19 May 2023

New hub opens in Hamilton as safe place for at-risk teens

From Checkpoint, 6:11 pm on 19 May 2023

A new hub has opened in Hamilton that will be an all-hours safe place to help vulnerable young teenagers get back on track.

It comes after a spate of ram raids in Waikato, the latest of which saw four young people arrested, aged between 14 and 18 last month.

Called Kimi Manaakitanga, the hub is set up as a place to eat, hangout and sleep. Delphine Herbert is in Hamilton.