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Summary • The Salvation Army Te Ope Whakaora strongly opposes this bill in its entirety. The bill is an unnecessary extension of Police powers and will increase harm to people experiencing homelessness. • Instead of further progressing this bill, we urge the government to focus on resourcing the proven and...

Summary The Salvation Army Te Ope Whakaora strongly supports the aim of this Bill to amend the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) to create a register of boarding houses and boarding house landlords.

Summary • The Salvation Army (Te Ope Whakaora) strongly opposes the policy changes implemented through this Bill. These changes add complexity to the income support system and do not address root causes of youth unemployment and unaffordable housing. • Introducing a combined parental assistance test for 18 and 19-year-olds applying...

Summary • The Salvation Army Te Ope Whakaora strongly supports the aim of this Bill to put in place a statutory framework to strengthen and coordinate actions to combat modern slavery. • Businesses need to be required to do due diligence and demonstrate that they are taking action to deal...

The Salvation Army supports targeted harm-reduction measures in the Bill, but is concerned that a number of proposals will increase alcohol availability, weaken community voice, and undermine Local Alcohol Policies (LAP), ultimately risking increased alcohol-related harm, contrary to the object of the Act. We strongly oppose changes that restrict objections,...

Think Piece by Charm Skinner, Te Ao Māori Policy Analyst    Aotearoa. Land of the long white cloud. A country celebrated internationally as clean, green and progressive. Yet when it comes to our founding constitutional document, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, things become murky and misconceptions start to distort our international...

For many of the communities The Salvation Army works with through addiction programmes, police are not always seen as a source of safety, writes Ian Hutson.

By Paul Barber Budget 2026 presents itself as fiscally prudent and targeted, but that comes with the price of entrenching hardship, shifting costs onto those least able to bear them, and missing key opportunities to address structural inequities.  There is almost complete absence of targeted and meaningful investment in work to address the disproportionate impact of hardship on Māori...

By Ana Ika Over the weekend many in The Salvation Army gathered to celebrate Rotoroa Island. When you step off the boat today you are likely to see a takahē wandering across a path. If you did not know its history, you might miss the miracle in front of you....