Monday, 25 January 2021, 5:18 pm
Tēnā koutou e whakarongo mai nei ki a
Paakiwaha.
Paakiwaha is an exciting weekly current
affairs programme from a Māori perspective. Paakiwaha is
hosted today by Dale Husband and broadcast by Radio Waatea
with funding from New Zealand on Air.
On today’s
show, Hon Willie Jackson joins Dale to discuss the
government s aspirations for Māori heading into 2021 and
the challenges he ll face related to the Māori Affairs
portfolio.
In the wake of controversial Oranga
Tamariki CEO Grainne Moss resignation, Lady Tureiti Moxon
answers the question - what now? She says Māori can do a
Press Release – Radio Waatea Tn koutou e whakarongo mai nei ki a Paakiwaha. Paakiwaha is an exciting weekly current affairs programme from a Mori perspective. Paakiwaha is hosted today by Dale Husband and broadcast by Radio Waatea with funding from New Zealand on Air. …
Tēnā koutou e whakarongo mai nei ki a Paakiwaha.
Paakiwaha is an exciting weekly current affairs programme from a Māori perspective. Paakiwaha is hosted today by Dale Husband and broadcast by Radio Waatea with funding from New Zealand on Air.
On today’s show, Hon Willie Jackson joins Dale to discuss the government’s aspirations for Māori heading into 2021 and the challenges he’ll face related to the Māori Affairs portfolio.
“The need is phenomenal, look at the number of people staying in motels,” he said. Peiffer said he had been working with Rotorua’s homeless for more than six years now, “and it’s definitely getting worse”. He said people were being squeezed between rising rents, utility and food bills. “It’s out of control,” he said. Chadwick’s stance was also backed by Professionals real estate principal Steve Lovegrove, though he cautioned any new properties needed to be built to target the right market.
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Rotorua homeless advocate Elmer Peiffer said the housing crisis was evident simply from the number of people in motel emergency accommodation.
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 3:01 pm
Peak housing body, Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA)
welcomes the updated Public Housing Plan announced today by
Minister Woods, and the commitment by this Government to fix
New Zealand’s housing crisis.
The 8,000 additional
homes are a significant step forward in delivery and the
Government should be acknowledged for its housing
programme.
At the same time CHA urges the Government
not to stop here – 21,415 whānau on the housing waiting
list with thousands living in temporary housing and nowhere
to move to demands that we redouble our response and ensure
that all New Zealanders are afforded their basic human right