2 x Articles - Homeless / Child abuse

[Kiwi Frontline]

MĀORI NEED TO CALL EACH OTHER OUT ABOUT CHILD ABUSE - MĀORI COUNCIL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Māori need to step up and get involved in solving New Zealand's horrific child abuse statistics, the head of the Māori council says.

He wants to see change in the system, whanau and the community to ensure fewer children face abuse......

www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/05/maori-need-to-call-each-other-out-about-child-abuse-m-ori-council-executive-director.html

[Kiwi Frontline]

MĀORI MAKE UP MORE THAN OVER 40% OF AUCKLAND HOMELESS – REPORT

A full report of the first city-wide census of people living rough in Auckland shows Māori are over-represented among the region's homeless.

Its findings show of the 800 people estimated to have been living without shelter that night, nearly 43 percent of were Māori, with a similar number of Māori living in temporary accommodation.

Māori make up just 11 percent of Auckland's population......

www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/389336/maori-make-up-more-than-over-40-percent-of-auckland-homeless-report