Te Puea Marae chairman Hurimoana Dennis says homelessness and poverty are still major problems in the region nine months after the Manaaki Tangata programme was closed at the marae.
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Māori candidates for Tāmaki Makaurau to focus on ending homelessness
Candidates for the Māori Electorate seat of Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Puea Marae Chairman Hurimoana Dennis appeared on Kawe Kōrero tonight to highlight some of the biggest issues plaguing the extended Auckland community.
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Petition calls for end to homelessness in NZ
A petition signed by 10, 725 people has been delivered to Parliament calling on the Government to create an effective national strategy to end homelessness in New Zealand.
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Marama Davidson enters race for Tāmaki Makaurau electorate
Green Party MP Marama Davidson is set to run in the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate. Today, Davidson was selected as the Green Party's candidate in the Māori electorate for the second time.
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Salvation asks New Zealanders to end poverty through Red Shield Appeal
The Salvation Army head of social services Major Pam Waugh says New Zealand has a reputation as a beautiful and prosperous country that’s a great place to live and raise children. However for thousands of families living in poverty, the reality is very different.
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Labour promise more houses in greater Wellington
Homelessness is still the number one issue Labour is honing in on to take down National. Today, the party announced a plan to build 400 new houses around Wellington, most of which Labour says will be affordable houses. But Marama Fox says there is more to solving the issue than just building houses.
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Housing First initiative to help combat homelessness in Auckland
Today Social Housing Minister Amy Adams and Auckland Mayor Phil Goff launched Housing First Auckland, which aims to house 472 homeless Aucklanders and provide wrap-around services to address the causes of their homelessness.
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Community and business leaders sleep rough to end youth homelessness
Social development agency Lifewise wants business and community leaders to sign up and take part in the event which will see them experience life on the streets and raise critical funds to tackle homelessness.
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Love Soup Rotorua takes to street to highlight homelessness in community
Love Soup Rotorua is currently working with 40 families with the aim of finding them a place to call home. The group who help the homeless, took to the streets yesterday to highlight the problem with-in their community.
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Homeless shelters for men are in demand as homelessness in Wellington increases
Luke Williams, Jamie Siaosi, Kawana Pence and Rye Pou have been living on the streets for more than 3 years and they all say that it's safer to be out here on the street than in the few homeless shelters that there are around Wellington.