Homelessness

The head of Te Puea Marae has told an inquiry into homelessness that Housing New Zealand and Work and Income should merge into a single agency. Video

Some homeless Aucklanders are seeking driveways to rent so they can sleep in their cars.

A social housing advocacy group intends to seek a judicial review of the government's plan to sell more than 1000 state houses in Tauranga.

A real estate company suggested housing homeless people in tents and warehouses in an urgent report for the government. Audio

Manurewa Marae is opening its doors to the homeless, with a new 'Pō Marie' initiative to help those in need.

More than 250 submissions have been made to a cross-party inquiry into homelessness, which will have its first public hearing later this month.

The South Auckland marae which opened its doors to the homeless will no longer take in any more people from the end of this week.

Work and Income directed people to a property manager despite being told she was placing tenants in garages, a social worker says. Audio

Labour and the Greens are opening their own inquiry into homelessness after their attempt to do so via select committee was blocked by National Party MPs.

The Ministry of Education has come to the tēpu - or table - to help some of the tamariki at Te Puea marae in Auckland.

Police in Waikato are appealing for any last sightings of a man whose body was discovered in a cardboard bale in Hamilton. Audio

The body of a 40-year-old homeless man found in a cardboard bale at a recycling plant in Hamilton had been taken there by truck, police say.

Hundreds of people spent the night in their cars to protest against homelessness, and are calling on the government to do more.