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A Māori housing project in Hawke's Bay wants to see the same model rolled out nationwide to help people afford their own homes and benefit from a community environment.

Puke Aute papakāinga is in Te Hauke, about 20 minutes south of Hastings in Hawke's Bay, and has been built on ancestral Māori land and received funding through government-backed Māori housing initiatives such as Te Puni Kōkiri.

The village of 10 brand new homes is no ordinary housing development, with vege gardens, lambs, chickens and pigs.

Some people rent the houses, some buy them, and others rent to buy - but the land the whare s

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