John Campbell takes a tour of emergency housing motel, which costs taxpayers thousands a week for one unit | WATCH

But one woman who lives at the accommodation described it as “heaven” and a damn sight better than where she previously lived – on a cardboard box in a car park.

Breakfast host John Campbell took a tour of one of New Zealand’s emergency housing facilities yesterday, after 1 NEWS revealed the Government paid the top 10 providers $75 million over the past four years.

That’s not the total cost, just what has gone to the top 10 providers – but some of it is for very basic accommodation and at very expensive rates, with some rooms costing $2000 a week.

At Auckland’s Oakwood Manor, Campbell saw rooms crammed with multiple beds, separate laundry rooms which costs extra to use, a tiny “kitchen” in a cupboard and even a toilet which backs up when someone in another unit flushes their waste.

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