About Us
Safe Haven Housing Trust is a registered charitable trust (CC57293) with donee status, governed by compassionate Kiwi people with decades of experience in this field and with international connections to support the protection of our clients. Bryan Johnson and his team of trustees manage the organisation, while our fantastic volunteers are practising traditional indigenous values of ‘Manaakitanga’, ‘Kotahitanga’, ‘Awhi’ and ‘Aroha’ (hospitality, solidarity, nurturing and love). Safe Haven Housing is a compassionate solution to provide support for quality accommodation, food, healthcare, and security for asylum seekers while they focus on presenting their cases to immigration authorities.
In 2021, 605 people claimed asylum protection in NZ under the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees enacted in 1960. In 2024, 2,396 people claimed asylum – a tidal wave of fleeing asylum seekers has hit us. In 2025, 2,270 asylum claims were lodged.
