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Councillor wants homeless out of Auckland CBD

                   
radionz.co.nz
04-Sep-2008
        
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Updated at 8:52am on 5 September 2008 Auckland City mayor John Banks is standing by a councillor who has asked officials to look at how homeless people can be removed from the central city, saying the problem has to be faced. Community Services Committee chairman Paul Goldsmith says it is unacceptable for vagrants to be seen on the city's streets, and Aucklanders have had enough of what he calls the blight on the... [read full story]                    

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Auckland Council to ban homeless in CBD

 abc.net.au 05-Sep-2008
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Auckland City Councillor Paul Goldsmith - a pogrom too far?

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Auckland Council to ban homeless in CBD

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05-Sep-2008
        

In New Zealand, groups working with the homeless are furious at a plan to ban homeless people from central Auckland. The Auckland City Council wants police to be given greater powers so they can force homeless people out...

                   

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radionz.co.nz
04-Sep-2008
        

Updated at 8:52am on 5 September 2008 Auckland City mayor John Banks is standing by a councillor who has asked officials to look at how homeless people can be removed from the central city, saying the problem has to be...