The Lifestyle Collection - Autumn 2018

Lifestyle Collection

End of an era at Pahoia A lifetime of adventures that span the world (see feature story for details on this property)

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Our Offices For specialist knowledge on buying and selling real estate throughout New Zealand, contact your local PGG Wrightson Real Estate branch.

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Northland Bay of Plenty/South Waikato/Central Plateau Waikato

Hawke’s Bay/ Manawatu/Wairarapa

Nelson/Marlborough Canterbury/West Coast

Mid/South Canterbury

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Otago/Central Otago

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Welcome

End of an era at Pahoia see pages 40-43 or view it online: www.pggwre.co.nz/TAR26793

Opportunities abound to convert the lifestyle dream into reality More and more kiwis every year are working out that the dream of country living is within their grasp.

This desire reached epic proportions a couple of years ago when the number and value of lifestyle property transactions broke all records during a market surge that lasted approximately 18 months. Although those days of highly elevated market activity are behind us for now, the desire among many urban dwellers for fresh air, the relaxed rhythms of country life and space to call their own remains compelling.

What has reduced slightly is the number of lifestyle properties available to them.

In the lifestyle property sector, we are still strongly in a seller’s market. This is evident from recent statistics published by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand, which showed that the median price for all lifestyle properties sold in the three months to January 2018 was $657,250, which was $74,250 higher than the median price for the three months ended January 2017, a 12.7 per cent increase in 12 months. Those statistics showed the median price of lifestyle blocks increased in most regions through that period, with the most notable examples a 90 per cent increase on the West Coast, a 43 per cent increase in Wellington and a 37 per cent increase in Southland.

For those looking to buy, proximity to the main centres carries a premium, though with technology bringing the world together, that is no longer such a critical factor.

Options to buy an existing developed property, or a piece of bare land on which to bring your dream to life, remain viable in most regions, particularly for those prepared to be patient.

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Wherever you are located, and wherever you plan to pursue your rural dream, a member of PGG Wrightson Real Estate’s nationwide network of specialist lifestyle property salespeople will be pleased to help you achieve your objectives. Being New Zealand’s leading rural services provider makes us a natural fit for anyone looking to buy or sell lifestyle property. Our wider company incorporates most aspects of rural life and business, making it a natural progression for us to assist you into any new property or any rural community that you seek to join.

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Our salespeople look forward to hearing from you, and to helping you convert your rural dream into reality.

Peter Newbold

General Manager, PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited

PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited is acting solely as the selling agent for the vendor, and is not responsible for the accuracy and completeness of information supplied by the vendor either directly or via PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited, whether contained in an information memorandum or otherwise. PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited has not verified such information and PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited is not liable to any party, including the purchaser, for the accuracy or completeness of such information. Potential purchasers and investors should also note that the vendor is responsible for obtaining legal advice on any securities law aspects associated with the proposed transaction and that PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited is not a promoter for securities law purposes but is solely acting in its professional capacity as a selling agent.

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How to balance the challenges

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Move brings couple closer to Raglan

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Wandering Dalziell’s quest for perfection draws them to Cambridge

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End of an era at Pahoia

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Hawke’s Bay family enjoying a change of pace

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Sale on Christchurch outskirts completes the cycle

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Fruits of sustained development placed into new hands

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Bite into autumn apples

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Winter feed for your livestock

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Meet the Orpingtons

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Spinning fine traditions

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Honey by the glass - Barry Bunn

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Barry Bunn’s Honey Mead Recipe

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Pruning your stonefruit trees

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Hemp for sustainable future growth

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Our Company PGG Wrightson Real Estate is one of New Zealand’s largest single full-service real estate companies and is well-placed to offer exceptional specialist service throughout the nation. With 37 offices nationwide and a network of over 160 salespeople, our lifestyle specialists span the country, ready to work together with you to exceed your best outcome.

As an organisation, our mission is to help grow the country – helping farmers to become successful. Ultimately, our ability to do this comes down to the products and services that we provide and, in particular, the capability and integrity of our people. While we are a big company, we value the importance of the local touch and encourage our people to bring fresh thinking to “go the extra mile” to help our clients succeed.

An outstanding brand The PGG Wrightson Real Estate brand stands out from all the others – signifying trust, integrity and remarkable results.

A network that really works When you deal with us, you are dealing with one company and one team, not a

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group of franchised operators and offices.

This means you get access to our national network, with salespeople covering the entire country, who really do work together to achieve the best possible outcome for you.

Specialist knowledge and world-class service Our experienced, specialist staff will go out of their way to ensure your property objectives are met, delivering the very best service for your entire real estate experience, whether your property choice is urban, lifestyle or rural.

People focused Our clients and our staff mean everything to us. This is our company’s hallmark and we are proud of it. Our clients are the

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core, the heart of our business, and the very reason for our success. Our staff are among the best and most accomplished in the real estate industry. Together, they have made us who we are today and we recognise their importance in every aspect of our business.

Unbeatable track record We aim to be the best in what we do and we have been focused on achieving this since our business was founded almost 170 years ago. Added to this is a genuine desire to make the process of buying and selling property an exciting and seamless experience for everyone.

Connecting people with property.

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Significant sales The following is a sneak peek into the past few months’ successful sales from our top regions nationwide. If you are after local knowledge, experience and the best outcome, contact our real estate specialists today to get your property listed and sold!

Date Range: December 2017 - February 2018

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Matamata 10.93 hectares

Cambridge 18.87 hectares

Katikati 1.61 hectares

Earnscleugh 2.0 hectares

Peter Donnelly

Scott Borland

Alwin Thorne George

Jo Priebee

A four-bedroom contemporary home down a tree-lined driveway with indoor/outdoor flow to an entertainment area, plus an inground swimming pool, set within tastefully landscaped grounds, this property is set up as a grazing or equine establishment.

Sitting in a sunny elevated position with views of Lake Karapiro and Maungatautari Mountain, this threedouble bedroom 1920s weatherboard home also features a large multipurpose shed incorporating a tack room, storage and space for a horse truck.

A short distance from Katikati with land currently fenced to graze stock, though also suited to horticulture, this beautifully renovated, three bedroom 1950s rural home sold at auction. It has almost 360 degree views from the Kaimai Ranges to the Harbour and Mount Maunganui beyond.

Contemporary in design with high stud ceilings and easy flow, this family home is full of charm and has plenty of space in the paddock for horses or a few sheep, plus the room to build a shed. For sale by deadline, it sold prior to the deadline date.

Sold in February 2018.

Sold in February 2018.

Sold in December 2017.

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Tauwhare 5007m2

Alexandra 1.73 hectares

Waihopai Valley 1.76 hectares

Dargaville 3055m2

Steve Cochrane/Jo Dennis

Jo Priebee

Mark Terry

Ann Holt

Situated in a country community an easy commute to Hamilton, this 227 square metre low maintenance family home is set up for entertaining, surrounded by exciting landscaping, complete with privacy screenings and feature ornamental specimens.

Adjacent to the Central Otago Rail Trail, set up for use as accommodation and handy to both Alexandra and Clyde, this European style home with character features throughout and a cosy ambience includes a self-contained guest retreat, and sits in a delightful country garden. Sold in January 2018.

A 180 square metre three double bedroom home overlooking the Waihopai River, and surrounded by bush and native birdsong, this property also has a three bay shed and three fenced paddocks.

A four-bedroom character home with ornate feature ceilings, on a flat, private, sunny section overlooking the Wairoa River and Dargaville township, with a conservatory plus attached garaging, a double bay shed and workshop.

Sold in January 2018.

Sold in January 2018.

Sold in January 2018.

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T O P A U T U M N T I P S F O R S M A L L B L O C K FA R M E R S

Bite into autumn apples KATH IRVINE ON HARVESTING APPLES Autumn is here so it’s time to harvest your apples. Fresh, crisp and delicious straight from the tree, here are tips on timing when to pick and how to store your apples.

• Like all fruits, different apple varieties ripen at different rates within a season. Early apples arriving in late February, such as the Early Strawberry variety, are best eaten as soon as they are picked. Later varieties picked in April are suitable for storing.

• Take a look at an apple before picking.

Check for its ‘ripe’ colour along with the its ‘undercolour’ which generally progresses from dark green to light green to shades of yellow.

• When an apple’s colour looks good, cup the apple and lift it up. If it’s ready, it will naturally come away.

• Don’t wait until apples have dropped onto the ground as, for some varieties, this means they are past their best.

• During an apple tree’s first two years, remove the fruit so the tree’s energy goes into growing its roots and branches. In year three, the tree should produce a small crop and, by years five and six, the tree will be at full production.

• For storage, Kath Irvine recommends storing apples in a fridge at 4°C in plastic bags with lots of holes pricked in them. She has achieved six months’ storage using this method.

• Cut the apple in half to check the seeds are dark brown. After cutting, the apple flesh should stay white. If it’s not ready, the apple will oxidise and go brown.

• Taste the apple – you’ll soon know if it’s ripe!

• Apples on a tree ripen at different stages. If the foliage on the tree is dense, the apples on the inside will take longer to ripen, so start picking from the outside and work in.

It can take another two weeks before the inside apples are ready.

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Kath Irvine is a permaculture designer and has been designing and managing edible gardens since the late 1990s. Passionate about growing food and good design, Kath runs workshops from her Edible Backyard.

Go to www.ediblebackyard.co.nz/ for more info.

North Island Recent lifestyle statistics from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand indicate that Northland, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Taranaki, Wairarapa and Wellington are sales hotspots at present.

