Youth homelessness advocates are calling for more to be done to help vulnerable young people who don't have safe, stable accommodation.
In Auckland, the council says there was a 90% increase in homelessness since last September. It's hard to know exact figures but by some measures about half of all homeless are under the age of 25.
It's a complex problem but one advocates say has been compounded by changes to the emergency housing criteria last year.
Māhera Maihi is CEO of Mā te Huruhuru Charitable Trust which runs two youth housing whare with a specific kaupapa Māori approach.
She talks to Mihi about the need to be solution focused.
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