Wednesday's pick 'o the links: NIMBY North Shore

Birkenhead boomers campaign to stop any new homes being built anywhere near them while hundreds of kids live for months in motels; Oranga Tamariki reveals one child in care lived in motel for 651 days

Jan 24, 2023

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Police arrive at a motel being used for MSD clients. Now Oranga Tamariki has revealed some kids in care have stayed in motels for 600 nights. File Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The Kākā

TLDR: Here’s my pick of the news links elsewhere from my roundings of the traps since 4am here and overseas, including one doozy of a NIMBY outburst in Birkenhead and Oranga Tamariki revealing some kids in care have stayed in motels for 600 nights.

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