From San Francisco, Connor was placed into foster care as a 15-year-old and jumped between homes. She remembers feeling like she was treated as if she wasn’t the same as other kids her age and was always told to do the “suitable thing” rather than dream big.
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Connor sails past the Spirit of Adventure on the Waitematā Harbour. (File photo) But she didn’t stop those big dreams and arrived in New Zealand in December 2019 on the first leg of a solo round the world trip. She expected to be here five months. Then lockdown hit, and Connor was stuck.
Press Release – Manaaki Rangatahi
Rangatahi experiencing homelessness at increased risk over the Christmas period.
Manaaki Rangatahi is concerned that without safe or stable immediate accommodation available for rangatahi who experience homelessness, many young people will be without a safe place to live over Christmas.Covid 19 and the lockdowns highlighted the gap that still exists in our emergency housing system for young people. Over lockdown many young people were not able to access safe or stable accommodation when they found themselves homeless, as a result they were at increased risk.
Despite increasing calls for urgent action and the development of a strategy to end youth homelessness, this gap is still to be resolved, meaning that over this period, many of our young people will spend this Christmas on our streets, couch surfing, sleeping in cars, or living in motels where they are unsafe and unsupported.
Press Release – Manaaki Rangatahi Rangatahi experiencing homelessness at increased risk over the Christmas period. Manaaki Rangatahi is concerned that without safe or stable immediate accommodation available for rangatahi who experience homelessness, many young people will be without …
Rangatahi experiencing homelessness at increased risk over the Christmas period.
Manaaki Rangatahi is concerned that without safe or stable immediate accommodation available for rangatahi who experience homelessness, many young people will be without a safe place to live over Christmas. Covid 19 and the lockdowns highlighted the gap that still exists in our emergency housing system for young people. Over lockdown many young people were not able to access safe or stable accommodation when they found themselves homeless, as a result they were at increased risk.