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Early life

Raised in a nurturing, caring family of modest means, Turner, from a young age, had a strong sense of fairness and an awareness that there was a great deal of suffering in the world due to poverty. She recalled being deeply affected by stories of the starving victims of the Biafran famine and how this contrasted with her own secure life. She said that although her family were poor, "there wasn’t a sense of being left out. It wasn’t like now when we’re seeing wealth concentrated more and more into the 1 per cent."[1] Later, inequalities seen while working in Africa and India made her determined to take action, not just overseas, but also in New Zealand where it was becoming obvious to Turner that poverty was increasing and there was a link between low income and health. Turner expressed that a lack of resources needed to be addressed by government policy directives to distribute wealth more fairly. She said that this political approach to health as a social issue of inequality was shaped by an introduction to liberation theology and has noted "we can't live inside someone else's skin. We can only listen to people's stories and try to understand."[1]

Early Life
Turner was raised in a Catholic family of modest means. She recalls being conscious of inequality and poverty at an early age' particularly the effects of the Biafran famine. A determination to take action was further driven by work in Africa and India and later in New Zealand. Turner became convinced there is a link between low income and health. Turner expresses the view that a lack of resources needs to be addressed by government policy directives to distribute wealth more fairly. [1]