On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:50:16 -0500, Tony <lizandtony at orcon dot net
dot nz> wrote:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/94983470/new-zealand-has-worst-level-of-homelessness-in-the-world-labour-say
And the headline is not what Phil Twyford actually said. He said "this >>research
shows we have the worst level of homelessness in the world".
I assume he has never been to Hong Kong, the USA, China, the Phillipines, >>either of the Koreas, most south American countries and the list goes on. >>What an awful lie to tell.
Sheer nonsense and desperation from a dying party.
This country does not deserve him, Rich and their cohorts.
Let's see the Labour party of some decades ago that actually had standards! >>Tony

Did you actually read the whole article, Tony?

"Using data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD), a Yale study has compared the statistics to those
from other developed nations, which put New Zealand on top of the list
on a per-capita basis - although the researchers note significant >comparability issues thanks to the differing ways each country
measures homelessness."

Under one of the pictures it says: "Labour's Phil Twyford: "We the
worst level of homelessness in the world.""

It doesn;t give much onfidence of the accuracy of the reporting, but
the import of what he is saying is broadly supported by the Yale
study. Certainly the list of government inadequacies appears if
anything a little understated. What we do know is that until a few
months ago National were denying there was aeven a major problem let
alone a crisis - and now Paula Bennett is saying they had no idea it
would cost so much, while this is reported: >http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11893526 >(and remember that is after National changed the rules to make it much
harder to be eligible for assistance!)

You have not disputed any of the facts in the article that appears to
have got you mildly upset, Tony - yes Twyford could have been slightly
more geek-like in putting a few of the qualifications from the article
in, but it is true that "At the last census in 2013 there were roughly
41,705 Kiwis who were "severely housing deprived" - about 1 per cent
of the population.

Using data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD), a Yale study has compared the statistics to those
from other developed nations, which put New Zealand on top of the list
on a per-capita basis "

Perhaps you might want to include John Key and Paula Bennett and Bill
English in your list of Bloody Liars!

Try this alternative reporting using the same source material -
happier with that one? >http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/335556/nz-tops-list-of-developed-countries-with-most-homeless

Or these reports: >http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/327597/motels-given-millions-to-house-homeless
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/328571/homeless-families-'we've-got-nowhere-to-send-them'
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/07/nearly-24-000-homeless-in-auckland.html
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/state-housing-waiting-list-increases-nearly-1500-people-time-last-year
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2017/07/nz-s-homelessness-the-worst-in-oecd-by-far.html
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2017/07/government-on-course-to-blow-the-emergency-housing-budget-again.html

and perhaps housing problems have constributes to this: >http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/94948665/All-Auckland-hospitals-at-capacity-all-non-urgent-patients-asked-to-stay-away?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

If you are looking for bloody liars Tony, try turning your head around
180 degrees . . .