Meanwhile, steady demand continues for re-zoned land in Auckland offering opportunities to build lifestyle property and, although sales over $1 million have slowed, lifestyle property sales under that level remain solid.

Sales volumes in Waikato, Hawke’s Bay and Manawatu/Whanganui have all eased slightly.

While the volume of lifestyle property sales nationwide has declined over the past 12 months, with around 15 per cent fewer sales than this time last year, the median value of lifestyle property transactions is increasing.

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Awanui, Far North

Unique Cottage Charm with a Peaceful Outlook

Price by Negotiation

Set on a generous 1567m² section and surrounded by peaceful rural views this charming two bedroom cottage provides a unique opportunity for first home buyers. Ample amount of shedding and storage is sure to impress with single garage attached to house plus separate large three bay shedding. Close to Kaitaia township and only 20 minutes to the crystal clear waters of the East Coast beaches.

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Paul Yates M 027 577 9962

Kerikeri, Far North

Prime Consented Development

Price on Application

This 4.2ha is ready to start development with both purchase and investment options available, on a maximum exposure site in a rapidly growing area. Or an option to buy approximately 2.1ha (subject to title) on the back half of the property that has been earmarked under the present consent for the construction of a 30 unit hotel, conference and spa. The vendors are open to discuss any proposals.

Plus GST (if any) (Unless Sold By Private Treaty)

Rex Robb

Andrew Ludbrook

B 09 407 4838 | M 027 441 1383

B 09 407 4833 | M 027 254 4784

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www.pggwre.co.nz/KER26956

T O P A U T U M N T I P S F O R S M A L L B L O C K FA R M E R S

Winter feed for your livestock ANDREW DOWLING ON SUPPLEMENTARY FEED FOR YOUR LIVESTOCK OVER WINTER It is essential to keep your animals healthy and strong throughout the year, as it enables them to manage stressful times such as winter.

One important way of ensuring your animals’ health is by jam-packing your animals’ feed full of the right nutrients.

In winter, grass growth lessens, while greater wastage occurs due to muddy conditions. To help get through this period and maintain your stock’s body condition, it is common to use supplementary feed.

• The feed that you choose is dependent on the age and type of animals you are feeding.

• Supplementary feeds generally contain two important nutrients: energy and protein.

• Protein requirements are much greater in young animals (up to two years old) compared to adults.

• Animals with twin pregnancies also demand greater protein in their diet.

• When you are choosing feed for your stock, make sure you discuss what feed you have available and what type of animals you have. This way the “gaps” in diet can be identified.

• The amount of feed required per animal is also dependent on how much is wasted.

Feeding onto the ground results in at least 25% being wasted. Hay racks, feeders and troughs that keep feed off the ground help to keep it in a palatable condition, easier to access, and less is dropped onto the ground and wasted.

For more advice on feeding your livestock, phone 0800 10 22 76 or visit your local PGG Wrightson rural supplies store.

A former vet, Andrew Dowling is Technical Manager – Animal Production in PGG Wrightson’s Rural Supplies Technical Team.

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Baylys Beach, Northland

Iconic Holiday Park - Lifestyle and Business

Price on Application

A wonderful lifestyle business at beautiful Baylys Beach in Northland for sale. A much loved operation, growing with room for more growth. Excellent location on the Twin Coast Discovery circuit, golf course close by, 12km from Dargaville, approximately 2.5 hours north of Auckland. Nice owner’s home. Freehold/lease land, cottages, cabins, 60 camping sites - 30 are powered. Motivated Vendors.

Plus GST (if any)

www.pggwre.co.nz/DAG27610

Cindy Younger B 09 439 3351 | M 027 278 2309 | H 09 439 4021

Ngunguru, Northland

A Stunning Coastal Retreat!

A 5.84ha totally private, bush clad block just 4.5km from the stunning Ngunguru estuary Absolutely charming one bedroom cottage of approx 140m² which will delight those of you who wants something individually crafted Polished matai floors, Kent type fire, HRV system and a large upper storey bedroom looking out to the ferns and tree tops Ann Holt B 09 470 2537 | M 027 410 9775 | H 09 432 3075

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Kamo, Northland

Superb Midsize Block in Very Appealing Location

$1.6M

• Approximately 60ha of good pasture with the fertilizer history available • 70% flat with remainder easy rolling. Private and lays to the north • Winters 130 mixed age cattle. Good hayshed and very good yards • Good older three bedroom home with modern kitchen • Well fenced and great supply of artesian spring water reticulated to 16 paddocks

Plus GST (if any)

Mel Currin

Dennis Wallace

B 09 470 2522 | M 021 134 6472

B 09 470 2528 | M 022 312 7704

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Maungakaramea, Northland

Volcanic Land! Cute Cottage!

Enquiries Over $450,000

• All the delights of quiet country living here on a versatile 3212m² plot of volcanic land • Cute little two bedroom cottage with a sunny deck off the lounge • Flat, fertile land with lots of room for more fruit trees • Perhaps graze a few sheep or have a miniature horse?

• Tar-sealed road and so handy to primary and secondary schooling

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Ann Holt B 09 470 2537 | M 027 410 9775 | H 09 432 3075

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How to balance the challenges OF AGRICULTURE AND A HOLIDAY HOME BUSINESS After moving north from Taranaki in the mid-1990s, Julie Geange and husband, Neal, were set on finding a property that would enable them to combine their love of farming with a reliable income independent of the ups and downs of agriculture.

Although they had never been to or even heard of Kai Iwi Lakes, they found this hidden treasure, situated on the Kauri Coast 31 kilometres north of Dargaville, impossible to resist.

Operating a small accommodation business, particularly with young children, was a challenge, though worthwhile on several counts.

“With guests coming and going all the time, our kids grew up having a new best friend every day. You can’t beat that for a lifestyle,” says Julie.

When they first moved in, the property had a house, sheds and one cottage for accommodation. They set about increasing the options for visitors.

“We immediately put on a second cottage

for tourist accommodation then developed a budget unit. In 2000, we subdivided off three 4 hectare blocks. We wanted to give others the opportunity to live in the area, on land that wasn’t so well suited for grazing,” says Julie.

Raising stock was their strongest interest. They built a calf-rearing shed and a small milking plant, milking to feed their growing calves.

“We did plenty of calf rearing and still do. Yearly, we have raised up to 500 calves per annum and, on average, we have kept about 100 calves per year. We have also leased land, grazing cattle and pigs,” she says.

They also built up a purebred Hereford herd.

Operating the accommodation business alongside the farm worked well and, by

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2005, having brought on various relocatable dwellings, they had five self-contained cottages, sleeping from two to 14 people.

“We knew the cottages would always be a back-up, ensuring we had a steady income.

We realised that people from Auckland were always going to come and stay at the lake, which meant the cottages would always tick over financially, regardless of what farming was doing,” says Julie.

At 210 kilometres north of Auckland, and en route to Waipoua Forest and the Hokianga Harbour, it is an idyllic spot: a walk across the paddocks to rugged Ripiro, New Zealand’s longest beach, and within easy access of the peace, quiet and tranquillity of life on Northland’s west coast.

Twenty-two years later, having raised their three children, all now adults, and with Julie serving as a Kaipara District councillor since 2007, last year, they decided to move on. Having originally dealt with Wrightson Real Estate, when they bought the property in 1995, they engaged Megan Browing and Cindy Younger of PGG Wrightson real Estate, Dargaville to sell it.

Megan explains how the sale went.

“As there is always a relatively small market of buyers, selling an accommodation business can be a challenge. Fortunately, Julie and Neal had subdivided the property, giving interested parties the option of taking just one of the cottages as a holiday home or buying the whole

business as a going concern. It was offered by deadline private treaty and we received multiple offers, including on the whole business, which is what they opted to go with,” says Megan.

Like Julie and Neal, the new owners have also shifted north from Taranaki.

While Neal will continue with livestock, keeping up development of the Hereford herd, Julie will push on with her interest in democracy and the policy-making process, looking back with fondness at Kai Iwi Lakes.

“With all the memories of being there, I will certainly miss the location, the lakes and the proximity to the beach. It has been a fabulous place to live,” she says.

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Whangateau, Auckland

Secluded Coastal Farmlet

$1.65M

29.6678ha of grazing pasture with pockets of native bush and mature fruit trees. Woolshed and three-bay shed, stock yards and six fenced paddocks with reliable water reticulated. The lovely three bedroom cottage with separate study, native timber floors, ceilings and cabinetry throughout and Waterford wood burner to keep the home cosy. This area is popular for vineyards and various other horticulture ventures, including citrus, macadamias and olives.

This small sheep and cattle farm has provided over 25 years of family enjoyment. But the time has come to pass their beloved sanctuary on to another family for their enjoyment.

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Scott Tapp B 09 423 9717 | M 021 418 161 | H 09 425 8161

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Helensville, Auckland

Vendors Purchased, Time to Move!

$1.695M

Privately sheltered north east house with open plan living areas, large modern kitchen, two bathrooms and four generous double bedrooms throughout. With stables/farm buildings that complement your 4.785ha of clean well fenced pasture, which is adequate for all types of livestock. Spectacular panoramic views of the Kaipara Harbour this secluded slice of paradise will be sure to impress.

GST Inclusive

Scott Tapp

Victoria Tapp

B 09 423 9717 | M 021 418 161

B 09 423 9712 | M 021 0272 4087

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Patumahoe, Franklin

Boutique Avocado Orchard

Price on Application

Located on the borders of Karaka and Patumahoe and within a 47km commute to Auckland CBD. This 6.49ha lifestyle block with a 145 avocado tree orchard, offers the discerning purchaser extra income while still having the ability to continue working in Auckland if they choose. A spacious four-bedroom warm, sunny character home offers a great entertaining space with views.

