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Good Sorts: Meet the Christchurch women who started a breastmilk bank

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The pair have turned a tiny storage room into a place new mums can come and get what some call liquid gold. (Source: Other)

On this week's Good Sorts we meet the Christchurch women who started a breastmilk bank to help families keep their newborns nourished.

The pair have turned a tiny storage room into a place new mums can come and get what some call liquid gold.

Watch Jaqs MacFarlane and Yvonne Hiskemuller in action in the video above.

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