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Tāmaki Makaurau To Take Action On The Move-On Orders This Sunday
Friday, 27 March 2026, 7:55 am | Kick Back
Proper investment in public housing and wrap-around supports should be the government’s response to homelessness, not this anti-poor, anti-brown, and displacement proposal. More >>
State Of The Street: Tamariki Homelessness Escalates, Crisis Response Needed
Tuesday, 2 December 2025, 3:53 pm | Kick Back
Our young people are staunch in their belief that every young person deserves a safe and stable home and that Youth Homelessness is a problem we can solve. This crisis is escalating, and it is time to act. More >>
Rough Sleeping Ban Will Have ‘Serious And Potentially Fatal Consequences’ For Young People
Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 7:19 pm | Kick Back
We need to be clear that there is already a solution to prevent rough sleeping in our major city centres. It is for the Government to protect and uphold our people's most basic right to housing. More >>
Vigil To House Our Youth: Young People Call For Urgent Action To #EndYouthHomelessness
Tuesday, 28 October 2025, 6:39 pm | Kick Back
This vigil is about remembering our Tamariki and rangatahi, about acknowledging those we have lost to the streets, those who have suffered, and those who continue to suffer. More >>
Open Letter: Prime Minister, Youth Homelessness Is A Crisis, Our Friends Are Suffering, We Need Your Help To End This
Wednesday, 13 August 2025, 7:04 pm | Kick Back
We need action, not just words. We need real solutions to the housing crisis that will prevent more tragedies like this from happening again. We need homes, not empty promises. More >>
Youth Homelessness Crisis Escalates: Urgent Action Needed
Friday, 25 July 2025, 10:55 am | Kick Back
About 30% of young people and children Kick Back has served through our outreach and crisis centre, The Front Door, came to Kick Back within 2-4 weeks of their experience of homelessness. Kick Back is concerned that there is a growing number of new children ... More >>
Youth Homelessness Is A Crisis That Triggers So Many Others. Not The Least Of These Is A Health Crisis!
Tuesday, 8 July 2025, 12:48 pm | Kick Back
Kick Back’s young people are calling for urgent action to respond to this escalating crisis. Troy one of Kick Back’s young Rangatira warns that homelessness in his community is increasing. More >>
Kick Back: Bootcamp Investment A Choice Of Prisons Over Housing For Homeless Kids
Monday, 26 May 2025, 7:21 am | Kick Back
The growing number of people sleeping rough, and young people and children walking through Kick Back's doors, is not an accident. Kick Back is currently monitoring over 140 children and young people and has significant concerns that the crisis of ... More >>
Kick Back: Urgent Review Of MSD Needed To Prevent More Rangatahi Sleeping Rough
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 3:39 pm | Kick Back
In response to growing evidence that people seeking Emergency Housing are being denied shelter, Min. Potaka has consistently stood by the Coalition Government's policy, claiming that the policy does not exclude those who need access to Emergency Housing ... More >>
Kick Back: Children Experiencing Homelessness - “A Neglected Crisis!”
Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 3:36 pm | Kick Back
Kick Back believes that a well resourced tamariki homelessness strategy, accompanied by homelessness services specifically designed to support and respond to Tamariki homelessness, is necessary if we are going to ensure some of our most structurally ... More >>
Youth Organization Fears Government Decisions Mean Rangatahi Will Be Sleeping Rough This Xmas!
Monday, 23 December 2024, 8:59 pm | Kick Back
Kick Back has growing concerns about the impact that denying young people access to shelter is having on the mental health and physical safety of the young people we serve. More >>
Dear Prime Minister, Our Kids Need New Boots Not Boot Camps This Xmas
Monday, 16 December 2024, 8:57 am | Kick Back
The gift we ask for this Christmas is that you kill the Bill - engage with the community, with hapu, with iwi, to seek further advice and expertise from the sector and wider community so that together we can tackle both the real causes and consequences of ... More >>
Kick Back: "We Will Have More Rangatahi On The Street", Youth Organization Fears Impact Of Emergency Housing Policy
Monday, 12 August 2024, 1:11 pm | Kick Back
Kick Back is concerned that the policy fails to account for the extreme vulnerability of young people surviving homelessness. More >>
Community Steps Up To Prevent Rangatahi Sleeping Rough This Winter
Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 8:59 am | Kick Back
As winter intensifies Community organizations are coming together to close gaps for rangatahi and tamariki experiencing homelessness. More >>
Petition Calling For Unified Response To Youth Crime Gains Momentum: Community Leaders Warn Of Flawed Ram Raid Bill
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 11:40 am | Kick Back
A growing collective of community leaders and advocates for the welfare of children and young people are calling on the Government to withdraw the Ram Raid Bill. More >>
Budget Abandons Homeless Young People For Tax Cuts
Friday, 31 May 2024, 8:29 am | Kick Back
The Government has indicated that 20 million that had been tagged to support Youth Transitional Housing projects over the next 3 years will now no longer go ahead. More >>
Young People Step Up To Prevent Youth Homelessness
Friday, 10 May 2024, 10:28 am | Kick Back
Young people are stepping up to prevent youth homelessness. More >>
Kick Back: Youth Organizations Fears Sanctions Will Increase Risks For Homeless Youth
Tuesday, 20 February 2024, 9:05 am | Kick Back
Youth Development Organisation, Kick Back, is concerned that the Government's approach to young people in need of financial support will increase hardship for young people and result in greater risks for those experiencing homelessness. "We are particularly ... More >>
