Helen Robinson

Ongoing anti-social behaviour in central Auckland is prompting safety concerns among business owners and tourism operators, as more people flock into Downtown for summer. Co-owner of Vivace Restaurant… Audio

Auckland business owners want a bylaw changed that would allow the council to trespass people when they're deemed to be a risk to public safety.

It comes as owners say antisocial behaviour is out of… Audio

The Auckland City Mission will work with Fire and Emergency to investigate a fire at the mission's James Liston Hostel in Freemans Bay yesterday. The small fire was quickly extinguished with… Audio

How do some of society's most vulnerable people – men in particular – fall into insecure housing? Audio

Tomorrow is Budget Day and a big focus is likely to be on trying to ease the cost of living crisis for New Zealanders. The Auckland City Mission goes further - saying food security must be a critical… Audio

Hundreds of people have been displaced after flooding affected homes across Auckland, and social organisations have been flat out providing shelter and support.

Auckland City Mission has already… Audio

The cost of food has increased by 8-point-3 per cent since last August and with it comes a concern that it might drive more people to lead unhealthy lifestyles, with junkfood often cheaper than… Audio

An investigation's underway after Auckland Council staff classified an elderly homeless woman, who was later found dead in her car, as a freedom camper, and had not done more to help her.

Yesterday… Video, Audio

A decade in the making, the Auckland City Mission's new building - HomeGround - has finally opened its doors. The Detail takes a look behind the scenes to find out what difference it will make for the… Audio

There will be no repeat of the massive push to get all homeless people off the streets before the coming Omicron outbreak takes hold.

During the first nationwide lockdown in 2020, Government agencies… Audio

Three Auckland marae are teaming up to run Christmas drive-throughs, giving away parcels to whanau in desperate need of holiday cheer.

Together with Auckland City Mission, Maori providers are filling… Audio

This week the Auckland City Mission was handed the keys to a brand new nine-storey building on Hobson Street. It's called HomeGround, and heralds an exciting new phase for the mission's work. Auckland… Audio

The Auckland City Mission is hoping to bring Christmas cheer to the city's homeless this year - despite the difficulties posed by Covid restrictions. Auckland City Missioner Helen Robinson tells… Audio

The Auckland City Mission is working overtime to deliver Christmas spirit to those who need it most. It expects to provide about nine thousand parcels of food this year, and if all someone wants for… Audio

Covid restrictions have hit the communal Christmas lunches throughout the country with all of the main events cancelled. Auckland City Mission have also cancelled their annual sit-down lunch but those… Audio

Vaccine passes are now live and the government's website has this morning been swamped with requests.

This signals, hopefully, a summer with greater freedoms for people who are vaccinated against… Audio

Delta is attacking some of New Zealand's most marginalised groups - including those living in insecure or inadequate housing.

In the final part of our series on lockdown and poverty, RNZ social… Audio

Covid-19 may have tipped 18,000 more children into poverty.

The Child Poverty Action Group says its modelling shows more whānau have been doing it tough since the nationwide lockdown - with Māori and… Audio

The head of Auckland City Mission says is unacceptable that so many kiwi families can't put food on the table and benefits must rise substantially for that to change.

The latest child poverty… Audio

What do you get when you combine eight Southlanders, a 1980s-era tractor and almost 600 kilometres of state highway?

Well, a step closer to better health care in the south if all goes to plan.

A… Audio