How do I overlap text boxes on Pages 5.2?

I am trying to add a few text boxes to a document in Pages 5.2 and can't seem to do this without it hiding some of the text. Any ideas anyone?
Thanks

Turn off Text Wrap on the objects:
select the Textboxes > Toolbar > Format > Arrange > Text Wrap > None
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