Visions of a Helping Hand Trust to close Rotorua homeless laundry and shower service as funding dries up
It is open Monday to Friday from 9am to midday. The trust’s website says the service supports about…
Inside Auckland’s morning ‘wake-up’ patrol for homeless rough sleepers
Little movement, more coaxing – who is this character? He is a new face for the council compliance…
Government’s proposed homeless ‘move on’ law branded pointless by Northland advocates
“Our main streets and town centres have been blighted by disruption and disturbance,” he claimed. “Businesses are declining…
Rotorua reacts to new laws allowing police to ‘move-on’ homeless and beggars
“Oh my God, amazing. Finally,” the landlord, who spoke on the condition she was not named, told the…
Dax Holland homicide: Tauranga homeless community mourns ‘big guardian of downtown’
He said Holland had attended the service’s Thursday breakfasts at Lifezone Church in Judea consistently since “day one”…
Tauranga homeless community mourns Dax Holland’s ‘shock’ death
Holland was “very well-liked” and “very well-known” across Tauranga’s homeless community and other community meal providers, Stace said.…
Tauranga homeless community mourns Dax Holland’s ‘shock’ death
She estimated Holland to be in his 50s and described him as “a real character”. “He was a…
Mickey Rourke distances himself from fundraiser to stop his eviction
The assistant to Rourke’s manager Kimberly Hines, Liya-Joelle Jones, is listed as the creator of the GoFundMe, writing…
Whangārei charity Soul Food ends Monday night free meals after 14 years
The last dinner was a special Christmas one, on December 22. “It hasn’t been a light decision,” said…
Napier man’s bounce-back from life on the streets: ‘I would have been dead’
On a bright, sunny afternoon, sitting outside, clearly garden and house proud, he sees things as starting to…
Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell hits back at Labour’s homeless strategy criticism
A 2022 report estimated the city – New Zealand’s birthplace of international tourism – lost $17 million in…
Kevin Spacey says misconduct legal costs left him homeless as he plans Hollywood return
Spacey was ousted from Hollywood circles amid the #MeToo movement, when actor Anthony Rapp first publicly accused him…