A Roof Over Your Head? The failure of transitional housing for Gisborne whānau | The Hui 2022 

why do people comment on here, when these brave whanau are already struggling enough. kia kaha WHANAU keep speaking loud and proud. i appreciate you and Thank you for your story... WHY are our peoples still there..??!!

The negative comments we are suppose to be here to support our people whether they are maori asian poly etc...the system is broke...😢😢😢

It would also help if our Government started looking after our own people.. instead of replacing them..and catering for Refugees from war torn countries.... Homelessness has gotten worse ..where many HNZ homes have been given to Refugees..and our own people put in Motels or Homeless on the Streets... Forgotten people..is so True..Looking our own should come first..

They've been there 4 years and had anther 3 or 4 kids.... how do you find the privacy

I earn pretty good money and there is no way I could afford 6 children. There’s a whole generation of people who think that it is societies job to look after them. Use your brains, stand on your own two feet. I wonder how many people in this video are employed?

My parents raised 8 kids and foster kids and my half sister on no benefits back in the day and my mum had no disposable nappies or washing machine or dryer when my sisters and brothers where born. I'm the youngest. My mum was 16 when she met my dad and had 4 kids under 5 then had the last 4 a few years apart. And she had a hard life too. And one of my brothers was adopted. My dad was older than my mum. But no matter how hard it got mum stayed because of us kids . Love u my mum Love u my dad xo

Yep and continued to have children in that four years, irresponsible.

Should investigate why maraes aren't used to house their people

When we were young, a family of 5 (3 kids), we lived in a 2 brm flat, shared with our aunty and uncle and 2 cousins, sometimes our grandma also lived there. My parents and aunty/uncle worked hard to save for a deposit to get a house and then worked hard to get mortgage free. We lived together even in the new place so the adults could continue to save. If people are determined to, they can def achieve anything!

Time to grow up and get a job,you are the parents of the children if you want a better life for yourself and your children, I can’t afford to have 8 kids and I work hard,

Protection people, protection

It's such a hard situation there's people in the houses who don't look after them an then there's the homeless who would,

God bless this family and many like this family ❤

Get a bloody job! To get out of this so called "why are we still here" situation.

Why keep having more kids when you have inadequate accommodation?

Have 8 kids but no steady employment should be illegal.

The situation is bad and getting worse, here in Oz the situation is people/families are in tents. My aroha to all those peoples, NZ gov needs to stop the importation of foreigners, I never in my life did I think there would be a housing shortage of this magnitude

The runganas need to build their people homes an start buying land back,

Cher the bro i used to work with mohi at Bernard Matthews meat works and his mum rosie i hope and 🙏🏿 things get better for you bro

My heart goes out to this family🙏💕

theyre lucky to have a roof.some people are sleeping on the streets in the cold and rain.maybe swap and see what homelessness feels like.stop having babies and stop complaining.

All the best whanau but be smart an don't have any kids till your on your feet. Don't wait for others to help, do the mahi yourself. Go hard until you get there, then keep going. Kia kaha whanau ❤❤

So have another 2 kids im emergency housing?

Get dad off the PlayStation and get a job! Wanna know how to turn $40 into $400 ?put some gas in your car and get a job fella

The foreigners are working hard and paying the taxes that pay to support New Zealanders. I'm sick of hearing crap about forgieners, they generate New Zealands income.

I live in a studio apartment building. There's a man living here, then about a month later a women moved in and 3 children. In a studio.

So they have 6 kids and cant find a house. Are they trying to get a 3 bedroom house to house 8 people?

Stop having kids ! You can’t afford it! Start with working. People are facing the same issues!

Bro get the chop! You cant afford to bring children into this world. My wife and i both work full time and its not easy. Cant imagine doing it today with 2 kids let alone 8. Mahaki te iwi

If you want to bring kids into this world, be more prepared to work hard and provide. It seems this couple wants to rely on the benefit and not work. Wake up and mahi hard

I would be sooo thankful to God for the roof over our heads..It could be much worse.

where's all that settlement Maori land that was returned to their tribes what politricks is going on here ?

I’m don’t get why it’s the states problem to baby these people. Don’t have kids people when u can’t afford them

I just dont see how this is everyone else's problem? These days having a roof over your head let alone your own bedroom is a luxury.

Why do people keep having kids if their situation is already dire? And they don't even bother to work, they just expect the govt to provide for them? Then they say their housing situation is inadequate but add more kids to it! The entitlement baffles me.

How many people come into nz and they get the houses over nz people 😢

The government does not care for its voters when in dire straits. They turn a blind eye. All they're asking for is HELP

Omg that's Soo sad! It's reality in new Zealand right now this family deserve better.. I'm paying $600 a week rent on a rental property I can't afford I was put in this house from a work and income housing broker after a long time on the waiting list. I'm in rent arrears and are trying to get out but honestly don't know what to do and work and income dont want to help now lol

I don't doubt it's frustrating after many years in cramped conditions, but be grateful you still have a safe, clean place to live. The teenagers need to be taught that peer pressure is preferable to being homeless. No backyard? Go to the park.

There are people that genuinely need the help but that doesn’t mean once you get it you sit still and not want to work hard to further educate and eventually move into your own place leaving where you were for someone else that needs the help. And you can’t expect your own children to grow up and be independent and hard working if what they see growing up is the norm. The same thing when your family parties all day everyday, people drunk everywhere all the time, why you would expect your kids not to drink get drunk and do all that when that’s what they’ve seen all their lives. You the parents are teaching your children to be less then. You are teaching your children to sit around and wait for hand outs. You can’t blame anyone but yourselves, especially when you know your situation sucks but you keep being these poor kids into the world🤦🏽‍♀️

Why are these GOVTS not building tiny home villages.

Geez, how many children tho

the spiritual realm rules all...if you get it you get it if you don't you don't.. pray for your family to get up..

The mob should buy land,build houses for these people

Have they heard of contraception or the snip?

It's bad here in WA too. Homeless people in every country town now 😞

It has been all around the world right now.. Homelessness

There are heaps of empty new builds in Mangere. Had kainga ora housing project advertising all over the place when they started building them. Now. All privately owned and empty. Yet motels are full with families 5 mins away. 🤔

This is heartbreaking, feel for families in this situation.

This is what making poor lifechoices and expecting others to pay for and fix their mistakes. These parents have failed those children.

I was making 9 K a month and still struggled to save ft

💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

When’s the next baby due?

😢😢😢

So where's there family whanau help

Be respectful everybody times is hard it sad im hearing this wat if this was ur whanau ah would you like ur kids ur moko like to see this on RU-vid ah shame on use all bab mouthing

Maybe the dad should get a job quicker so they can get a rental ? Don’t wait on the government, I was a single person with no kids and they gave me a 2bedroom house 🤦‍♀️ whilst so many families are waiting 😞

There is racism in the public real estate sector that as well. In Hamilton migrants get accepted more easily for public rentals than a Maori person or Maori family. And some rental agents celebrate housing people moving into the city rather than choosing people who already live in the city who are living in hotels. In Hamilton they have been building 4 bdrm houses where they don't rent the full house out. They now are charging rent for each individual bedroom from $250 - $350 and make the kitchen and lounge communal areas. This is all for greed and we don't have enough houses for families. I wish someone put a stop to these room rental properties that serve only the investors and landlords greed and are stealing space for full houses that are what are needed. If you want to get a rental it helps only if you are not Maori and if you know someone in the rental agency or if you have whanau who don't just leave you on your own to rely on the system. Reliance on the system and the government will keep our people stuck.

Ohh my ghaad

Then stop having babies

Beautiful tamariki😊

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Well luxon has done one thing right by cutting off the subsidiaries for first home buyer's hopefully we get investors back and keep tenants on I've seen first home buyer's laughing because they purchased a tenated property and the whanau couldn't get accommodation money talks

How many voted for Jacinda A.

Of course you all are pakeha commenting about the number of kids they have, not the issue at hand.

It's the system that has failed the many needing a place to call home. Leaning on each other for manaakitanga I hope their patience and perseverance comes to a happy ending, especially for the tamariki.

The system is failing everyone or you failed yourself??

4 years!! He needs to stand up and be a man. You’ve had 4 years to work hard to get out of that position. I came from nothing and only hard work and going to school at night while working fulltime got me out of poverty. You do what you have to do 🤨

Màori need to start looking after our own Màori tangata❤

My heart goes out to this family we can blame the government for this too many immigrants coming to this country it seems like these immigrant have more rights to the land then the traditional owners.

The govt couldn't even begin to comprehend the damage they are doing to homeless.

Kids in Ukraine and Gaza. If that was their only worry.

Get a job eah😂

The government does not care for its voters when in dire straits. They turn a blind eye. All they're asking for is HELP

The government does not care for its voters when in dire straits. They turn a blind eye. All they're asking for is HELP