Kāinga Ora is now a sad joke looking for a punchline
Kāinga Ora is being accused of abandoning its public housing purpose as developments are scrapped, properties sold off and homelessness deepens.
Poverty
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Greens Slam Luxon Homelessness Crackdown
The Greens say Luxon is turning homelessness into a policing issue after policies they argue pushed more people onto the streets.
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Labour Slams National’s Homelessness Crackdown
Labour says National’s crackdown on rough sleeping won’t solve homelessness, it will just push vulnerable people out of city centres and into the suburbs.
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Capitalism Is Failing Tairāwhiti Youth
One in three young people in Gisborne are distressed, and no amount of resilience talk can hide the deeper failure: poverty, alienation and capitalism.
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TOP’s Tax Reset Takes Aim At NZ’s Property Obsession
TOP has finally dropped the tax grenade both major parties are too terrified to touch: stop rewarding property speculation and start investing in people.
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The horror that is MSD
When MSD starts calling homelessness a “narrative”, it’s not a bureaucratic slip. It’s a window into the contempt at the heart of a welfare system that punishes desperation.
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Marama Davidson on Fuel Shock, Iran War and the Cost of Living
As fuel prices rise and the Iran war drives new economic pressure, Marama Davidson joins Martyn Bradbury to talk cost of living, poverty, inequality and what real relief could look like.
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9,000 Turned Away — And Potaka Stands By It
As emergency housing access tightens, thousands more are being turned away — raising serious questions about who government policy is really serving.
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Children’s Commissioner Calls For Child Hardship Support
As fuel and food costs rise, Mana Mokopuna is warning that the children with the greatest needs are still being left out of Government support.
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It’s time to take food security in New Zealand seriously
Food insecurity is rising sharply in New Zealand, with foodbank demand surging despite the country producing enough to feed 40 million people.
