Lifestyle
The story of a Mangawhai woolshed
A hundred years ago, it was a woolshed on the site of the original Te Arai settlement at Mangawhai Heads. Today it's a modern holiday home.
Cosy retreat on the central plateau
Kosbys Cottage in Ohakune takes its name from its former canine inhabitant
High country cob cottage
Almost a century ago, a cob cottage in Waihopai Valley was used as shearers’ quarters
A cottage built with stolen money
Dirty dealings by a customs officer in the 1850s were the likely source of funds used to build Blackmore Cottage in Nelson
Inner city cottage goes bush
A former St Mary’s Bay kauri cottage is now a quiet retreat for visitors to the Waitakeres
Ship shape
Tree trunks are part of the furniture – and of the cantilever system used in the design of a Hihi holiday house
City meets country in Nelson
Sustainability is a key passion for a Nelson couple who turned an old barn into a corrugated iron-themed cottage
Old barn, new bach
What began life as a hay barn has been transformed by its architect owner into a holiday home with a loft bedroom
West Auckland winery conversion
A picturesque Henderson vineyard has been transformed into a yoga and accommodation centre
The blue house at the beach
The owners of Our Blue Bach in Waikuku bought the house after a chance meeting with its former occupants
Beach bungalow moves with the times
Kakanui Beach Retreat has recently undergone its second metamorphosis - refurbished to cater for the next generation
Holidays at Purakanui
Barbara Chisholm's grandfather bought a house at Purakanui Inlet to escape a polio epidemic in Dunedin
The story of Wyuna Magic
Beverley Mayhead's Coromandel beach house has been in the family for generations
The humble Kiwi bach is a hit in cyberspace
Managing their Lake Taupo holiday homes over the internet has made life much easier for two Kiwi families. Rosalind Le Bas Walker finds out how.