Plus GST (if any)

Adrian van Mil

Mark Needham

Mingli Defendi

M 027 473 3632

M 027 704 6833

M 022 327 2300

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Waiuku, Franklin

Often Sought, Rarely Found Rural Beauty

Price by Negotiation

A beautiful 3.85ha lifestyle property situated at the Awhitu Peninsula, in the greater Auckland region overlooking the Manukau Harbour with panoramic city light views at night. This property offers three double bedrooms, three bathrooms, a study or office and boasts an open plan kitchen with sea views from the adjoining dining area. Whole day sun makes this home a very warm and sunny house with the latest DVS ventilation system recently installed and air-conditioning. Extras include garden shed, a three-bay implement shed with concrete floor plus lockable workshop and another two bay shed.

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Mingli Defendi B 09 239 0645 | M 022 327 2300

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Meet the Orpingtons AN INTRODUCTION TO ORPINGTON HENS

Orpingtons are an attractive hen, whose gentle, quiet, childfriendly nature makes them a great addition to your lifestyle block. They are a heavy, dual-purpose breed, who are good layers, with pullets producing around 300 eggs in their first season.

• Originating from Great Britain, the breed has a number of colours, with black, blue and buff being the most popular.

• To get started, buy ‘point of lay’ pullets (less than a year old and yet to lay eggs) in the spring or summer.

• Orpingtons cost more than a common commercial breed such as the Brown Shaver but not excessively.

• As they are a bigger breed of hen, Orpingtons require plenty of room, as well as fencing around 900 millimetres high. These hens suit being kept as free-range or in a run.

• Not all varieties of Orpingtons are equal when it comes to laying. The black, blue and splash are the best in New Zealand, with the buff producing the least eggs.

• Feed usually consists of chicken pellets, sprouted grains and water. For their health and wellbeing, ensure space for a dust bath (helps prevent issues such as mites).

• These hens will get broody at around spring or summertime when the weather warms up and are considered good mothers.

Contributors: Vanessa Mitchell Vanessa Mitchell, mother of three, lives on the beautiful Banks Peninsula with her husband, Shaun, operating the Twisted Ngaio B&B (www.twistedngaio.co.nz). They share the property with two Jersey cows, two donkeys, Cayuga ducks and Orpington chickens.

Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand To learn more about Orpingtons and other poultry breeds, go to www.rarebreeds.co.nz/orpington.html

• A hen will lay for approximately six to eight months between years one and two. After that, an Orpington will lay for 10 months a year.

Eggs will be medium-sized and light brown.

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Hamilton, Waikato

Lifestyle, Shedding and Location

Price by Negotiation

Showcasing the best in lifestyle living, this exceptional offering makes no compromise on space, fine finishes and infrastructure. The premium Tamahere property comprises a lavishly upgraded 420m² brick home, exceptional shedding and an income-earning cottage, all cleverly arranged over a double-entrance 1.6ha site with paddocks, landscaped grounds and excellent gardens. Huge relaxed spaces encourage large scale family living and entertaining.

Benefits range from gas heating, heat pumps, surround sound and HRV to a spa room complete with state-of-the-art jet shower, sauna and spa pool.

GST Inclusive

Russell Thomas B 07 858 5307 | M 020 4004 0360

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Koromatua, Waipa

City Lights Larger Lifestyle

Price by Negotiation

So close to Hamilton why drive further? 10.63 ha with a tree lined avenue. A well regarded agistment property with quality fencing and shade trees, but suitable for all types of stock.

Extensive garaging, workshop, barns and stables. Set on a knoll the up to date home has a designer kitchen, socially open to a dining and living room that spill out to covered and open decking. A master suite has a fully tiled shower and walk in robe. Three family bedrooms have a separate lounge and bathroom. However regretful, our vendors are returning to the South Island and this property is to be sold.

Plus GST (if any)

Steve Cochrane

Jo Dennis

B 07 858 5329 | M 027 243 8315

B 07 858 5323 | M 027 657 3310

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Raglan, Waikato

Lifestylers Dream

$1.18M

This 14 hectare lifestyle property is ready for you to enjoy! All the hard work has been done; a new, quality four bedroom home with everything you would expect, including en suite, walkin wardrobe and huge decks creating great indoor / outdoor flow from the open plan living areas. This property also boasts near new fences, reliable water system, large barn and horse / stock facilities including round pen, horse holding pen, cattle yards with loading race. The list goes on making this a pleasure to run a few animals. Midway between Hamilton and Raglan this is a popular location for lifestylers who want the beach and country life!

Plus GST (if any)

Richard Thomson B 07 858 5325 | M 027 294 8625

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Paeroa, Hauraki

Ideal Contractors Yards 36m x 12m shed divided into six bays with 5m high stud One bay contains an office and storage area The property lends itself well towards motor home storage or storage sheds with room for expansion Land is zoned light industrial on 3,252m² section

$485,000 Plus GST (if any)

www.pggwre.co.nz/MOR27044

Allister Coombe B 07 889 0167 | M 027 507 7622

Te Aroha, Waikato

Country Lifestyle

$615,000

Nestled on a 2,500m² section close to Te Aroha, sits this three bedroom Jennian home with internal garaging. The home offers an open plan kitchen dining area, separate lounge, one bathroom with master bedroom including an en suite and walk-in wardrobe. The covered BBQ area has rural and mountain views. There is room for the pets among the established grounds. All of this on town water supply.

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Allister Coombe B 07 889 0167 | M 027 507 7622

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Move brings couple closer to Raglan WITHOUT LOSING CHERISHED LIFESTYLE

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Penny Mason and James Wallace are independently practising Waikato healthcare professionals.

As Penny explains, they moved from the United Kingdom to New Zealand, via Australia, in 2006. “While studying midwifery in Australia, I attended a workshop in the Waikato, during which I had a memorable trip to Raglan. Back in Australia, we decided it would be good to complete my studies in New Zealand, so we moved over, felt very much at home, and decided to stay on after completing my degree, rather than move back to Northern New South Wales. “In New Zealand, opportunities for independent midwives are much better than in Australia and although we had no long-term plans, we decided to move towards Raglan, as we love the sea and the countryside around it,� she says.

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When they arrived, they set up about 20 kilometres east of Raglan town, on an eight hectare property with a six bedroom character home, tranquility and birdsong, which Penny describes as ‘paradise.’

Since she started practising in New Zealand, Penny has delivered dozens of the Raglan community’s smallest, newest members. While she and James cherished the country lifestyle, her midwifery and the wish to drive less eventually persuaded them to move closer to town.

“I practise independently. All my clients are in Raglan, which is full of a diverse range of people. I am lucky enough to care for women and families from all walks of life, which is a real joy,” she says.

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James, meanwhile, is a biodynamic craniosacral therapist, and consulting to patients from their relatively remote home was not that easy.

While living out in the country was idyllic, they looked forward to the practical benefits of being closer to Raglan’s thriving community.

They contacted Richard Thomson of PGG Wrightson Real Estate, Hamilton, who sold their existing property to a couple with young children, and helped Penny and James find their new place, much more centrally located, though set on the edge of Raglan’s Wainui Reserve, still offering most of the lifestyle features they valued so highly.

“Going through the purchase, Richard introduced us to the couple who were here previously. They were delightful. They were involved in designing and building the house, doing such a wonderful job. James and I have six adult children between us, living around the world. They were wowed when we showed them the pictures of this house. We are looking forward to having them to visit and enjoy it with us,” says Penny.

She and James revel in their new proximity to the beach, as does their golden retriever, Fern.

“We can now walk to the beach, which is a delight for us, and which Fern is really happy about too,” says James.

For Richard Thomson, Penny and James were the midpoint in three linked transactions that he oversaw: as well as selling their previous property, he also helped the owners of the house Penny and James bought make their next move. On the hunt for a lifestyle property for two years to fit the pony and motorbike needs of their growing family, Richard found them a nine hectare waterfront block that they are now building on.

“It has been a delight working with Richard. He was there in every way we needed him, and we feel a real connection with him. Although, obviously, it was a business deal, he managed to make it human as well. We found him a joy and a pleasure to work with,” says James.

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Springdale, Waikato

Home Plus Workshop Plus Business Opportunity

Price by Negotiation

This is a truly unique setup in a popular rural community.

After 25 years the current owners have decided to sell their service station, workshop business and dwelling all in one package. This beautifully presented home itself has four generous sized bedrooms, a modern kitchen complete with induction hob and two ovens combined with the dining and encompasses the light and homely lounge area. Extra space is catered for by the way of a sunroom if required for relaxation and privacy. Generous decking for summer entertaining is great where views of Mount Te Aroha on any day are picturesque.

Plus GST (if any)

Ken Walker

Robyn Cruickshank

B 07 889 0162 | M 027 449 9283

B 07 889 0027 | M 027 308 7110

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Morrinsville, Waikato

Location, Location, Location

$628,000

Located in a popular area of Morrinsville, this four bedroom immaculately presented and wellmaintained family home will be an ideal location for your family. Living areas are spacious, as well as open plan for entertaining and access to the private barbeque area. As the home sits elevated, the views are some rural as well as town.

The master bedroom does have a walk-in robe, the bathroom a near new spa bath. The shower has its own separate room, as do the two toilets.

Internal access garaging is in place, there is a good-sized shed also for extra space.

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Robyn Cruickshank B 07 889 0027 | M 027 308 7110

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Pirongia, Waipa

Opportunity Knocks!

