In recent years, New Zealand has severe inflation and the cost of living is extremely high, and for some college students who have just graduated from campus, renting a house will cost a lot of money.
In order to save living expenses, some New Zealand university students have recently returned to their hometowns after graduation and lived with their parents.
Regarding the matter of moving back home to "gnaw the old", New Zealand's local **1news interviewed three college graduates.
1. "Go home and be unemployed, recuperate".
Zayne Barefoot is from ** City and went to Victoria University of Wellington in 2019.
After 5 years at the university, he obtained an honours degree in theatre and a master's degree in teaching.
After getting her diploma, Zayne chose to go back to her hometown to live for a while.
I felt like I was going into a burnout period, living in Wellington was very tired and I was in a hurry. Most of the time is also on campus. So I chose to go back to my hometown to live for a while and change the environment. ”
Zayne said moving back home with her parents has resulted in a loss of independence.
When he first moved home, Zayne said that the 24-year-old still looked like a child to his parents because his mother always asked him to report out.
But after several communications, he and his parents changed their mode of getting along - they figured out each other's bottom line.
Now that the living environment at home is much more relaxed, my mother will care about my feelings and give me enough space to be independent. ”
Zayne also said that his mother often helped him with household chores, but he didn't want that.
Don't let mom help with the laundry - it's a symbol of independence. He said.
Moving back to the city, Zayne always contrasts life here with the bustle of the capital.
I always subconsciously compare Wellington to the city and find a lot of shortcomings.
In contrast, the development of ** city is very backward. He said.
Zayne says she has only moved back home for a short period of time and will return to Wellington after a year's break to find a job as a teacher.
Second, the salary during the internship period is pitiful, and it is all supported by parents
Liv Kyne, a physics student at the University of Otago, moved back to Wellington after completing her undergraduate degree.
At the beginning of this year, she moved back to her parents' house.
The first few months after returning home were an adjustment period, and when I lived in the student apartment, I felt like I had a well-organized life, and when I came home I found that I didn't do any housework. ”
Liv said she has very little entertainment in her hometown — she spends her free time watching TV and scrolling on her phone.
When I was at school, I didn't have such a home, and my classmates often threw parties and organized outdoor activities. She said.
Liv said she gets along well with her parents and is the kind of person who talks about everything.
We were like friends, my mom knew me well, and we would share what we saw after work. ”
At present, LIV is in the internship period and does not have a lot of income. Her parents did not charge her for room and board.
"I consider myself lucky because my parents are supporting me unconditionally," she said. ”
3. In order to accompany his family, he returned to live in a small town
kira o'Connell is a graduate of Victoria University of Wellington.
She graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology in 2021 and then moved back to Whanganui to live with her parents.
She moved home to spend time with her terminally ill family.
Whanganui is so boring, like a nursing home. The first few weeks of moving back home I was languishing because I missed my friends in Wellington.
Luckily, a friend I made at college moved back with me, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to live. ”
After graduating from high school, Kira wanted to leave the small town and venture into the big city.
In the three years of college, she never returned to her hometown during the summer vacation, and usually only talked to her parents**.
After I left home, I was free, my parents stopped disciplining me, and our communication became much more effective. ”
Forced to return to Whanganui for a variety of reasons, she now has found work as a counsellor and children's librarian.
After living in her hometown for 2 years, she felt that it was time to go out again.
This year, she will return to Wellington to begin her postgraduate studies.