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However, job support numbers are still 20 per cent higher than the start of the pandemic.

Motels selected because they were best placed to provide for 'longer-term whānau needs'.

More than $13 billion was paid through the wage subsidy scheme.

'It's dangerous to have a waiting list in sexual violence.'

The latest numbers show millions being poured into the Bay of Plenty housing crisis.

'Increased public unease about housing special needs persons and families in motels.'

Are visitors missing out on beds because the homeless are taking them?

The quest for justice from a boot camp that made murderers out of troubled teens.

Urban growth corridor stretching from Auckland to the Bay of Islands moves closer.

The Government has just announced its new Budget — but what does it actually mean for you?

Ministry launches independent review after whistleblowers claim systemic problems.

The Government will directly contract motels for emergency accommodation it's announced.

The Greens have been critical of the scheme, saying the Govt should just raise benefits.

OPINION: It has huge financial consequences for the state, and public trust in Government.

Silverfern Property Services received $14.7 million from the Government.

No central recording of family harm, crime or social disorder at emergency housing.

People in emergency accommodation now charged 25 per cent of their income towards costs.

OPINION: At the very least, taxpayers deserve to know their money's being spent wisely.

Low levels of the vitamin can cause respiratory illnesses.

'There are babies now being born in motels. It breaks my heart.'

Distressing revelations about life in emergency housing continue to emerge.

Former politician arguing against High Court judge's decision in Court of Appeal.

The Government is now spending $1 million a day on emergency and transitional housing.

Her 6-year-old daughter developed lung disease and asthma at their previous state home.

It is up to the marae if they want to temporarily house the homeless in Northland.

'It's become like a battle of attrition,' he says of MSD's emergency benefit programme.

'Motels are no places for children,' a local social support advocate says.

"I didn't realise it was so good, and I'm grateful that the kids are getting this."

In the year up to last December, 7630 new jobs were created in the public sector.