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With the cost of living crisis, housing crisis, and what feels like a new crisis every week - the thought of giving up the rat race completely and just living a simple life in the bush is becoming more and more appealing.
This week Re: News is finding out what ditching the rat race really looks like. Welcome to Re: News’ Off The Grid Week.
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Reclaiming our traditions by not using a surname
“The thing that I don’t agree with is that Māori have to have a last name, that is wrong”.
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I tried to survive two days in the bush with no gear
Scientists say we are overdue for a major earthquake across the Alpine Fault.
About this series
With the cost of living crisis, housing crisis, and what feels like a new crisis every week - the thought of giving up the rat race completely and just living a simple life in the bush is becoming more and more appealing.
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Being a drop-out can be good: why you might not need to go to uni
Five U.S. states have gotten rid of the requirement for a uni degree for most jobs in government.
We built an off-the-grid life but it took a lot of privilege
“I'm trying to do things now that are going to be helpful for our descendants in like 200 years"
Why I care about decolonising the ikura/period
"...society and wāhine have so much to learn about the way that our tupuna were innovators.”
Off The Grid Week: What happens when you ditch the rat race
It sounds freeing. But what would it actually take?