On Tuesday night hundreds of volunteers walked the streets of Auckland to count the number of homeless people.
It was the first ever audit of the number of rough sleepers in Auckland.
Six-hundred and forty volunteers counted and surveyed rough sleepers in an area stretching from Wellsford in the north to Waiuku in the south.
Auckland mayor, Phil Goff, was one of the volunteers. “I was there as a foot-soldier working with hundreds of other volunteers.” he said
Volunteers were trying to get an accurate idea of how many people are homeless and understand how people are living.
The count will allow policy-makers to track whether decisions are having an affect on homelessness.
The final figures will be released next month.
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its so sad that the people are sleeping in the streets and not in homes
sad
good job auckland
soooooo sad
Finally.
get a home stop spending money on drugs
stop spending money on drugs
It is so sad how people just have to live on the street.I would offer them into my home but my dad says no it’s to dangerous.thank you,jordyn
That is good but they should of done it before.
That’s interesting but also very sad
Will be over the thousands
That’s a lot!
The government should give them jobs and homes. They should also give them a job as soon a possible so they become useful and can live in a home and provide income
Homeless should begin to live and get used to living in healthy houses built by the Housing New Zealand, not only this but people that may get everything they want don’t realize how hard it is to fight for their lives everyday and to beg for food. But everyone living under roofs should make the decision of helping the people in need or leave them to beg and run away from death everyday.
Homeless should begin to live and get used to living in healthy houses built by the Housing New Zealand, not only this but people that may get everything they want don’t realize how hard it is to fight for their lives everyday and to beg for food.
if you think how much people are homless in nz then how many in the USA. What can we do to fix it?
so how many homeless people were there
thats so sad
Y plz help them
So sad that there are so many homeless people I wish I could do something about it
That is nice