Price by Negotiation

Located in the quaint village of Pirongia, this property is something special. The historic Coach House Cafe has hosted some stunning weddings and events and could be re invented as a business of your choosing. Adjacent to the cafe is the substantial, American style barn including loft, two stables, three covered yards and workshop. The most exciting aspect of this property is the ideal location for a new dream home with clear views of the mountain (subject to council approval). With so much to offer viewing is a must! Call us now to view.

Plus GST (if any)

Scott Borland

James Moore

B 07 823 0181 | M 027 486 4893

B 07 870 2840 | M 022 064 8072

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Roto-o-rangi, Waipa

Quality Home & Land

Price by Negotiation

This grand Hinuera stone home sits in a sunny elevated position on 12ha approx with incredible panoramic views. The home features four double bedrooms with the master on its own level, open plan lounge/dining with double height macrocarpa ceiling, separate lounge, extensive kitchen, two bathrooms and generous large double internal access garaging with storage. The 12ha is easy contour and currently split into 13 paddocks. Includes a five bay implement shed, two bay haybarn, stock yards with head bales and loading race. Close to Cambridge, Te Awamutu and Hamilton, this is an opportunity not too miss.

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Scott Borland B 07 823 0181 | M 027 486 4893

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Ohaupo, Waikato

Quality Home & Quality Lifestyle

Auction

Perfectly positioned this property has privacy and a lovely rural aspect. The 350m² home features five double bedrooms, en suite, open plan lounge/dining, separate lounge, extensive designer kitchen, bathroom, and generous large triple internal access garaging with storage. The perfect flow indoors to outdoors leads you to the alfresco dining area and the easy care manicured garden. The 126m² shed has two electric roller doors and on the roof there is solar power that feeds the house so keeping those electric bills down. Close to Te Awamutu, Hamilton and Cambridge, this is an opportunity not too miss.

(Unless Sold Prior) 11.00am, Wednesday 21 March 87 Duke St, Cambridge

Scott Borland B 07 823 0181 | M 027 486 4893

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Cambridge, Waipa

Wonderful Home and Income or Extended Family Award winning Lockwood home – three bedrooms, two en suites and three toilets Site of 1.37ha with a beautiful landscaped garden, hot spring, outdoor spa and maturing native trees with its own great hut Varst decks around the main house that take in the superb Waikato countryside Double glazed and constructed with 97mm Lockwood exterior boards with central board insulation on both house and units Hilltop Views has two self-contained luxury units with kitchen facilities carefully designed

$1.15M Plus GST (if any)

www.pggwre.co.nz/CAM26900

Martin Lee B 07 823 0632 | M 027 497 0830 | H 07 834 1327

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Wandering Dalziells’ QUEST FOR PERFECTION DRAWS THEM TO CAMBRIDGE

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Lynne and Murray Dalziell have had many different addresses over the last 40 years, as well as accumulating stamps from around 40 different countries on their passports. Their adventurous spirit and quest for new experiences have landed them in Cambridge, which they reckon is New Zealand’s ideal lifestyle location.

“Cambridge is a great place to live. It has an excellent climate, a lovely rural outlook, top recreation options and good proximity to plenty of other places. Best of all, although it is growing rapidly, it is a small town, which means peace is easy to come by and you don’t have the traffic situation you have in larger centres,” says Murray.

Having previously lived in the Bay of Plenty, Wanaka, Rangiora, Christchurch, Manawatu, Wairarapa, King Country and Gore, Lynne and Murray first moved to Cambridge in 2015.

In 2017, they engaged Martin Lee of PGG Wrightson Real Estate, Cambridge, to sell the four-bedroom family home they had spent the previous two years building on 2 hectares, five kilometres north of Cambridge. Martin also had their next project waiting, a 0.275 hectare bare land block 20 minutes’ walk from the Cambridge CBD, where they are now building a new home.

Although their inclination to travel has left them unsure whether they will permanently settle in the new Cambridge lifestyle home, their instincts for the property are strong.

“This one will be fine; the place is as good as gold. Once you make your mind up, you have to go for it. Whether it’s right or wrong, you have to make a decision. Even though half of those decisions might be bad, that is the way to deal with life,” says Murray, whose earlier career includes farming and a period as a successful stock agent.

Whichever way it goes, travel will still feature large in the lives of the wandering Dalziells.

“We have the caravan and will continue to go wherever the inclination takes us. We’ve lived, worked and travelled throughout New Zealand, mainly away from the big cities. We have one of the best countries in the world for travelling.

You don’t have to go to far to see something memorable and amazing,” he says.

Having lived and visited numerous other places, the Dalziells are well-qualified to hold an opinion on that, although (in addition to New Zealand) Africa, Australia and Vietnam also rate highly.

“We spent 21 days in Vietnam. We found the people were wonderful, friendly, helpful and it is a cost-efficient place to visit. We came away with great respect for the country,” says Murray.

Having also worked and travelled in the United Kingdom, toured through Europe, and enjoyed a 10 year stint in Australia with six years working in an underground mine, Lynne and Murray have a treasure trove of travel experiences and plenty of stories to tell.

“We are not ready to stop yet and there are still a few more countries we need to see. Canada and Alaska are next on the list, sometime soon,” says Murray.

As well as its other attractive lifestyle qualities, Cambridge and the house they are building, is the ideal base for the Dalziells to launch their continuing adventures.

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Cambridge, Waipa

Lifestyle & Location

Price by Negotiation

Perfectly located on 7276m² of quality land, this huge home is available for a new family to enjoy. This 383m² approx home is modern and immaculately presented. It boasts five large bedrooms, walk-in wardrobe/office space, separate laundry plus three spacious living areas that open out onto the patio - yours to enjoy with the sheltered private northerly aspect and rural views. There is large internal access three car garaging and storage plus a separate three bay shed, fully enclosed with a concrete floor and power. The property has its own water supply and has a good sized flat grazing paddock. Do not miss this opportunity!

GST Inclusive

Scott Borland B 07 823 0181 | M 027 486 4893

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Cambridge, Waipa

Multi Award Winning B & B

Auction

A top quality B & B offering three x one bedroom/en suite luxury cottages plus 1910 triple bay villa with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and spacious office is being offered for Auction.

The lucrative live-in dwelling and business is showing excellent return and has been developed by the current owners with future potential to be realised by the incoming owner.

All the hard work has been done which is a credit to the vendors, just walk in and harvest the income. This business comes with high occupancy and future bookings. History has been embraced by contemporary living on 6100m² located on the edge of Cambridge.

(Unless Sold Prior) 11.00am, Wednesday 4 April PGGWRE, 87 Duke Street, Cambridge 6

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Martin Lee B 07 823 0632 | M 027 497 0830 | H 07 834 1327

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Tamahere, Waikato

1.3434ha on Trentham

$675,000

Bare blocks of this size are so hard to find... well here it is! 1.3434ha on 40 Trentham Road. A quality road in a quiet location in Tamahere. The land has contour allowing various options for building sites. There are building covenants for any future dwelling but nothing onerous.

Gum and Cyprus trees flank the edge of the property, allowing shelter and buffering for privacy. These lots are hard to find and my vendors have set a very realistic selling price.

Early inspection is necessary. Contact Martin Lee on 027 497 0830 for more details.

GST Inclusive

Martin Lee B 07 823 0632 | M 027 497 0830 | H 07 834 1327

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www.pggwre.co.nz/CAM27648

Cambridge, Waipa

Incredible Cambridge Views

Price by Negotiation

Lot 1 - 4390m² - Offers a sloping section with a cleared suggested building site. Bordered on two sides by covenanted bush, has uninterrupted far reaching views to the west and lovely rural views on all sides.

Lot 3 - 9.85ha - Offers a great opportunity to own a lifestyle block with stock grazing options, substantial post and rail yards, race, head bale and crush.

GST Inclusive

Scott Borland

Martin Lee

B 07 823 0181 | M 027 486 4893

B 07 823 0632 | M 027 497 0830

www.pggwre.co.nz/CAM27656

Waihi, Hauraki District

A Little Bit of Paradise in a Rural Setting This character home is set on 5000m² of park-like grounds complete with gazebos, ponds, gardens and paths in tranquil rural surrounds situated between Waihi and Waikino. The rustic theme is very cosy and comfortable with a full length verandah to enjoy the outdoors. There is also a large double carport, good-sized separate shed for all your outdoor equipment.

Immaculately presented.

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Wendy Matutinovich B 07 863 6495 | M 027 493 9745 | H 07 863 1263

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Te Puke, Bay of Plenty

Large Home, Sheds, Views

Enquiries Over $600,000

This farm house and associated support buildings all on around one acre. A quality, four bedroom home with large rumpus or fifth bedroom. Seven bays, seven doors of concrete floor and shedding, exposed aggregate loop driveway with dual entrance. Love the Mayfair inground swimming pool sea views and stunning mature trees. This is a property with class and grace. Run your rural business from home and give your family the upbringing all Kiwi kids deserve.

GST Inclusive

Andrew Fowler B 07 571 5797 | M 027 275 2244 | H 07 574 8585

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Pahoia, Bay of Plenty

Big Home, Huge Crop, Be Quick Outstanding orchard on Esdaile Road Five bedroom main home, tastefully redecorated, Mount views, stunning river boundary very peaceful and private plus approx. 136m² two bedroom unit 3.51 canopy hectares Hayward green carrying 15-16,000 trays per hectare Orchard developed to high standard - 70 MASL Excellent range of outbuildings Room for a pony and beefies.

