• Raima Kingi put down the phone, wandered around her house, and realised she would actually get to harvest her garden this year.

Life as she knew it had changed: someone just extended their own mortgage and bought her a house – and all because they loved her.

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ROBERT KITCHIN/ FAIRFAX NZ
Raima Kingi, centre, with family and friends on Tilley Rd, where the Kingi-Warena family live.