Rotorua's new mayor says the town needs an 'exit strategy' for emergency housing. The lakeside town has more than 50 emergency housing motels - a number that jumped significantly after the first Covid lockdown in March 2020. Tania Tapsell says there has to be a better answer. "My first day on the job started 5:30 am, and I've already been pushing these strong messages to make sure we can get that important exit strategy out of this." LISTEN ABOVE

Source: New Zealand Herald October 10, 2022 19:04 UTC