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Native Affairs - Staying Afloat

Nearly 100,000 Kiwis are living daily in hotels, caravans, and even cars.

With Auckland being one of the most expensive cities to live in the world, pensioners are finding it particularly hard to make ends meet.

Billie Jo Hohepa-Ropiha found one Poua with an alternative lifestyle that's letting him escape Auckland's never-ending rising rents.