Episode

Outrage over emergency housing targets

Podcast: Politics NZ
Published: Jul 3, 2026
Duration seconds: 975
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Summary

Following revelations the Ministry of Social Development had implemented performance measures related to cutting the number of people in emergency housing, political reporter Lauren Crimp takes a look at the reaction and asks the top boss whether they've left more people sleeping on the streets. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details