The irony of the move-on order is it’s made it harder to ignore homelessness – Helen Robinson, Auckland City Missioner

The irony of the move-on order is it’s made it harder to ignore homelessness – Helen Robinson, Auckland City Missioner

Opinion byHelen RobinsonNZ Herald·19 Sep, 2026 02:00 AM4 mins to readHelen Robinson is chief executive of the Auckland City Mission.Heart of the City chief executive Viv Beck, Police Minister Mark Mitchell, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith, then Minister for Auckland Simeon Brown and Superintendent Sunny Patel announcing the proposed move-on orders in Auckland CBD in February. Photo / Dean PurcellSomewhere in Auckland in the coming weeks, someone who is sleeping rough will be asked to move on from a place that feels safe to them, or face a fine or imprisonment. As a country, I know we are better than this. I know that because, in my role as

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