Chris Bishop: National's spokesperson for housing demands immediate investigation into Rotorua's emergency housing - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Te Pati Maori and the National Party are demanding an immediate independent inquiry into Rotorua's emergency housing.

National says Rotorua is now full of appalling scenes of intimidation, violence, misery and crime as a result.

Chris Bishop, National's spokesperson for housing says

“We had a situation where a woman went into labour and had to spend the night in her car because they wouldn’t let her back into her motel room. The scenes of squalor, crime, deprivation… frankly, it’s incredibly depressing. We need to know exactly what monitoring is going on.”

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