Barbara Hogg has too much house. So she is halving her possessions and giving anything she no longer needs to furnish homes for families in need.
Mrs Hogg lost her husband Ken Hogg in December. The home they shared was too big for just her, and she planned a move to a smaller house at Bethlehem Shores retirement village.
But what to do with all the stuff? Furniture that will not fit, little-used linen, spare spoons - a lifetime of bits and bobs held on to "just in case".
"I need to get rid of at least half my possessions, probably even three quarters," she said.
Enter Te Tuinga Whanau. Mrs Hogg said she had long admired the work of the social services and housing provider and its enigmatic executive director Tommy Wilson.