Te Pati Maori and the National Party are demanding an immediate independent inquiry into Rotorua's emergency housing.

National says Rotorua is now full of appalling scenes of intimidation, violence, misery and crime as a result.

Chris Bishop, National's spokesperson for housing says

“We had a situation where a woman went into labour and had to spend the night in her car because they wouldn’t let her back into her motel room. The scenes of squalor, crime, deprivation… frankly, it’s incredibly depressing. We need to know exactly what monitoring is going on.”

• One third of family harm call outs a week in Rotorua are to emergency housing motels
• Rotorua Councillor: Unmanaged emergency housing facilities are causing significant social issues
• Tania Tapsell: We have over 1000 people come through emergency housing in Rotorua
• Rotorua Mayor on her letters to Carmel Sepuloni about emergency housing motels