Emergency Housing
State house offered to man with disability still empty
Shane Emeny who is paralysed has been stuck in emergency housing for four years waiting for a house to become available. But even though one did a year ago, it still has to be modified to suit his… Audio
Govt to try new approach getting people out of emergency housing
The government is trying a new approach to get people who have been in emergency accomodation for a long time into more stable housing. Two providers - Wellington City Mission and Emerge Aotearoa in… Audio
The investment fund aiming to fix the housing crisis
A $90 million housing fund promises to tackle the Bay of Plenty's housing crisis
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The investment fund aiming to fix the housing crisis
A $90 million housing fund promises to tackle the Bay of Plenty's housing crisis
Group of exploited migrant workers told to vacate emergency housing
A group of exploited migrant workers have been told they must vacate emergency housing by ten o'clock Friday morning.
The men - many of whom paid thousands of dollars to come to New Zealand for work… Audio
The Week in Detail: Bilingual signs, starving universities, and vulnerable men
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: Bilingual signs, starving universities, and vulnerable men
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioMen without a safe place to call home
How do some of society's most vulnerable people – men in particular – fall into insecure housing? Audio
Men without a safe place to call home
How do some of society's most vulnerable people – men in particular – fall into insecure housing?
AudioAround the motu: Kelly Makiha in Rotorua
Kelly has a heartwarming story from an anonymous local businessman who has paid for a new play ground for the Rotorua Seventh-day Adventist School on Fenton St. The street is at the core of emergency… Audio
Around the motu: Felix Desmarais in Rotorua
Emergency housing in motels has been a huge issue in Rotorua for three years, starting in the first Covid lockdown and it has proliferated since then. Felix says the main issue is its concentration… Audio
Motel emergency accommodation 'damaging' - Rotorua Mayor
Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell says it is very disappointing to hear the Social Development Minister say there is no end date for Rotorua motels being used as emergency housing.
"It is absolutely one of… Video, Audio
Rotorua residents, businesses describe emergency housing 'fiasco'
Residents and business owners have called the emergency housing system in Rotorua a "fiasco".
Today, locals and businesses told the housing ministry how the programme affects their lives and… Video, Audio
Govt warned of human rights risks in emergency housing years ago
Documents released to RNZ have shown the government was warned emergency housing law changes put human rights in jeopardy - even by the Ministry of Health.
'Appalling state of affairs': More people living in emergency housing for longer
Emergency housing is supposed to be short-term for those most in need, but some residents have now lived in motels for two years or longer - with no immediate end in sight.
The Week in Detail: Lotto, rugby and local elections
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: Lotto, rugby and local elections
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioThe 'spicy' mayoral races you haven't heard about
Outside our bigger cities, Aotearoa's smaller centres are seeing stacked races and fraught local issues. Audio
The 'spicy' mayoral races you haven't heard about
Outside our bigger cities, Aotearoa's smaller centres are seeing stacked races and fraught local issues.
AudioWilliams lashes out at Willis over emergency housing
The Police Minister lashed out at National's Nicola Willis in Parliament on Tuesday after a range of questions over crime in emergency housing.
Poto Williams was defending a response she gave back in… Audio
