Homelessness
The Week in Detail: Bilingual signs, starving universities, and vulnerable men
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: Bilingual signs, starving universities, and vulnerable men
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioMen without a safe place to call home
How do some of society's most vulnerable people – men in particular – fall into insecure housing? Audio
Men without a safe place to call home
How do some of society's most vulnerable people – men in particular – fall into insecure housing?
AudioRainbow community face high rates of homelessness
The rainbow community faces homelessness at a significantly higher rate than other New Zealanders, new research shows.
More demand on laundry and shower services for the homeless
One in six kiwis have been homeless and tonight about 41,000 of us will bed down without adequate access to housing - equivalent to the population of Whanganui, according to a new study.
Kriddles Roberts: Empowering the west Auckland community
Kriddles Roberts is doing everything she can to help people in need in west Auckland - The Detail heads along to one of her community events. Audio
Kriddles Roberts: Empowering the west Auckland community
Kriddles Roberts is doing everything she can to help people in need in west Auckland - The Detail heads along to one of her community events.
AudioCalling Home: Holly Mathieson in Glasgow/Nova Scotia
Holly Mathieson is based in Glasgow but for the past two and a half years she has been commuting to Halifax, Nova Scotia to act as the Music Director of Symphony Nova Scotia, one of Canada's top pro… Audio
Chip packets recycled to make foil blankets for homeless
Chips are a staple snack or lunchbox filler for New Zealanders. But their foil packaging can take 80 years to decompose.
A new organisation, Chip Packet Project NZ, is taking the trash and turning it… Video, Audio
HomeGround - a new home for the Auckland City Mission
A decade in the making, the Auckland City Mission's new building - HomeGround - has finally opened its doors. The Detail takes a look behind the scenes to find out what difference it will make for the… Audio
HomeGround - a new home for the Auckland City Mission
A decade in the making, the Auckland City Mission's new building - HomeGround - has finally opened its doors. The Detail takes a look behind the scenes to find out what difference it will make for the…
Audio'A really, really tough process': Nelson homeless shelter to close after 35 years
An emergency accommodation provider in Nelson is closing, after more than three decades supporting the city's homeless men.
Homeless advocate urges health officials to get on the ground
A homeless advocate hopes health authorities listen to those on the frontline about the best way to reach at-risk communities for vaccination.
In April, Te Tuinga Whānau Trust's Tommy Kapai Wilson… Audio
Multi-million Wgtn homeless hub build delayed, but on the way
The pandemic has delayed construction of a community hub planned to help Wellington's homeless.
How a haircut sparked a movement
We all know how uplifting a trip to the hairdresser or barber can be, but it's often an experience that's out of reach for those living rough. Joshua Coombes is a hairdresser by trade, whose client… Audio, Gallery
New research on takatāpui/LGBTIQ homelessness
Brodie Fraser has just completed her PHD at the University of Otago's Department of Public Health in Wellington. Audio
Hundreds flocking to K Road peer support cafe service
Peer support workers say they are starting to see the effects of Covid in the spike of visitors, including about one in five who are under the influence of synthetic drugs.
From Mongrel Mob to mentor
A young Rangi Pou was on the cusp of adolescence when his father said it was time he become a man and fend for himself. For Pou, that meant growing up on the streets, getting involved in the world of… Audio
Where's the housing for young people sleeping rough?
More than half the 41,000 homeless people in New Zealand are under the age of 25. The figure is from the 2013 census and is an estimate only. Audio
