'Hiding from the council': Rotorua's secret pod shelter for homeless

Sleeping pods for homeless held back by council consents: organisers

One of the pods in The Village of Hope, Rotorua. Photo: Supplied A Rotorua organisation providing sleeping pods for the city's homeless has said they are being held back by council insisting that they get consents.

Sleeping pods for the homeless held back by council consents, Rotorua organisation says

'The Village of Hope' has been set up in Rotorua in an effort to give people who are homeless somewhere safe to sleep.

'Hiding from the council': Rotorua's secret pod shelter for homeless

Some of Rotorua’s homeless are being taken out of the CBD at night to a secret location to sleep in purpose-made pods. But those behind the initiative,...