Why this Taranaki couple earning $165k want to live with their parents
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Tama and Gina are mortgage free and collectively earn $165k a year.
But after grinding through their 20s they have realised what matters to them most is being close to whānau.
Tama’s mum and nan live across the fence and Gina’s parents live five houses down the road - but their goal is to buy a larger piece of land so more of their family can live together.
“We are in a real privileged position where we can leverage them up by purchasing a large property, possibly building papakāinga styles,” says Tama.
A papakāinga is a traditional Māori way of living where whānau communally live together on ancestral whenua.
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