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Main squeeze

Thirty-four square metres. Let that number sink in. Then imagine living in this diminutive dimension as a family of four. Suni and Maz Hermon and their two boys, Otto (5) and Angelo (2), make it work. Sometimes it’s hard, but many other times, the couple is grateful for this journey that connects them to family, to land and to their future.

Their property in the Wellington suburb of Berhampore once belonged to Maz’s grandparents, ‘Chubby’ and Yvette, who emigrated from Sri Lanka. As a young child, Maz would explore the lush,

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