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riverside community  

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  • Riverside community, located in Motueka, South Island, New Zealand, is extraordinary for its longevity, its aims, and its internal financial arrangements. It was founded in 1941 and is still a thriving and dynamic community; its aims include egalitarianism, peace, and the support of socially useful charities; and it is the only secular income-sharing community in New Zealand. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Riverside Community]

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