CEO of 155 Whare Āwhina Liz Cassidy-Nelson says the number of people needing help and shelter in Te Taitokerau is consistently growing, especially among the working poor. A lot of the homeless are living in caravans and are constantly being pushed from one place to another, being told to go to unaffordable caravan parks. Hidden homelessness is an ever-growing issue in Whangārei, where Nelson says people are "expected to put up with very little".

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