The seven contracted emergency housing motels in Rotorua seeking resource consent extensions until December 15, 2025. RGP 27Jul24 - Photo: Kelly Makiha
The Government is looking to extend contracted emergency housing motels for another year, Kelly backgrounds the situation on the ground.
And Rotorua's Mayor Tania Tapsell has been criticised for the way she "shut down" the country's longest-serving councillor as he tried to ask a question.
Māori ward councillor Trevor Maxwell says it's part of the job to lick your wounds and carry on, but is left feeling "disappointed, frustrated and ashamed" by the interaction.
Kelly Makiha is a senior journalist with the Rotorua Daily Post.
