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DunedinOctober 25

City leaders call for support as vulnerable teen discharged

Dunedin city leaders are clamouring for care to be given to a vulnerable teenager discharged from Wakari Hospital yesterday, with no home to go to.
City leaders call for support as vulnerable teen discharged
City leaders call for support as vulnerable teen discharged
NewsSeptember 16

Gone after more than two decades

A 65-year-old homeless man, whose life in a boarding house room was photographed by the ODT last month, has been rescued from living under a bush - and his many belongings have been thrown in in a skip.
Gone after more than two decades
Gone after more than two decades
DunedinSeptember 15

Ejected after more than two decades

A 65-year-old homeless man, whose life in a boarding house room was photographed by the ODT last month, has been rescued from living under a bush - and his many belongings have been thrown in in a skip.
Ejected after more than two decades
Ejected after more than two decades
DunedinSeptember 13

PM tackled on homelessness

Homelessness can be "grappled" with through state housing and wraparound support services, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said in Dunedin yesterday.
PM tackled on homelessness
PM tackled on homelessness
DunedinSeptember 8

Homeless led to most unhomely lodgings

A government guide pointing Dunedin’s homeless people to some of the city’s worst boarding houses has been exposed, branded "disgraceful" by city leaders and its contents ripped up.
Homeless led to most unhomely lodgings
Homeless led to most unhomely lodgings
DunedinSeptember 3

Govt looking into Dunedin boarding houses

Eleven Dunedin boarding houses are to be scrutinised by government — after the Otago Daily Times’ ongoing "Houses of Horror" investigation exposed the city’s hell holes.
Govt looking into Dunedin boarding houses
Govt looking into Dunedin boarding houses
DunedinAugust 27

City’s homelessness ‘devastating’

Volunteers providing life-saving help to Dunedin’s homeless say a solution must be found to end "devastating" homelessness in the city.
City’s homelessness ‘devastating’
City’s homelessness ‘devastating’
DunedinAugust 24

'Amazing': Homeless moved from horror hotel

Homeless people stuck in the infamous Carisbrook Hotel are starting to get out of it with the help of officials, after the Otago Daily Times exposed the building’s grim conditions.
'Amazing': Homeless moved from horror hotel
'Amazing': Homeless moved from horror hotel
DunedinAugust 23

Homeless staying in hostels

Dunedin's Stafford Gables Hostel — lambasted in the media this year for being a terrible place to stay — is a boarding house for the homeless, while also still claiming to be a backpackers.
Homeless staying in hostels
Homeless staying in hostels
DunedinAugust 17

Carisbrook Hotel deemed not fit for homeless

The former Carisbrook Hotel has been branded by the government "not a suitable option" for emergency accommodation — and the government has stopped pointing homeless people to its slum rooms.
Carisbrook Hotel deemed not fit for homeless
Carisbrook Hotel deemed not fit for homeless
DunedinAugust 12

‘Fed to the sharks’: Life inside Dunedin’s boarding houses

Hell and hardship are not hard to come by in Dunedin's boarding houses. Reporter Mary Williams exposes the stories of lives usually hidden behind crumbling walls.
DunedinAugust 12

Stuck at the bottom of a broken system

Telling homeless people’s stories took the Otago Daily Times into Dunedin’s darkest boarding houses — as well as some places of hope.
Stuck at the bottom of a broken system
Stuck at the bottom of a broken system
DunedinAugust 11

Exposed: Abandoned in Dunedin’s houses of horror

Chronically sick and addicted homeless people are being left abandoned in Dunedin horror houses at risk of injury and death, an Otago Daily Times investigation exposes today.
Exposed: Abandoned in Dunedin’s houses of horror
Exposed: Abandoned in Dunedin’s houses of horror
DunedinAugust 11

No bed, no heating and $440 a week

The recently closed Carisbrook Hotel has been transformed into a horror house for the homeless funded by the Ministry of Social Development. 
No bed, no heating and $440 a week
No bed, no heating and $440 a week