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In Auckland, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei are housing their people in award-winning, architecturally designed terrace homes. Photo: RNZ Insight/Patrick O'Meara
This week, it's Come Together by Eric Trump, published in North & South's May edition.
You can read the article, with accompanying photos, in North & South.
Is communal living a wiser use of resources and a counter to societal ills like loneliness? With the cost of both newly built and older homes rocketing and a lack of supply, proponents of shared or co-housing say it’s time to reconsider once-radical options.
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