on the streets if they wish, advocates say
Begging appears to be on the rise, with social services noticing a greater diversity of people on the streets.
And the act of giving money to those doing it tough was highlighted after images of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appearing to give cash to a person in Wellington's CBD at the weekend emerged on social media.
There remains an unprecedented demand for emergency and transitional accommodation, with the latest figures from the Ministry of Social Development showing 26,664 people were on the social housing register - up nearly 9 percent year on year.
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