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Labour List MP Tamati Coffey hits back at $8.1m Rotorua motel purchase critics stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Govt's $30m Rotorua motel emergency housing shake-up 'not a solution', says MP Todd McClay 13 May, 2021 06:00 PM 6 minutes to read The government is to directly contract motels for emergency accommodation and prioritise the welfare of whānau and children. Photo / NZME The government is to directly contract motels for emergency accommodation and prioritise the welfare of whānau and children. Photo / NZME The Government will take greater control over the use of Rotorua's motels for emergency housing in a $30million initiative that follows months of criticism. However, Rotorua National MP Todd McClay says it is neither a plan nor a solution.
Dylan Thorne: Everyone losing in emergency housing crisis 19 Apr, 2021 06:39 PM 3 minutes to read MP Todd McClay speaking at a public meeting on homelessness. Photo / File Bay of Plenty Times It was a "gotcha" moment for Rotorua National MP Todd McClay. After raising concerns about Rotorua becoming a dumping ground for out-of-town homeless for the better part of a year— and having those fears dismissed by the Ministry of Social Development — he could feel vindicated. McClay has steadfastly dismissed the ministry's line that out-of-towners made up only a small percentage of the homeless living in motels. And last week, in a moment he surely relished, he was able to say: "We told you so."
Covid 19 coronavirus: Public meeting to address Rotorua's homeless issue postponed nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Bay of Plenty business leaders and owners reeling 28 Feb, 2021 06:15 AM 7 minutes to read The hospitality and tourism sectors are expected to be hardest hit with the new alert levels. Photo / Getty Images The hospitality and tourism sectors are expected to be hardest hit with the new alert levels. Photo / Getty Images Soul-destroying, more business closures, more job losses, immense pressure and financial stress. These are some of the comments from Bay business leaders as the region comes to grips with another stint at alert level 2. Tauranga is expected to fare much better than Rotorua but the impacts would hit tourism and hospitality the most - with tens of thousands of dollars of bookings being cancelled.
National MP Todd McClay calls public meeting to address Rotorua's homeless issue 25 Feb, 2021 06:00 PM 3 minutes to read National MP Todd McClay is holding a public meeting to address Rotorua's homelessness problem. Photo / File Rotorua Daily Post Families too nervous to let their children walk to school because of neighbouring issues with crime and loitering has provoked a public meeting by Rotorua's National MP. Todd McClay hopes it will give residents the opportunity to voice their concerns over homelessness, social disorder and crime. McClay said residents of Glenholme, Fenton Park and the CBD were becoming increasingly agitated with people using Fenton St and surrounding areas to deal with Rotorua's housing shortage.