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EPISODE · Jun 1, 2025 · 3 MIN

Bernie Smith: Former Monte Cecilia Housing Trust CEO on Kāinga Ora's 63 tenancy terminations in the past 10 months

from Holiday Breakfast · host Newstalk ZB

The Government's celebrating Kāinga Ora seeing a 600 percent rise in warnings under a new tenant crackdown.  Sixty-three Kāinga Ora tenancies have been terminated in the past 10 months.  Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka says it's a result of tenants exhibiting abusive, threatening, or persistently disruptive behaviour.  Former Monte Cecilia Housing Trust CEO Bernie Smith joins the show to discuss the crackdown.  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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