Island living can entail many difficult or challenging experiences for individual residents, as well as for island communities at large. We use a multifaceted understanding of precarity and resilience to conceptualise these island challenges, as experienced by older island residents. We focus on Waiheke Island, an offshore island that sits within the greater Auckland area, where experiences of entangled precarities can be observed. Our work explores older renters’ experiences on Waiheke Island in order to understand how uncertainties related to ageing, housing and community may influence experiences of islandness, especially as the island’s community and environment change in response to recent influxes of tourists and new residents. By reviewing local media reports and conducting two phases of interviews with older renters, we investigate the intersecting precarities of island residence, rental tenure and older age in this rapidly changing island context. Findings illustrate the complexity of home, community and identity-related aspects of island life. Participants’ experiences of islandness were influenced by multifaceted precarities in their personal situations and in the broader island community. Despite these challenges, older island renters drew resilience from their enjoyable engagements with places and people, and their emotional attachments to their island home.

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老年居民的孤岛，身份和风俗习惯：怀赫科岛上的老龄化

岛屿生活可能给个人居民以及整个岛屿社区带来许多困难或挑战性的经历。我们使用对不稳定和韧性的多方面理解来概念化这些岛屿挑战，就像老年岛屿居民所经历的那样。我们专注于怀赫科岛（Waiheke Island），这是一个位于奥克兰大区的离岸岛屿，在这里您可以观察到缠险的经历。我们的工作探索了怀赫科岛上较年长的租户的经历，以了解与年龄，住房和社区有关的不确定性如何影响岛屿的体验，尤其是随着近期游客和新居民的涌入，该岛的社区和环境发生了变化。通过审查当地媒体的报道并进行两个阶段的老年租房者访谈，我们在这个瞬息万变的岛屿环境中调查了岛屿居住，租期和年龄的交叉性不稳定因素。调查结果说明了岛屿生活中与家庭，社区和身份相关的方面的复杂性。参与者的孤岛经历受到个人状况和整个岛屿社区中多方面pre弱因素的影响。尽管面临这些挑战，但年长的岛上租房者仍通过与地方和人民的愉快交往以及对岛上住宅的情感依恋而获得了韧性。参与者的孤岛经历受到个人状况和整个岛屿社区中多方面pre弱因素的影响。尽管面临这些挑战，但年长的岛上租房者仍通过与地方和人民的愉快交往以及对岛上住宅的情感依恋，获得了韧性。参与者的孤岛经历受到个人状况和整个岛屿社区中多方面pre弱因素的影响。尽管面临这些挑战，但年长的岛上租房者仍通过与地方和人民的愉快交往以及对岛上住宅的情感依恋而获得了韧性。