Phil Goff has been officially sworn in as Auckland Mayor at Auckland Town Hall and spoke in his maiden speech of the hundreds of people sleeping rough around the city. The central city no longer has a night shelter, although the council recently allocated $250,000 a year for two years for the start-up costs of new emergency housing. Mr Goff wore the gold mayoral chains over a Maori feather cloak. Mr Goff's vision was for no one to be left behind in Auckland, but that will take a night shelter, and more. "I am confident that there is growing recognition of this by central Government,'' Mr Goff said.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 01, 2016 19:53 UTC