Stan Robb

Chris Robb

B 07 573 0441 | M 027 473 9322

B 07 573 0441 | M 027 473 0043

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Pahoia, Bay of Plenty

Elevated Status with Water Frontage

Offers Over $3.75M

A sandy foreshore on Tauranga Harbour is bound to tantalise - but it's the view that counts here. A sweeping panorama embracing Matakana Island and sunset glory over the Kaimais Bowentown Heads and Coromandel in between. Welcome to the domain of Auchenbrain. A prominent estate, this homestead portion is for sale for the first time. The house isn't the main attraction though; the site is the trump card. Five hectares (subject to survey) includes a broad waterfront ribbon on a sandy shore with over 200m of beach front. Launch kayaks, dinghies or paddle boards; fish or fossick.

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Andrew Fowler B 07 571 5797 | M 027 275 2244 | H 07 574 8585

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End of an era at Pahoia

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Growing up in the 1930s, Ian Lankshear planned to join the family business, which was one of Wellington’s leading printers. Then World War II intervened. Like many others, Ian’s life changed course. He went to the United Kingdom to serve in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, flying Beaufighters as a flight sergeant.

At the end of the war, Ian and his wife, previously Jean Dalglish Wallace, who had also served her country in the New Zealand Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in Wellington, decided city life and the family business were not for them. They wanted to go farming.

After first moving onto a small Katikati dairy farm, they secured a loan from the Rural Bank in Hamilton, where Jean’s brother, Robyn Wallace, was a manager, and where the couple’s war service played in their favour.

With that extra assistance, in 1948, they took up 60 hectares at Pahoia on Tauranga Harbour’s foreshore.

Bruce Lankshear is one of the couple’s eight children. He remembers growing up on the farm.

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“We experienced a subsistence environment in a lush oasis of natural beauty, where the productivity of the land meant we never went short. Everything we ate came off the property. We had meat from the farm, fish from the sea, vegetables from the garden and fruit from the orchard. Although we were a big family, the land was productive enough to provide for all of us,” he said.

As well as meeting their own needs, the farm ran a herd of 110 dairy cows, supplying milk to the Kaimai Dairy Cooperative, based in Tauranga. Eighteen kilometres west of Tauranga, dairy was the predominant local land use through the 50s and 60s, and the Lankshear family was one of around 10 on the Pahoia Peninsula milking cows.

That started to change in the 1970s, as Bruce explains.

“First, some farms transitioned into drystock, then, because of the changes in subdivision rules that came to Pahoia, horticulture took off and land values increased.

“Those changes transformed Pahoia, which went from open land to segmented spaces, defined by shelter-belts. Where, previously, there were 10 dairy farms with 10 homes and families, today there are 120 homes along the peninsula, with most of the density down at the waterfront. This has created a new community of people enjoying a special lifestyle,” he said.

Ian and Jean embraced the changes, participating fully in the new community for many years, including Ian serving two terms as a local councillor. Meanwhile, they subdivided the farm bit by bit, gradually selling land for conversion to horticulture, including some to their children, who could not bear to leave. However, the couple held

on to the most favoured five hectare parcel for themselves, right on the waterfront. They named the remaining homestead property Auchenbrain, after a farm in Scotland with ties to the Wallace clan through Jean’s father, Robert Drummond Wallace.

After Jean died in 2006, Ian stayed on, continuing to enjoy the land, the spectacular views, his family and the community. In March 2017, looking out on Tauranga Harbour from his home, he died, aged 95.

sunset glory over the Kaimais, Bowentown Heads and Coromandel in between.

“Auchenbrain orchard comprises citrus and over 150 avocados, alongside a secret forest path down to the harbour, and another scenic walk to a hidden pond, with birdlife including kaka, tui and kereru.

“It is a glamorous home on a spectacular property, with enormous potential,” he said.

After 70 years in the Lankshear family, Bruce and his siblings decided to sell Auchenbrain, engaging Andrew Fowler of PGG Wrightson Real Estate, Tauranga, to assist. Andrew describes it as a hidden haven sloping gently to the water.

“Although a broad waterfront ribbon on 200 metres along the sandy Tauranga Harbour foreshore with plenty of recreation opportunities is an outstanding feature, the spectacular views surpass even that: a sweeping panorama, embracing Matakana Island and

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Welcome Bay, Bay of Plenty

Premium Lifestyle Sections, Huge Ocean Views

Inviting Interest

A brand new boutique lifestyle paradise in the city close to the beach.

Magnificent ocean views set in a beautiful and secluded rural setting.

Large private sections ranging from 4000sqm to four hectares.

Lot 5 is for sale now by tender, enquiries also welcome for other sections.

Extensive landscaping with thousands of native plants creating wildlife corridors.

It is rare to find large lifestyle sections so close to the Tauranga CBD and beach with such spectacular views. Watch the cruise ships dock and toast champagne to the magnificent night lights.

GST Inclusive

Andrew Fowler B 07 571 5797 | M 027 275 2244 | H 07 574 8585

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www.pggwre.co.nz/TAR27288

Te Puna, Bay of Plenty

King of the Hill

Price by Negotiation

A French Colonial style castle, 500m² (approx) on 12.6ha. A 450m² shed and large truck turning and loading area gives lots of business options. Entertainers dream with an all weather flood lit tennis court, cricket net, volleyball court, large petanque area with seating, covered fish smoker, bar area and heaps of concrete for basketball and skating.

Six bedrooms, three bathrooms, office, huge kitchen and plumbed pantry.

Graze a horse or pony, there is good riding around here. A few beefies for the freezer and fertile pasture with easy contour. Peaceful, quiet views - come home to relax!

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Andrew Fowler B 07 571 5797 | M 027 275 2244 | H 07 574 8585

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Awakeri, Whakatane District

Awakeri Executive Lifestyle Modern four bedroom, four bathroom home, with office and large modern kitchen 9.4 hectares of flat land, suitable for horticulture, horses, or beef Includes 2ha of producing blueberries, generating steady income from lease Extensive quality shedding, with multiple uses including horse stables, vehicle storage or operate a home business Opportunity to establish more blueberries, or kiwifruit, or bed and breakfast business Only 9km to Whakatane and the coastline for great recreational opportunities

Phil Goldsmith B 07 307 1620 | M 027 494 1844

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Masterton, Wairarapa

Opaki Oasis - 5.8ha

Expressions of Interest

Step up to a real rural lifestyle on this 5.8789ha block at Opaki. Three bedroom familyfocussed brick home. Spacious, modern, open plan living, separate lounge. Double garage/workshop - nicely set up for DIY and toys. Great farm facilities, eight paddocks and sheds. 9km north of Masterton. Retiring vendors will meet the market and down-size to town, so don't delay!!! Call John today.

GST Inclusive (Unless Sold Prior) 38 Lincoln Road, Masterton Closes 2.00pm, Friday 16 March

John Murray

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Waipukurau, Central Hawke's Bay

Versatile Lifestyle - 5.65ha Spacious four-bedroom home with a great rural vista Open-plan kitchen/living, formal dining and formal lounge Superb outdoor living areas for entertaining Office, two bathrooms, laundry, integral garage Large four bay shed, one bay lockup workshop Doug Harvey

Fiona Barrett

B 06 858 6069 | M 027 262 6153

B 06 858 6078 | M 027 454 6712

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Hawke’s Bay family enjoying a change of pace Moving to a larger, more remote block has given the Wakeford family of Hawke’s Bay the opportunity to pursue their hobbies on a grander scale.

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Aaron and Ange, plus 18-year-old daughter, Hannah, already had a taste for lifestyle property, having lived on four hectares near Hastings since 2014 and, for 11 years prior to that, on a four hectare block, where they built and ran a successful commercial horse arena.

In December last year, they took their next step to a 20 hectare Waipawa property. This gives Ange and Hannah greater scope to run their horses, while Aaron is building a shed and taking regular excursions with his fishing tackle to the river that bounds the property.

Running their electrical contracting business, Aaron Wakeford Electrical Limited, which they manage from home, has continued without a hitch, as Ange explains.

“We started the business in 2002 in Hastings, where most of our customers are based. It has grown since, and we now have additional staff.

Moving to a larger property, further away from the city, has been straightforward and has helped us enjoy more of the things we love, without putting any additional pressure on us or the business,” she says.

Hannah competes in local equestrian events, showing miniatures, though is heading to Auckland to study spatial design and architecture so will not be around to enjoy the glories of Waipawa as much as her parents.

Ange, meanwhile, is rearing calves.

“I grew up on a Reporoa dairy farm so I love the cows. We are building two big sheds here, starting with weaner heifers, then intend to go into calf-rearing, doing four-day-olds,” she says.

Fiona Barrett of PGG Wrightson Real Estate, Waipukurau, assisted the Wakefords to work through their move, on both sale and purchase. Fi, along with her colleague, Doug Harvey, introduced the Wakefords to this

property, that they thought might suit Ange and Aaron’s needs.

“We always wanted to find a bit more land and realised we had to go further from town. We were always looking and knew that we were going to sell at some stage, then this came up.

“Being a bit further out, taking a step back, this is so lovely and quiet. We knew right away, it was what we were looking for and it didn’t take long to sell ours. We looked at this with Fi and Doug and decided that’s what we were going to do. In the end, it only took a couple of months,” says Ange.

For the four-legged members of the family, it has been a great move as well.

“Our three dogs just love it. Our old Rottie jumps on the back of the trailer when Aaron heads off fishing and they have a great time.

They love being so close to the river,” says Ange.

