“We’re building 70 new social houses, which is on top of the 1436 social houses we have in Palmerston North right now. Our plans for 30 short-term transitional housing places will benefit 120 local families every year,” Social Housing Minister Amy Adams says. “We’ve...

Kaeo Primary School principal Paul Barker said five new children from families being housed in a former holiday park have started at his school in the last week, but the community already had problems dealing with its own issues arising from poverty. He said housing...