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	Podcast:		Saturday Morning
	Episode:		Youth homelessness on the rise
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:08:45
	Publish Date:		2025-08-22 19:22:00
	Description:		Youth homelessness advocates are calling for more to be done to help vulnerable young people who don't have safe, stable accommodation. In Auckland, the council says there was a 90% increase in homelessness since last September. It's hard to know exact figures but by some measures about half of all homeless are under the age of 25 It's a complex problem but one advocates say has been compounded by changes to the emergency housing criteria last year. Mahera Maihi is CEO of Ma te Huruhuru Charitable Trust which runs two youth housing whare with a specific kaupapa Maori approach as rangatahi are disproportionately represented in this vulnerable group. She talks to Mihi about their solution focused approach.
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