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Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay

Highlands of Waipawa - Stage Two 14 section subdivision - nine available, five under offer Lot sizes ranging from 0.50ha (1.23 acres) to 3.40ha (8.4 acres) (Subject to survey) Pricing ranges from $145,000 to $205,000 per Lot Elevated building sites with outstanding rural views A great opportunity to secure a wonderful lifestyle block and build your dream home

Doug Harvey B 06 858 6069 | M 027 262 6153 | H 06 855 6800

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Ohau, Horowhenua

The Good Life Move in and enjoy everything this sunny home has to offer in sought-after Ohau Terraces.

The open plan kitchen / dining / lounge is an entertainer's dream with access onto lovely north facing patio for that alfresco dining experience. Three / four large bedrooms and extralarge garaging. 4622m² section, 265m² dwelling.

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Joe Havill B 06 367 0835 | M 027 437 0169

Levin, Horowhenua

Vendor Wants Sold!

Specialist block set up especially for horses but so adaptable to other pursuits - calves, cattle, stud, lifestyler, etc Two lovely, high-quality cottages. Close, but separate. Sunny, cosy, relaxing aspect Two large farmsheds / stables / workshop with power and water 22 acres (8.9861ha) well raced, watered, yards, horse pens plus room for an arena

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Joe Havill B 06 367 0835 | M 027 437 0169

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Featherston, South Wairarapa

Rural Getaway - Western Lake A great lifestyle here with million dollar views across Lake Onoke out to Palliser Bay. Comfortable and tidy low maintenance three bedroom home, including a one bedroom sleep out offering loads of options such as B&B accommodation for hunters, cyclists, white baiters, surfers, and more. The home is positioned on an elevated site giving it magnificent views over native bush to Lake Onoke, Ngawi and Palliser Bay. The land is 10ha, more or less, with rolling hills, grazing and native bush.

Call today.

Bevan Edwards

John Murray

B 06 370 1889 | M 027 204 2895

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Featherston, South Wairarapa

4.41ha Lifestyle Block

Price by Negotiation

4.4100ha lifestyle block on the edge of Featherston, This is a great opportunity to build your lifestyle here, so close to Featherston the gateway to the Wairarapa and just 6km to Lake Wairarapa along with an easy commute to Wellington on the train or drive. Flat land with fantastic views of the Rimutakas and the Wairarapa's big blue skies.

Call today.

Plus GST (if any)

www.pggwre.co.nz/MAS26724

Bevan Edwards B 06 370 1889 | M 027 204 2895 | H 06 379 9087

Featherston, South Wairarapa

Natural Family Playground

Price by Negotiation

This 3.8 hectare (9.38 acres approx.) property is located in the South Wairarapa district near the coast, lake, river and the ranges giving you plenty of options to explore from. Ocean beach, hunting, fishing, mountain biking, surfing, white baiting to the boat club, gun club and motocross track all just down the road giving you an all-seasons private lifestyle property.

Call now.

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Leaders.

When it comes to connecting people with property and achieving great outcomes for our clients, being New Zealand’s leading rural real estate company really does matter.

Many can make all sorts of claims to being No.1.

We think being the leaders – in experience, expertise, and knowledge – is what really matters. And we get that by being connected to rural New Zealand in every way, every day.

That’s why so many rural, lifestyle and rural-residential property owners in New Zealand trust and choose PGG Wrightson Real Estate.

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South Island Data published by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand indicates especially strong growth in lifestyle property market values for sales on the West Coast and Southland.

Nelson recorded the shortest number of days to sell among lifestyle property sales completed in January this year, at 44 days.

Mid Canterbury lifestyle properties in the $650,000 to $850,000 bracket are in strong demand.

Southland’s market for $600,000 to $800,000 properties is reasonably active.

Lifestyle property activity in the Nelson/Marlborough district has eased, while a distinct reduction has occurred in Canterbury.

Nationwide, the volume of lifestyle property sales has declined by around 15 per cent over the past 12 months. However, the median value of lifestyle property transactions increased during that period by around 12 per cent.

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Wairau Valley, Marlborough

Rural Lifestyle but in Town

Enquiries Over $700,000

This very attractive 1.97 ha lifestyle property features a 171sqm home with four bedrooms.

Open plan living leads onto a good sized deck for the summer barbecues. The recently built new family flat beside the house is an added bonus. A four bay shed with two bays concreted and enclosed in plus an extra wood shed with concrete flooring. Fenced into five good sized paddocks for the stock.

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Ward, Marlborough

23.47 ha Property Off The Grid

Enquiries Over $850,000

This very low running cost lifestyle property consists of 180sqm home with four double bedrooms, separate dining, separate living, a family room, and an office. All this with an HRV system. Numerous outbuildings and horse arena. Approximately 12 ha of flat land and the remainder being rolling hill. The vendor has gone to the expense of installing a wind turbine that just needs completing.

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Mark Terry B 03 578 3019 | M 027 572 2559

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Spinning fine traditions RICHARD ASHFORD ON SPINNING YOUR OWN YARN If you have sheep, alpacas or goats, spinning their fleece is a truly hands-on way to make something beautiful from your land.

Whether it’s to make the best use of fibre from your animals, to relax to the soothing rhythm of the treadle, or to make something completely unique, there are many reasons to try spinning. Handicrafts can also generate an income and always make wonderful gifts.

• Once you’ve shorn your animals, the fleece needs to be scoured or cleaned. To scour your shorn fibre, soak the staples, which are the naturally formed fibre clusters, in hot soapy water for about an hour, rinse in warm water then squeeze and leave to dry.

• Once clean, the staples need to be prepared for spinning using a process called carding, which teases the ends and makes the fibres more parallel. You can buy simple hand carders or invest in a drum carder.

• Spinning is straight forward and most people pick it up in a few minutes. Simply attach fibres to a leader thread and draft the fibres out; drafting is the process of introducing the twist. The spinning wheel

twists the fibres into a yarn and collects it on a bobbin. Once twisted, the fibres form a strong single-ply yarn which is usually plied together with one or two more threads.

Wash to set the twist, then your yarn is ready for knitting or weaving.

• A spinning set-up can cost anything from $12 for a simple drop spindle to $900 for a top-quality spinning wheel. Fibre craft groups are a great way to try spinning and make friends. For groups in your area, see www.creativefibre.org.nz/areasgroups/

Richard started on the factory floor of Ashford Handicrafts 45 years ago and now manages the business, which his father founded in 1934. Based in Ashburton, the company has sold over 500,000 spinning wheels to customers around the world.

For more about spinning, including how-to tutorials: www.ashford.co.nz

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Broomfield, Canterbury

The Absolute Ultimate!

$1.3M

The ultimate 9.315 hectare lifestyle choice - 500 Mt Brown Road. This stunning architecturally designed home boasts majestic views to the Deans Range and Mt Grey. Through the tiled entrance you enter the open-plan entertainer’s kitchen and dining area, with butlers pantry and quality appliances. Four bedrooms (master with WIR & en suite), formal dining, and office ideal for working from home or for your business needs. A fantastic library opens to sheltered patio and courtyard area. Triple car garage, landscaped garden, five-bay barn (one enclosed bay), well-fenced paddocks with stock water. View to appreciate the many special features.

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Maria Rickerby B 03 313 0610 | M 027 563 1733

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Amberley, Canterbury

Bursting with Class, Character & Charm!

Deadline Private Treaty

392 Purchas Road - 5.155 hectare property boasting charm of yesteryear. The kitchen, a real feature, overlooks the dining and living areas with views and access to the garden and patio.

Separate lounge and dining offering doors to patio. Four-double bedrooms, three with doors to outdoors, master with WIR and en suite. Guest bedroom offers en suite. Heritage bathroom has wheelchair access shower. The garden and large alfresco outdoor living area are great spaces to relax. Four-bay shed, double garage, and three-bay stable. Stock water to all paddocks, some electric fenced and some ostrich fencing. Well plus one unit county water.

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Honey by the glass BARRY BUNN ON MAKING HONEY MEAD Mead, the old English word for honey wine, is a tasty, lesser-known way of enjoying honey.

The honey’s subtle floral hints and flavours offers a sweet taste. With bees collecting nectar from a variety of flowers, honey provides a unique taste, with no two batches of mead tasting the same!

• Making mead takes patience, with the hardest part being waiting for the mead to clear in the fermenting jar! Fining agents help speed this process. Sometimes, the mead will clear and sediment will settle within weeks, while at other times, it may take months.

• The most cost-effective way to make mead is to use honey from your own hives or contact your local bee-keeping society and purchase from a bee-keeper. Buying at retail prices is expensive in big quantities.

• Siphoning the mead without disturbing the sediment at the bottom of the bottle is tricky. Try using a racking cane and a length of food grade PVC tubing with a tap to make this easier.

• Minimal equipment is required to make mead. To get started, you’ll need a one gallon jar with bubbler, steriliser tablets, white wine yeast, nutrient and hydrometer, totalling around $25.

• It’s really important to sterilise honey before adding in the yeast as airborne microorganisms can cause bacteria to grow in the honey or must (honey and water mixture). To sterilise, use a Campden tablet.

• With good water quality in New Zealand, using tap water to make mead is fine. You may want to experiment with the mead’s taste by using either filtered or mineral water. The purer the water, the less it will taint the mead’s taste.

• The longer you leave the mead bottled, the better it will taste. It comes down to your patience again. Can you leave it months or a year like it needs without giving in and drinking it?

• For the best flavour, take great care in keeping your equipment clean. Also greattasting mead is due to great-tasting honey – so use honey you enjoy the taste of!

• Serve straight mead (no fruit or spices) slightly chilled.

Barry Bunn is an organic chemist and keen home brewer who has been making mead for five years. His favourites are melomels (honey mead with fruit) such as blackcurrant, raspberry and lemon zest.

