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Kōrero: Older people

Pensioner flat

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Pensioner flat

Pensioner flats are a form of social housing which allow low-income older people to stay in their own rented homes and maintain their independence. Waki Kerei had a Housing New Zealand pensioner flat in Auckland. Her walls are adorned with family photos.

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New Zealand Herald

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by Glenn Jeffrey

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Peggy Koopman-Boyden, Older people – Life circumstances, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/26696/pensioner-flat (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peggy Koopman-Boyden, i tāngia i te 22 March 2011.