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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 commercial property investor from Auckland who is about to buy the lease for the Lava Bar and neighbouring X ...

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 solutions to issues related to homelessness. It comes as a petition launched last week called for ur...

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 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 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 emergen...