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

Freya Adams, white jumper, has moved back in with her parents. Jacquie Pearson (black cardigan) Terence Greenslade (check shirt) with her twin daughters Aubrey Sommer (in blue) and Frankie Sommer in White dress. Both 6 years old at their home in Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. Photo: Fiona Goodall
Freya Adams, and her twin girls, have moved back in with her parents in Auckland, New Zealand, to save money. Photograph: Fiona Goodall/The Guardian

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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