Some Auckland business owners are dousing homeless people with water in an effort to shoo them away from their shop fronts, but critics are calling the method inhumane. Auckland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Michael Barnett said homeless people could be intimidating and were not good for Auckland. “It’s the mess they leave behind, it’s Read more
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Many homeless people in Auckland living in cars
Friday, June 19th, 2015Auckland City Mission homeless outreach worker Charlotte Ama counted about 30 people living in cars and vans when she took NZ Herald reporters on a guided tour of the old Tank Farm area on the waterfront last Monday night. At times, she says, there are up to 50. Reporter Simon Collins and photographer Jason Oxenham Read more
House for homeless women making a difference
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
One year after opening its doors, the Wellington Homeless Women’s Trust House has become an established part of the Wellington social sector says Helen Wilson, the Trust’s the House manager. She says she is particularly proud of their new relationship with Arohata Prison, which is now a referrer to the Trust. Wilson says some of the Read more
Charity worker, 90, faces jail for feeding the homeless
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014
An American charity worker and two pastors face jail and fines for feeding the homeless at a Florida beachfront park. But 90-year-old Arnold Abbott, who runs the Love Thy Neighbour organisation, has vowed to continue the beachfront feedings at Fort Lauderdale. Fort Lauderdale’s city authority passed a new ordinance last month which tightens restrictions on Read more
Mother of 2 pays $375 a week for caravan park cabin
Friday, October 31st, 2014
Mother-of-two Mandy pays $375 a week for the one-bedroom caravan park cabin she shares with her two children aged 10 and 12. They moved to Western Park Village in Ranui, west Auckland, at Christmas as a last resort. “I hate it here,” she said. “I want to move out, I want my own place. There’s Read more
First count of those sleeping rough on Wellington’s streets
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014Wellington’s first ever count of those sleeping rough on the streets found 15 people fitting this description in the city and suburbs on the morning of August 8 Rough sleepers were counted on every downtown city block and in known locations for such people in suburban areas. Fifty volunteers helped in the count between 4am and Read more
More women, kids, homeless in Christchurch
Friday, September 20th, 2013Emergency housing and shelters are struggling to cope with the growing number of homeless women and children in Christchurch city. The Christchurch City Mission and YWCA say they are inundated with women and children desperately seeking emergency housing – at levels never seen before. Both say they have to turn away people, with the YWCA Read more
Residence for homeless women to be established in Wellington
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
The Wellington Homeless Women’s project, an initiative of four women – three religious, Srs Raye Boyle, Catherine Hannan, and Marcellin Wilson and Newtown lay pastoral leader Karen Holland, lead to the establishment of The Wellington Homeless Women’s Trust which recently announced that it has been able to secure a 2 year lease from 19 April 2013 for accommodation Read more
Caravan family given rent-free home
Friday, June 1st, 2012A Christchurch caravan family of five have said goodbye to their caravan and shifted into a rent-free Woolston home after a charitable Cantabrian came to their aid. A landlord, who wished to remain anonymous, offered the family a home for three months rent-free after their plight was featured in The Press two weeks ago. Continue Read more
Mercy Sister sets up Trust to help homeless women in Wellington
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
A charitable trust has been set up by Mercy Sister, Marcellin Wilson, to provide facilities in Wellington for homeless women who are at risk. Sister Marcellin said she first became aware of the need in 2010 when she received a call from the Wellington Central Police Station requesting accommodation for two women, 20 and 24, Read more