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Period piece on the Clive River
By Bachchat staff
A riverfront villa that's perfect for groups: mess about in boats, bike to wineries or swan about historically. - More
- Posted:
- 23-Jan-2013
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- Categories:
- Hawke's Bay
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- Napier
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- Food and wine
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- Historic buildings
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- Renovations
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- Wine tour
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- Views:
- 2581
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Rotoroa - an island apart
By Karyn Clare and Bachchat Staff
Three stylish baches sit on Rotoroa Island in the Hauraki Gulf - a place to visit for its beaches and bush walks, its history and its artworks. - More
- Posted:
- 31-Aug-2012
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- Categories:
- Auckland
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- Building conversions
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- Historic buildings
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- Views:
- 4611
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Historic Baches on Rangitoto Island
By Bachchat staff
The youngest island in the Hauraki Gulf boasts some of its oldest baches - a glimpse of a holiday community from our past. - More
- Posted:
- 19-Oct-2012
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- Categories:
- Auckland
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- Historic buildings
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- Views:
- 5125
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Mabels Cottage in Mangonui
By Bachchat staff
A colonial cottage with views of Mill Bay - the perfect base for enjoying historic Mangonui - More
- Posted:
- 07-Sep-2012
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- Categories:
- Northland
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- Historic buildings
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- Views:
- 4824
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Makakahi Lodge
By Philippa Kavanagh and Bachchat staff.
Down on the farm - luxuriously: a country lodge with trout-fishing, Ruapehu, bush and historical relics on its doorstep. - More
- Posted:
- 11-Jun-2012
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- Categories:
- Central Plateau
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- Building conversions
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- Historic buildings
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- Renovations
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- Skiing
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- Views:
- 2551
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Uncle Bill’s legacy
By Jenny Tanner
William McNie won a block of land near Ohakune at the end of the 19th century. The cottage he built has been restored by his descendants and named in his memory - More
- Posted:
- 27-Jun-2011
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- Categories:
- Central Plateau
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- Family homes
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- Historic buildings
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- Renovations
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- Views:
- 4656
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Bay of Islands boarding house
By Delwyn Barnett
A set of apartments in Opua housed American soldiers during World War II, in its earlier incarnation as a boarding house - More
- Posted:
- 27-Jun-2011
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- Categories:
- Northland
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- Bay of Islands
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- Building conversions
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- Historic buildings
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- Views:
- 12579
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Nelson labour of love
By Gareth Lawes
A 1930s villa has been painstakingly restored by hand, piece by piece - More
- Posted:
- 25-Jun-2011
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- Categories:
- Nelson-Golden Bay
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- Historic buildings
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- Renovations
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- Views:
- 2635
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Inner city cottage goes bush
By Rosalind Le Bas Walker
A former St Mary’s Bay kauri cottage is now a quiet retreat for visitors to the Waitakeres - More
- Posted:
- 22-Jun-2011
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- Categories:
- Auckland
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- Historic buildings
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- Views:
- 1925
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A cottage built with stolen money
By Caroline Crick
Dirty dealings by a customs officer in the 1850s were the likely source of funds used to build Blackmore Cottage in Nelson - More
- Posted:
- 20-Jun-2011
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- Categories:
- Nelson-Golden Bay
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- Historic buildings
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- Views:
- 1920
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Canterbury potter’s cottage
By Bachchat staff
A hundred-year-old worker's cottage near Darfield is now a popular holiday spot for skiers as far away as Europe - More
- Posted:
- 09-Apr-2011
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- Categories:
- Canterbury
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- Historic buildings
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- Renovations
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- Skiing
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- Views:
- 3144
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Scandrett Bay: Trelise Cooper’s childhood bach
By Rosalind Le Bas Walker
Trelise Cooper talks about carefree days at her family’s north Auckland bach - More
- Posted:
- 14-Mar-2011
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- Categories:
- Auckland
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- Rodney District
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- Family homes
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- Historic buildings
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- Views:
- 2193
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Writing on the wall at Wainui
By Sara Goessi
A piece of east coast history has been preserved on the walls of a Wainui Beach cottage - More
- Posted:
- 28-Feb-2011
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- Categories:
- East Cape
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- Building conversions
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- Historic buildings
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- Views:
- 2338
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Tea and scones in Milton Street
By Caroline Crick
A kauri cottage in Milton Street is a link to Nelson’s past - More
- Posted:
- 28-Feb-2011
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- Categories:
- Nelson-Golden Bay
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- Historic buildings
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- Views:
- 2609
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High country cob cottage
By Sara Goessi
Almost a century ago, a cob cottage in Waihopai Valley was used as shearers’ quarters - More
- Posted:
- 28-Feb-2011
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- Categories:
- Marlborough
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- Historic buildings
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- Sustainability
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- Views:
- 2243
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Ninety years in the life of a Waiheke bach
By Jenny Appleton
A two-room bach at Oneroa has evolved into a collection of three cottages with sea views - More
- Posted:
- 28-Feb-2011
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- Categories:
- Auckland
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- Waiheke Island
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- Historic buildings
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- Renovations
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- Views:
- 3888
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The blue house at the beach
By Sara Goessi
The owners of Our Blue Bach in Waikuku bought the house after a chance meeting with its former occupants - More
- Posted:
- 28-Feb-2011
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- Categories:
- Canterbury
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- Historic buildings
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- Views:
- 1957
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Railway cottage gets a new lease of life
By Bookabach staff. Photos by Nicola Edwards.
A renovated Martinborough railway cottage is the culmination of years of planning by its owners - More
- Posted:
- 25-Feb-2011
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- Categories:
- Historic buildings
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- Renovations
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- Views:
- 1731
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