19 Feb 2022

Pasifika disproportionately affected by NZ housing crisis

From , 6:02 am on 19 February 2022

The Salvation army says Pasifika are over-represented in statistics for families applying for state housing in this year's state of the nation report.

The charity's principal policy advisor Ronji Tanielu says there are some grim figures for social welfare issues in Aotearoa highlighted in this year made worse by the ongoing impacts of the pandemic.

He spoke with RNZ Pacific reporter Susana Suisuiki who began by asking what trends they were seeing in this year's report compared to last year?

Christchurch based housing

Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon