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Incendiary language Please let’s not have incendiary language around separate study rooms for Pasifika and Māori students . The Ku Klux Klan’s beliefs and...

When Pete Montgomery started building his tiny house on a friend's lifestyle block near Whakatāne, he had no idea he was doing anything illegal.

STUFF Ruth Gerzon - who describes herself as among the "more assertive" Baby Boomer generation - founded the Eastern Bay Villages, a local collective run for - and by - older people. What happens as you age and life becomes a daily struggle? What’s it like as your family and friends fall away? Michelle Duff meets the boomers who aren’t waiting round to find out. Growing up, Terry Kirk and his brother used to fight tooth and nail. Their upbringing was tough. Later, when Terry Kirk gigged around West Auckland as the Hallelujah Cowboy, they didn’t have a lot to do with each other. Over ti...

Christel Yardley/Stuff Andrea Hall, left, moved in with Eileen Bell in mid-July as part of a ‘homeshare’ scheme that has enabled the 98-year-old to remain in her home of 22 years, and maintain her social connections. The ad was listed by Eastern Bay Villages - a group that offers community support to older Kiwis in the Bay of Plenty. Coordinator Ruth Gerzon said home-sharing had multiple benefits. “An older person living alone has a younger person to live rent-free with them for ten hours support a week,” she said. “This enables older people to avoid a rest home, and younger peo...