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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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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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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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A family history of rail carriage sleepouts
By Bachchat staff
Two former rail carriages at Palliser Bay are the latest in a long line of conversions - More
- Posted:
- 26-May-2011
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- Categories:
- Wellington
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- Building conversions
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- Family holiday
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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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The story of a Mangawhai woolshed
By Sara Goessi
A hundred years ago, it was a woolshed on the site of the original Te Arai settlement at Mangawhai Heads - More
- Posted:
- 28-Feb-2011
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- Categories:
- Auckland
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- Rodney District
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- Building conversions
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- Renovations
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- 2045
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City meets country in Nelson
By Bachchat staff
Sustainability is a key passion for a Nelson couple who turned an old barn into a corrugated iron-themed cottage - More
- Posted:
- 28-Feb-2011
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- Categories:
- Nelson-Golden Bay
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- Building conversions
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- Sustainability
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- Views:
- 2330
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Old barn, new bach
By Bachchat staff
What began life as a hay barn has been transformed by its architect owner into a holiday home with a loft bedroom - More
- Posted:
- 28-Feb-2011
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- Categories:
- Auckland
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- Rodney District
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- Building conversions
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- Renovations
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- Views:
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