A Tenancy Tribunal hearing on the
eviction of five families with gang connections from their state
houses in a Lower Hutt street has been postponed.
The families in Pomare Street have Mongrel Mob links and were
served 90-day eviction notices by Housing New Zealand in March.
The deadline passed but the case was handed over to the Tenancy
Tribunal after the families' lawyer applied to have the evictions
thrown out.
The adjudicator has postponed all hearings set down for today.
The evictions were ordered after tenants complained that they
were terrorised by Mongrel Mob members living in the street.
One woman with two small children claimed that she was driven out
of her home.
NZPA