![]() In 2014 they returned to New Zealand when his daughter was diagnosed with motor neuron disease. The family - himself, his daughter and son-in-law and their two children - had lived in Australia for 10 years. Montgomery's story was one of three shared at a community meeting to discuss Whakatāne District Council's restrictive rules relating to how many dwellings are allowed on rural properties.ĭue to a family tragedy, the retired electrician and surgical theatre technician was left, in his mid-70s, without any means to rent or buy a home. ![]() When Pete Montgomery started building his tiny house on a friend's lifestyle block at Wainui, 20km south of Whakatāne, he had no idea he was doing anything illegal.Īfter pouring hours of hard work - and love - into producing a warm, weathertight, top-quality home in which to spend his twilight years, he is facing having it removed. Pete Montgomery, left, outside the tiny home he built and alongside is land owner Ed Reid. ![]()
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