Complaints surface following stocktake of emergency housing
Gang activity, unsanitary conditions and a lack of smokes alarms made up some of the 39 complaints which surfaced after a Government stocktake of more than 550 emergency housing providers across the country. Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni admitted concerns about the Auckland Astro Motel in Ōtāhuhu, which received $3.1 million in Government funding between October 2016 and June 2018, as well as the quality of emergency accommodation generally.
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Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
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