However, Auckland Council general manager licensing and regulatory compliance James Hassall determines: "the person in the contact centre did nothing further". Photo / Michael CraigStabback told the Herald yesterday that Auckland Council does not provide frontline support for those sleeping rough. Photo / SuppliedIn the days after Wakefield's death, council staff also emailed around the clear definitions of homelessness and freedom camping. Stabback assured the Herald: "There is not widespread confusion at Auckland Council about the definitions of homelessness and freedom camping." Correspondence obtained under the Official Information Act reveal 151 pages of alarmed Auckland Council emails and reports after pensioner Helena Wakefield was found dead.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 03, 2022 06:19 UTC