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Boomerang adults: the young New Zealanders moving back in with their parents

Working adults living in the family home sign of acute housing pressures with parties split on how to ease crisis ahead of election

Freya Adams managed as a solo mum of twin six-year-old girls for almost three years after separating from her partner.

Then, mortgage repayments on her two-bedroom apartment were set to double. Food and petrol prices continued to soar.

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