Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playAbout 200 people braved freezing conditions overnight to sleep in their cars as part of the Park Up for Homes event in Auckland's Onehunga. The Tuas now run a gym, David Tua Health and Fitness in Onehunga, and said several gym members were homeless. The couple have supported the Manukau Salvation Army's work with homeless, and Tua was shocked by what he saw. Boxing legend David Tua announced last week he would sleep in his car for the event, joining a growing national movement calling for houses for homeless families. Tua told the Herald he lived in a car himself for six weeks in Florida in 2009 when his American promoter ran out of money.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 02, 2016 20:48 UTC