Here are the challenges being faced in Auckland as the Government’s emergency housing throws them onto the street…
Most people in urban Auckland who applied for emergency housing in August were declined.
That’s according to new data from the Ministry of Social Development that shed light on how the system is working one year on from the Government’s contentious changes that tightened the gateway to emergency housing.
Urban Auckland is home to some of the country’s most socially deprived communities and where almost two-thirds of applications for urgent shelter made in August 2025 were declined.
Some 642 applications for emergency housing were made in the month in urban Auckland and 402 of these were declined.
Emergency housing applications nationally have been declining for several years but this fall became more rapid when the Government introduced new rules in August 2024, which allow officials to decline grants if they believe a person has caused or contributed to their own need.
This is Tāmaki Makaurau MP Oriini Kaipara posting on Instagram…
….Ummmmm.
What?
Oriini is having a break because the civil war inside te Pati Māori is stressful?
Tāmaki Makaurau has enormous homelessness and unemployment issues.
They don’t have the luxury of a $168,600 MPs salary and the ability to step back because it’s all a bit stressful.
That feels very flakey and a disservice to those who voted her in.
What is confusing is why it is confusing. The Māori Party Leadership worked their fingers to the bone for her victory, and yet when she is getting contacted to discuss things, claims are she is saying it’s all too ‘triggering’ for her.
In comparison, Doc was posting sectarian Māori only rhetoric days before her election day.
Not turning up for the very people who fought to get you elected feels like the quickest way for Peeni Henare to win the seat back.
Food inflation was 4.7% again.
Voters in Tāmaki Makaurau will be focused on that while noticing the absence.
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Looks like the sense of entitlement is not confined to Luxon and his team? Typical management attitude in my experience, they want the high salary but don’t like the idea of actually working for it.
“Look, Margaret, I’m hard out agreeing with Matua-of-the-Most. Can’t you try harder?”
“Jack, you have no idea what we suffer.
There OUR Pig now insults Oriini.”
“No problem. I’m ready to take this one on.
Pig Jake is more easily triggered. MUCH more.”
“Jack, I’m beginning to get it — this Tikanga is Timely thing.”
“Yes, sometimes tolerance is wrong.
“Oi, OUR Pig, that Pig Jake had it coming to him.”
“When, ladies?”
The Sisterhood, hey Jake.