@Homeless_NZ

Homeless New Zealand's a not for profit, connecting anyone facing homelessness to emergency accommodation, free food, clothes, legal, counselling...

 Wellington, New Zealand
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Joined February 2018
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Homeless in New Zealand tvnz.co.nz/one-news/homeless
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'Storm before the storm' warning on homelessness in Hamilton 1news.co.nz/2026/06/24/storm…

'Storm before the storm' warning on homelessness in Hamilton

Advocates say homelessness in the city has worsened since October and fear the worst is yet to come.

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Homelessness affects thousands across Aotearoa NZ. In 2023, 4,965 people lived without shelter, up 37% since 2018. Everyone deserves dignity, safety and a home. Support Homeless New Zealand. #Homelessness #AotearoaNZ
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Ambulance callouts to Auckland homeless 'close to doubled'

Ambulance callouts to homeless people in Auckland have nearly doubled over the past four years, according to Hato Hone St John.

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Watch: Shelter bags for homeless 'the starting block' to cope with frigid nights

An Auckland man who has been sleeping rough for months says the gift of a shelter bag was a game-changer this winter, helping him stay warm while waiting for housing.

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Hospital discharges homeless man with major health needs in just a gown

A homeless Auckland man who had a severe stroke while living under a bridge this winter was later discharged from Auckland City Hospital in just a gown, and taken to a nearby charity that provides...

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Homelessness affects thousands across Aotearoa NZ. In 2023, 4,965 people lived without shelter, up 37% since 2018. Everyone deserves dignity, safety and a home. Support Homeless New Zealand. #Homelessness #AotearoaNZ
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From 62 motels to one: Rotorua emergency housing crisis 'behind us' 1news.co.nz/2026/10/20/from-…

From 62 motels to one: Rotorua emergency housing crisis 'behind us'

Rotorua now has about a dozen households supported at one motel, as increased public housing and easier access to private rentals eases demand.

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Whangārei homeless man’s death highlights need for housing and support services, via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/northern-advo…

Homeless man's death highlights Whangārei's housing and support gaps

Jacob Howan says Whangārei has a particular gap in the provision of emergency shelter.

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'We'll be essentially homeless': Wellington flood victims fear what's next. 1news.co.nz/2026/10/18/well-…

'We'll be essentially homeless': Wellington flood victims fear what's next

Flood-hit Wellington homeowners say they feel abandoned six months on from the floods which devastated the region and killed one person.

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Homelessness affects thousands across Aotearoa NZ. In 2023, 4,965 people lived without shelter, up 37% since 2018. Everyone deserves dignity, safety and a home. Support Homeless New Zealand. #Homelessness #AotearoaNZ
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What happens when young women facing homelessness have nowhere left to turn? This powerful Stuff investigation explores the lives of young women — including deportees — confronting homelessness, loss and despair. stuff.co.nz/nz-news/36102012…
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Are we solving homelessness or hiding it on paper? – Mariameno Kapa-Kīngi, via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/northern-advo…

Are we solving homelessness or hiding it on paper?

OPINION: Mariameno Kapa-Kīngi says Māori-led housing can break the homelessness cycle.

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More Kiwis going without as cost-of-living pressures bite – The Front Page, via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/more-kiwis…

More than half of Kiwis forgo purchases to afford essentials

48% believe they need to leave the country to get ahead, up from 28% in 2020.

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NZ’s ‘financial strugglers’ are middle aged, middle income and have a university degree

More than a quarter of consumers in a study can be described as financial strugglers.

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Cost of living: More Kiwis struggle to afford essentials, seek cheapest products, via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/cos…

Quarter of Kiwis classed ‘financial strugglers’ as bargain hunting grows

Two in five respondents to a survey said they struggled to pay for essentials.

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48% now feel they have to leave NZ to get ahead, by @bernardchickey thekaka.substack.com/p/48-no…
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Homelessness affects thousands across Aotearoa NZ. In 2023, 4,965 people lived without shelter, up 37% since 2018. Everyone deserves dignity, safety and a home. Support Homeless New Zealand. #Homelessness #AotearoaNZ
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Youth advocates urge rangatahi to vote as homelessness concerns grow

Youth and housing advocates are urging whānau to haere ki te pōti, saying political decisions can have a real impact on youth homelessness.

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Support services blindsided by government social housing shake up

Social housing and support services are bewildered and blindsided by changes they say will make life worse for thousands of the country's poorest tenants.

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Labour and Greens say social housing shake-up will see public housing tenants evicted

The finance minister Nicola Willis says she regrets saying social housing tenants have "won the lotto".

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