Wellington City Missioner 'delighted' police applying move on orders as 'originally intended'

A former critic of the move-on orders says rough sleepers should be removed from the new legislation.  

Police now have the power to order rough-sleepers, beggars, or those acting in a disorderly manner to move on from a public place. 

29 people were moved on in the first 10 days for disorderly behaviour, but only four were homeless.  

Wellington City Missioner Murray Edridge told Mike Hosking the orders were originally designed to limit the number of arrests. 

He says it was a good thing before politicians decided to put rough sleeping and begging into the mix, failing to make the critical distinction between behaviour and circumstances. 

But Edridge says so far officers have applied the law in the way it was intended and haven't moved anyone on for rough sleeping or begging.  

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