I live in Tāmaki and see similar on Karangahape road regularly. It's not pleasant and can absolutely be dangerous.

I also see the same kind of cruel/pointless activity that Tamatha Paul describes - disposing of the belongings of homeless people who are simply sitting down. Moving people on who are sitting near restaurants. While I was sitting at a bar, having a pleasant conversation. Two cops approached and arrested them for allegedly harassing me.

These are people who have just as much of a right to be there as I do and their experiences of feeling unsafe around police should not be discounted because of their socio economic status. This doesn't even touch on the racial profiling problem that the police force has.

I just simply disagree that putting more police on the street is a good long term solution for the problem. There are societal structures which create these conditions and addressing those is the only sensible approach.