Keep it up Aotearoa! ๐
It's been heartwarming to hear stories from across the North Island of people taking others into their home and sharing a cup of tea together or fixing them a meal.
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Share your New Zealand music memories...
It's NZ Music Month and New Zealand really has some beautiful songs from artists that we call our own.
Whether it's April Sun in Cuba, Don't Forget your Roots, or How Bizarre or Bic Runga's 'Sway' - songs have a way of unlocking memories and evoking old feelings.
In honour of NZ Music Month, share a New Zealand song or artist that is special to you and explain why.
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The Tova Show
Hello! Are you a โฆ
- A student/young professional renting
- A young family, renting or owning
- An older New Zealander/retiree/pensioner
Weโre reaching out from the Tova show, the flagship weekly politics podcast on Stuff, as we prepare for our budget coverage and how itโs affecting Kiwis - weโd love to hear from you.
We need a few people who are available the week before the budget (Wednesday 22nd/Thursday 23rd May) and on the day of the announcement (Thursday 30th May).
Please email tova@stuff.co.nz or comment below if youโd like to share your perspective with us. We give you our commitment to treat your experience with sensitivity and care.
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Have you got a job for Don?
For most people in their early 80s, having to find work in order to make ends meet is something they will have happily put behind them in order to enjoy the fruits of retirement.
For Don McGovern, itโs an ongoing necessity - but also a challenge he is relishing.
Ideally, he would love to be employed as a groundskeeper, gardener, or on some kind of lawn mowing contract.