Page 3 - Tiny Deane News Today

Lava Bar could close, Tiny Deane plans to open new Rotorua homeless hub and medical centre 26 Jan, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read The Lava Bar and X Base Backpackers on the corner of Ranolf and Arawa Sts. Photo / Kelly Makiha Popular Rotorua nightclub Lava Bar could close at the end of March and become a medical centre that will form part of a new hub for the homeless - if a property deal goes through. Homeless advocate Tiny Deane is behind the hub after working in partnership with a commercia...

OPINION: Rotorua readers have their say.

Rotorua homeless advocate says it’s the police who need to step up to combat a perceived lack of safety in the city’s CBD, not the council.

Visions of a Helping Hand chief executive Tiny Deane. Photo: LDR / Andrew Warner / Rotorua Daily Post Visions of a Helping Hand chief executive Tiny Deane also says a petition calling for action on homelessness and city safety unfairly blames homeless people for the issue, something the petitioner refutes. Police say they deal with issues with rough sleepers or emergency accommodation users in the same way they deal with any residential issue and continue to work with partner agencies to find ...

Police need to step up in inner-city violence, not council - advocate 13 Jan, 2021 12:42 AM 6 minutes to read Visions of a Helping Hand chief executive Tiny Deane. Photo / File A Rotorua advocate for the homeless says its the police who need to step up to combat a perceived lack of safety in the citys CBD, not the council. Visions of a Helping Hand chief executive Tiny Deane also says a petition calling for action on homelessness and city safety unfairly blames homeless people for the issue, s...

A petition calling for urgent council action on city safety and homelessness in Rotorua has garnered more than 1000 signatures in less than a week. Meredith Herbert has launched a petition calling for urgent action on homelessness and city safety from the council and Steve Chadwick. Photo: LDR / Rotorua Daily Post Petitioner Meredith Herbert has also invited mayor Steve Chadwick to organise or attend a public forum to hear peoples experiences first hand. Chadwick says she understands the fru...

The mayor says she 'gets' the frustration and security is 'top of mind'.

Summer read: The people living in Rotoruas Kuirau Park: Inside their lives on the streets 28 Dec, 2020 07:00 PM 5 minutes to read The Rotorua Daily Post is bringing back some of the best premium stories of 2020. Every day we drive past them, but just what is it like for the streeties sitting at Kuirau Park each day. Journalist Kelly Makiha spends a few hours sitting on the grass and chatting to those with nowhere else to go. The cars drive past Kuirau Park and you see the look...

Bay of Plenty homeless: More young people showing up on streets 21 Dec, 2020 05:00 PM 7 minutes to read The number of young people sleeping in parks and reserves, couch surfing and in emergency housing is on the rise in the Bay of Plenty, social agencies say. The reasons vary, from trauma to their family becoming homeless as a casualty of the housing crisis and the pandemic, and those at the coalface expect it to get worse. They say permanent accommodation specifically for you...