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Govt to Criminalise Rough Sleeping (www.youtube.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by BaconWrappedEnigma@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.nz

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Failure to follow the order is subject to a $2,000 fine or up to 3 months in jail.

The behaviours mentioned in the video (that are not in the draft explanatory note ^pdf^):

Behavior indicating an intent to inhabit a public place
Rough sleeping
All forms of begging
Breaching the peace
Obstructing or impeding someone from entering a business
Disorderly, disruptive, threatening, or intimidating behavior

Hon Mark Mitchel (Minister of Police) chimes in at 10:23 to acknowledge that the people subject to the order are vulnerable people.

At 17:54 a reporter asks about descretionary enforcement and Mitchel confirms the planned use of selective enforcement which increases the risk of targeting marginalised populations.

The YT comments are gold.

Full RNZ article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/587562/government-announces-homeless-move-on-orders-for-all-town-centres-not-just-auckland

This was also reported on in November '25.

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[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Luxon, his merry band of fuckwits, and everyone who voted for them, are cunts.

Utter cunts

[–] BaconWrappedEnigma@lemmy.nz 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There's some type of irony in the penalty being free housing (jail), or blood from a stone ($2k penalty).

I was just looking for the cost of keeping someone in jail fro 90 days and it looks like Bernard HIckey beat me to it:

Govt threatens to imprison homeless for 90 days at a cost of $49,680 per person Govt to empower Police to 'move on' homeless with threat of three months prison, costing taxpayer $552 per person per night; Govt adds 2,000 prison beds since election & delivers 420 new homes

From: The Kaka https://thekaka.substack.com/p/govt-threatens-to-imprison-homeless

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 day ago

penalty being free housing (jail),

Watch as more homeless people exploit* this loophole. 90 days in jail is way better than being homeless in winter.

* it'd be cheaper and more humane to just house these people