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Enjoy a chilled glass of mead with its sweet, unique floral flavours

BARRY BUNN’S HONEY MEAD RECIPE Here is Barry’s recipe for making a medium-sweet mead with alcohol content of 13-14%: • Equipment - 1 gallon jar with bubbler, funnel, 2kg honey, 1 gallon of water, 1 teaspoon wine nutrient, 1 packet white wine yeast, juice from 2 lemons, 1 Campden tablet.

• Sanitise everything before starting. You can use Campden tablets to make a sterilising solution or use a commercially available product.

• Pour honey into a 1 gallon jar, add water to make total volume equal to a gallon.

Make sure the honey is dissolved. Add the wine nutrient and juice of the lemon. Add 1 Campden tablet to the mix, put stopper on jar and leave overnight.

• The next day, make up a yeast starter according to its instructions. Add the yeast starter and put a bubbler on top of the jar.

After a few hours, activity will start in the bubbler with fermentation. After a couple

of weeks, activity will slow. At this point, rack the mead to a secondary gallon jar, leaving the sediment behind.

• Leave in the jar till bubbler indicates fermentation has ceased (you can use a hydrometer).

• When all activity has ceased leave for a week or two until the sediment has dropped to the bottom. Rack again if necessary.

• When the mead is stable (no more sediment falls and it is clear), you can bottle it. One gallon gives about six and a half bottles after losses in racking.

Note - you can add fruit at the start of the process if you wish. Say you add 1kg of blackcurrants, you will need to top up water in your jar after first racking so water level is at 1 gallon.

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Amberley, Canterbury

Time to Move On

$745,000

63 Osborne Road - Upon entering this quality home, you will be "wowed" by the stunning entranceway, immaculate presentation, the natural light and space, with views over the landscaped property and beyond. Kitchen, living and dining downstairs plus formal dining, separate lounge, office, and guest bedroom with dual access to the bathroom. The bespoke wrought iron and rimu staircase balustrade leads to the second floor which boasts the master bedroom with en suite and WIR, two double bedrooms, bathroom and second office. Triple car garage and off-street parking. This stunning home must be viewed to be appreciated.

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Maria Rickerby B 03 313 0610 | M 027 563 1733

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Amberley, Canterbury

Urgent Action Required!

Enquiries Over $595,000

6.5847 hectares, separated into several paddocks with stock water, shelter, two sheds, cattle yards and post and wire fencing. Family home comprises modern kitchen/dining/living areas, two-double bedrooms, bedroom/office and separate living/fourth bedroom. Sunny patio with views over garden. 185 Lawcocks Road has all the benefits of country living just moments from a bustling township...perfect!

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Maria Rickerby B 03 313 0610 | M 027 563 1733

Southbridge, Canterbury

Three Dwellings! Three Acres! Character Lifestyle!

Three acre lifestyle property with three separate homes Large modernised schoolhouse with character features Three-bedroom home with open-plan kitchen/living One-bedroom chalet with kitchen, living, shower, loft Bonuses include the sleep-out, swimming pool and spa room

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West Melton, Canterbury

Great Location, Great Shed!

$850,000

This permanent material home is set on a large 8207m² section. It offers a new stylish openplan kitchen with all mod cons, dining area, family area and four good-sized bedrooms with the master hosting an en suite and walk-in robe area. There is also a new family bathroom.

Adjacent to the home is a newly built 16x9 metre shed with two three-foot-high doors at each end. This property is set in a most appealing area close to Christchurch and the international airport.

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Min Cookson B 03 341 4301 | M 027 249 5417 | H 03 347 9944

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Sale on Christchurch outskirts completes the cycle FOR TONY, ROBYN AND MIN

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In 2003, Min Cookson, of PGG Wrightson Real Estate, Darfield, helped Tony and Robyn Chaston to move from their large sheep, beef, and deer farm in Windwhistle, Central Canterbury, to a four hectare lifestyle property in Ladbrooks, just beyond the southwest edge of Christchurch.

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Tony explains. “When you buy a farm, that’s what comes first, and the house comes second, so when we decided to buy a lifestyle property, I said to Robyn, ‘It’s your turn to make the decision this time.’ We knew Min so she and Robyn went out together looking at different places and, after a couple of days looking, Min said to her, ‘Tell Tony to come along; I’ve got the property for you.’

While it can be a bit wet in the winter here, meaning you must be careful with heavier stock, we have beautiful soils and grow plenty of grass, even when it doesn’t rain much,” he says.

“Well, she was right. It had a lovely feel about it, a lovely home with great design, plenty of light and it really appealed to us, just as Min had worked out, of course. We met the lady who owned it and got on well with her so were able to do the deal, pronto,” he says.

“We have tended to make our moves earlier rather than later. We like to avoid life overtaking us. We started looking before we sold, about a year ago, and we found a place we liked.

Because it was going to auction, we went along, though couldn’t bid because we didn’t have enough cash. We thought we might be able to make an offer if it was passed in and do a long possession date, subject to selling our own place.

Unfortunately, though, that didn’t work and we realised we had to sell first,” says Tony.

They enjoyed the area as it gave them relatively easy access to their roots in the Selwyn District, including a daughter and son-in-law farming at Hororata, while Christchurch was within easy reach. With four bedrooms, two living areas (each with a patio for entertaining), and an established garden, this was just what the Chastons needed after stepping away from the farm.

However, after 15 years enjoying the Ladbrooks lifestyle, Tony and Robyn decided it was time for another move, into the city, downsizing one more step.

There was also space for Tony to keep his hand in, running a few stock.

Once again, it was Tony and Robyn’s cue to bring in Min. She offered the property for sale in September. Although the election meant the market was flatter than they would have liked, the quality of the house and the desirability of the location shone through, and a professional couple with a young family made an offer that worked for the Chastons.

“We buy in 18-month-old cattle to finish them.

Now cash buyers, they were able to buy on

“Although we extended the garden a bit, the basis of what we have enjoyed since was already there and we have made the most of it,” he says.

approximately the same market they had just sold on.

“Although we reduced our price expectations a little when we sold, we felt that on a market that appeared to be easier, we would make it again on the purchase price,” says Tony.

Which turned out to be the case, as they bought a new home in Kennedys Bush in January.

“On half an acre and looking out on farmland, so we are not too enclosed by fences and not too close to the neighbours,” says Tony, enabling them to preserve the rural flavour one more time.

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Darfield, Canterbury

Hot to Trot - Immaculate, Affordable Lifestyle!

$709,000

Situated down a tree-lined driveway, sits this immaculately presented, light and spacious, charming home on a private and well-sheltered two hectare parcel of land. Sporting a twobay shed and superbly fenced into five paddocks, all with eye catching post and rail fences, this property is set up perfectly for horses. The home features three bedrooms, master with en suite and walk-in robe, open-plan kitchen/dining/living, family bathroom, study nook and separate oversized double garage. Fabulous indoor/outdoor flow to the large wrap-around deck, paved entertaining areas and easy care section.

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Karen Hennessy B 03 341 4301 | M 027 967 0186 | H 03 317 9120

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Windwhistle, Canterbury

20ha Lifestyle - Multiple Income Streams Possible Four bedroom, two bathroom, country-styled home with two living areas Four-bay hayshed, two-bay implement shed with single stand woolshed 20 hectares in two titles, eight paddocks in permanent pasture Previously run as a B&B, now used for cattle grazing Within commuting distance of Christchurch

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John Hughes B 03 341 4301 | M 021 455 488

Timaru, South Canterbury

Ultimate Lifestyle with Location - 12.55ha (Two Titles)

Price by Negotiation

A commanding architecturally designed three to four bedroom home, expansive shedding and workshop, consent to irrigate with K-line system, two units of Downlands water, excellent standard of deer fencing and lane systems, deer facilities and new cattle yards.

Access off Pleasant Point Highway and Houston Road.

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This magnificent property is the complete lifestyle package.

Richard Scott B 03 687 7330 | M 021 352 701 | H 03 693 8311

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Timaru, South Canterbury

Stately Hadlow Home

$1.3M

A sublime four bedroom, three bathroom home. Also comprising kitchen/dining and multiple living spaces, with excellent heating, 5kw solar power system, double glazing, conservatory, laundry, double garaging, huge double bay enclosed shed and other storage areas. Set on 2.6ha in five paddocks with two units Downlands water.

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Jamie McKenzie B 03 687 7330 | M 027 240 7784 | H 03 688 5018

Timaru, South Canterbury

A Taste of Tuscany

$895,000

This very graceful home is situated only 10km from central Timaru, but feels miles away in a world of its own. Comprising a magnificent cooks kitchen, with flow-through dining and living areas, a separate sitting room, three double bedrooms, two bathrooms and study. All these areas have panoramic views through the garden and surrounding rural vista to the mountains beyond.

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Jamie McKenzie B 03 687 7330 | M 027 240 7784 | H 03 688 5018

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Stonefruit KATE MARSHALL FOR NZ GARDENER ON PRUNING YOUR STONEFRUIT TREES

As you head out in the winter cold to tackle the garden, take heart from the fact that pruning your stonefruit trees will result in a healthy tree, producing good fruit yields.

To prune stonefruit trees including peaches, plums, nectarines and peaches, use the vase shape method.

• The vase shape method requires you to remove the main trunk of the tree. This encourages air flow, sunlight, reduces pests and diseases, and allows for bee pollination.

All of these factors encourage greater fruit production.

• For peach and nectarine trees, which produce flowers on the previous season’s growth, make sure you don’t prune all the tips off the tree, as this is where the flowers and fruit will grow in the coming season.

