Zachary Green

3 weeks ago | nbcchicago.com | Jennifer Liu |Zachary Green

This story is part of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which details how people around the world earn, spend and save their money. When Phoebe Merrick first arrived on Waiheke Island in New Zealand, she thought she'd only be there for two months. It was June 2023, just before Merrick's final year of college, and the Virginia native planned to work a summer internship at a winery on the island.