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Lack of play areas for kids in emergency housing prompts wellbeing concerns 19 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM 6 minutes to read There are concerns cramped conditions in emergency housing could harm children's development. Photo / File A lack of safe spaces for children to play in Rotorua motels used for emergency housing has some worried children's development and wellbeing will suffer long term. This follows long-held concerns that kids living in motels - potentially spending weeks in "cramped" conditions - are being exposed to "distressing" situations, with families living alongside g...

Rotorua Chamber of Commerce survey: Businesses say no to housing homeless in CBD 11 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM 4 minutes to read The Lava Bar and X Base Backpackers on Arawa St. Photo / Kelly Makiha A proposal to convert the Lava Bar and X Base Backpackers into housing for the homeless has been met with strong resistance from Rotorua businesses. A Chamber of Commerce survey has found 89 per cent of the 365 people who had responded as of Wednesday afternoon did not want the plans to go ahead. A private property investor from Auckland, Peter Bidois of Torin Holdings, has told the Rot...

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 frustration around city safety, saying it was "top of mind", but stopped short of committing to a publ...

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