Working part-time as a truck and trailer driver, she is currently living at her parents’ house in the spare room with her son. She has been to more than 30 flat viewings, with one property manager even offering her a property in Papamoa, before withdrawing it shortly after. “I just can’t work out what the heck is going on,” she said. Joseph Pearson/Stuff Mt Maunganui, Papamoa and Tauranga are all just a short trip from the beach. “I am looking for properties that cost up to $620 a week in rent all over Tauranga – and I am still getting told no.