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What advice, reports, briefings, aides-memoire or correspondence has the Minister received to support his statement regarding the unhoused population in New Zealand that “Most of them ... have got somewhere to go and sleep, they are rough sleepers, they are choosing to come in and live on the streets and make the pavement their home”?

Answered Question 5731 (2026)
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Duncan Webb

Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party

Question

  • What advice, reports, briefings, aides-memoire or correspondence has the Minister received to support his statement regarding the unhoused population in New Zealand that “Most of them ... have got somewhere to go and sleep, they are rough sleepers, they are choosing to come in and live on the streets and make the pavement their home”?

Answered by

Hon Mark Mitchell

Member for Whangaparāoa · National Party · Minister of Police

Answer

Titles of advice I have received are proactively released periodically on Police's website.