also impacted.

"It's really interesting that in the transition to cleaner energy, we're actually potentially using products that harm children and people in forced labour."

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