The social housing minister Paula Bennett plans to pay homeless families five thousand dollars to move from Auckland to other centres including Ngaruawahia, Huntly, Gisborne, Palmerston North, Whanganui, and Lower Hutt. Kathryn speaks with the Whanganui Mayor Annette Main, and Gisborne District Councillor Meridith Akuhata-Brown about how the policy might work and what sort of housing, jobs and support will be available to families wanting to move.
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