Odd One Out
This stretch of coast north windswept, with lumpy dunes, seaweed ribbons and stacks of bleached-white driftwood. Māori named it , meaning landslide. A subdivision to the south of the township was not the spot for ostentation so, when the owners of this waterfront land planned a holiday retreat, they made their wishes clear. “They didn’t want a suburban house or a fancy beach pad,” says architect Gerald Parsonson. They had come to the right place.
