By Leah Tebbutt | Bay of Plenty Times

In a quiet street of Ōtūmoetai tucked away, there is a brick house which looks like any other. The bright three-bedroom home is an inviting place. "Lose your shoes" is printed on the doormat but the plush new carpet comforts you as you walk inside. However, solid locks are bolted on to every bedroom, no smoking and emergency exit information signs are dotted around the house and there is a schoolroom at the front - all hints this is no ordinary home.

By Annemarie Quill | Bay of Plenty Times

A symbol of Karl Goldsbury's new life hangs on the wall of his workplace.

It's a clock; a gift from a former prison guard at the Te Ao Mārama unit at Waikeria Prison where Goldsbury was an inmate until three months ago.

By Kim Webby | Te Ao with MOANA

Hope and homes is the goal of a Tauranga Māori trust which has housed a hundred whānau in the last four years.

By The Weekend Sun

Anglican Parish of Gate Pa is organising a great night of stories, cooking demonstrations, songs and laughter with Tauranga’s Stephen and Tommy (Kapai) Wilson - two brothers committed to helping the homeless and unemployed people in the region.

Bay of Plenty Times

If you've been out and about this summer, you may have spotted a food truck with a big smile on the side. Catering for events big and small, The Happy Puku brings opportunities for people who have experienced homelessness and unemployment.

Bay of Plenty Times

A Tauranga social work agency has today launched the city's first 'prison home' to help lower the country's record high prison rate of Māori men.

Whare 4 Freedom, which will open on September 4, is modelled on Te Tuinga Whānau which provides transitional housing and support services for homeless families.