Auckland Council will consider a recommendation to make begging illegal under a new bylaw. One of the groups behind the proposal say beggars intimidate people in shopping streets, another group says they don’t want to be fascists but a small number of aggressive beggars ruin it for the rest.
Auckland Council consider banning beggars
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