• Apricot trees mainly form fruit on spurs, which are productive for two to three years, therefore these shouldn’t be removed until they no longer produce fruit.

• Look at your tree and pick the strongest four or five branches, ensuring they are evenly spaced around the trunk and are the same height as the core framework.

• Decide if you want higher branches so can easily get under the tree or if, you have children, lower branches would suit better for climbing and picking fruit.

• When you have chosen the best branches, cut the trunk immediately above the highest branch. Cut on the angle so moisture will run off.

Contributors: Kate Marshall From Waimea Nurseries, Kate is a regular contributor on gardening. To view the video on fruit tree pruning go to www.waimeanurseries.co.nz/how-to-guide/ category/fruit-tree-pruning-videos NZ Gardener NZ Gardener is a practical, useful companion for gardeners of all skill levels. Visit http://nzgardener.co.nz

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North Otago

If Heaven Was A Place On Earth Then This Is It This property has the wow factor - 37.3050ha FH - 13 shares Lower Waitaki Irrigation Co Large three bedroom home with attached garage, master bedroom with en suite, separate office, open plan kitchen/lounge/dining, gas cooking, heatpump, log burner The home has an internal vaccum cleaning system. An asphalt/tarseal driveway goes from house to large 400m² workshop (15mx27m) concrete floor with 3 phase power

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Cromwell, Central Otago

Timeless and Private Hidden Paradise

$1.595M

Stepping into this private tranquil paradise you see why the transferring vendors are reluctant to leave. The passion and thought that created the classic five bedroom home set in mature private grounds is a testament to their love for the location. Situated in the heart of Old Cromwell with easy walking distance to the Lake and schools.

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Neil Bulling

Jo Nieper

B 03 445 3738 | M 027 432 8978

B 03 445 3743 | M 027 664 5064

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Cromwell, Central Otago

Tastefully Decorated in Quartz Lane

$749,000

This is a much loved home, designed with bed & breakfast in mind - the option is there! Large open plan living with separate lounge, three double bedrooms with three en suites. This home is tastefully decorated with a lovely feel of warmth. Fully landscaped, easy to maintain and is partially fenced with privacy. Just a short walk to the Lake, situated in Quartz Lane Pisa Moorings.

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Jo Nieper

Neil Bulling

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Cromwell, Central Otago

Executive Living

$895,000

What a perfect opportunity to purchase a very beautiful home. Four bedrooms and two bathrooms with large open plan living. The grounds are established and well fenced with lots of privacy! Walking distance to all amenities and the lake. Attractively presented with contemporary decor throughout. Call Jo Nieper 027 664 5064 or Neil Bulling 0274 328 978

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Jo Nieper

Neil Bulling

B 03 445 3743 | M 027 664 5064

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Cromwell, Central Otago

Spacious Living in Central Cromwell Designer kitchen, four bedrooms, two bathrooms Spacious living area - open plan living with great indoor / outdoor flow Diesel radiators and log burner Internal lift, separate laundry and workshop Double garage plus off street parking Neil Bulling

Jo Nieper

B 03 445 3738 | M 027 432 8978

B 03 445 3743 | M 027 664 5064

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Roxburgh East, Central Otago

Quality Block with Options 49.6 hectares irrigated by gravity to k-lines - deer fenced paddocks The Clutha Gold Rail Trail and Clutha River bordering one boundary Woolshed, implement shed, deer and sheep yards, natural creek runs through property Plenty of options: grazing, horticulture - you choose!

Great blocks to build your dream home with superb views Jo Priebee

Mike Direen

B 03 440 2385 | M 021 942 234

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$1,190,000 Plus GST (if any)

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Hemp for sustainable future growth RICHARD BARGE ON GROWING HEMP AS A CROP

Industrial hemp can be made into everything from super foods to sustainable fibres and grows well in New Zealand conditions.

Hemp has applications in many industries, including food and medicine, paper, textiles, plastics and composites, construction and energy. This wonder crop, restricted for many years, could be a massive local good news story involving Kiwi ingenuity and creating products and technology that the burgeoning worldwide industry needs.

• Governments of both Australia and New Zealand recently approved hemp seed for human consumption. Hemp has huge potential as a health food, with extremely high levels of protein and beneficial fats.

• Profitable plantings range from market garden size to broad acre arable farms.

Returns of $4,000 to $8,000 per hectare are currently possible – comparable to many other land uses.

• Hemp is grown in rotation – 90 days for fibre crops and up to 120 days for seed crops. It requires no pesticides, herbicides or fungicides, can phyto-remediate polluted soils and will suppress competing weeds.

• Hemp grows well all over New Zealand.

Flat to rolling land, suitable for a combine harvester, is best. Hemp does not like wet feet so well-drained, fertile, sandy loam is ideal. Irrigation is not required, although irrigated crops can produce higher yields.

• How much to invest in planting, harvesting, processing and storage depends on the available local infrastructure. Consider your options carefully before investing in this emerging industry.

• Industrial hemp contains almost no THC, which is the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, and is grown under licence. A licence costs $511 and you must also take a one-off THC test, costing about $900, for each variety you grow.

Richard Barge is the director of Hemptastic and a member of the New Zealand Hemp Industries Association. He has been working to develop the hemp industry, both locally and internationally, since 1997.

For more info, see hemptastic.co.nz

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Evansdale, Otago

Off the Grid

Price on Application

23ha Modern 12 year old four bedroomed home, with 270 degree views looking out towards Tairoa Heads and over Blueskin Bay and Silverpeaks Property is totally off the grid ECO friendly, built to harness the energy of the sun Three bay shed of which one bay is lock up workshop A very special property includes 10 acres of 18 year old Macrocarpas, 20 acres of 18 year Douglas Firs plus two paddocks for grazing stock

Alan Turner

Paul Thomson

M 027 454 4222

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Alexandra, Central Otago

Central Otago Kennels & Cattery Live the lifestyle dream - 15.02ha with spectacular views A perfect setting to live and work from home Spacious three bedroom home set on low maintenance landscaped grounds Well presented and established kennels and cattery business 10ha of lucerne and 5ha of grass with 5ha irrigation quota

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Coll MacCormick B 03 440 2399 | M 027 688 8192 | H 03 447 3235

Riversdale, Southland

Impressive Lifestyle - Vendors Moving!!

$1.03M

Beautiful, spacious five bedroom family home set on 6.4573 hectares. The home has been tastefully decorated with open plan living/dining/kitchen areas providing great indoor outdoor flow for entertaining friends and family.

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Subdivided into five paddocks, ideal for calf rearing or a few lambs. Four bay farm shed and stock yards for ease of handling animals. This awesome property is ready now!

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West Otago

Grand Homestead Awaits New Owner

$825,000

Beautifully restored grand home patiently waits for a motivated buyer with fresh ideas as this property has great potential. Currently used as a bed and breakfast, accommodation and catering for smaller functions. Solid brick two storied dwelling on 3.2980ha of flat well fenced land with five guest bedrooms, four bathrooms, two dining rooms and two lounge rooms.

Commercial kitchen, licensed for food and liquor, function area under marquee for up to 100 people with access to beautiful manicured grounds. Separate accommodation for owners/managers, three car garaging available. Very good small business opportunity.

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Carolyn Howden

Derek Ayson

B 03 208 0313 | M 027 637 0011

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Winton, Southland

Attractive and Desirable Lifestyle 7.3260ha offering many options Modern four bedroom home, good living spaces and excellent outdoor entertaining area Sheds galore: 14m x 12m three bay lock-up shed, three bay workshop and two stand RB woolshed/covered yards Immaculately presented property awaiting new owners

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Te Anau, Southland

View to Paradise

$1.33M

• Lifestyle property overlooking Lake Te Anau on 2.5 hectares • Four bedrooms, master with en suite, large open plan living, dining and kitchen • Separate office, bathrooms tiled to high standard, covered lap pool, spa, outdoor fire • Two double garages with internal access to home • Five paddocks, stock and home supplied with own bore water Sandra Macnamara

Nick Robertson

B 03 249 8612 | M 027 208 1001

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Ian Collie and his wife, Claire, moved to Te Anau in 1987. Prior to that, they had farmed in Wilden, West Otago, which was Ian’s family’s base.

They were not happy with what happened to agriculture in that era and were ready for a change, as Ian explains.

“I’ve always liked to develop things. When interest rates rose and money became tight, farming reached a point where there was no longer any satisfaction in it for us so we sold up and came to Te Anau, aiming to be in the tourist industry.

“We bought a tourist shop, selling a wide variety of woollen garments. Having run sheep, I was confident I could sell wool products.

However, it soon became apparent that nothing ever stays the same, as the business developed into more of an ‘outdoor adventure’ shop, increasing from 40 to around 200 square metres.

“I enjoy developing things and the shop was no exception,” he says.

Also in development was the property they bought, two kilometres south of the town centre, on what was then a new lifestyle subdivision.

“Establishing the garden was a real pleasure, turning it into our haven. Starting up the shop, we had to put our heads down and bums up to

make that work. Away from the shop, creating the garden was our escape. We were in our mid 40s, so fit, young and strong, and able to cope with the glacial moraine rocky soil. Every hole required a crowbar.

“Creating the garden from what was a bare paddock and making it into a haven to come home to was a real delight and so satisfying.

We were very fortunate,” he says.

Extending the house was another project the couple applied themselves to.

“At first, we thought of it as a shoebox. It was rectangular, one of the old Landcorp houses.

As we added onto it, it became something different.

“In the early 90s, we extended the kitchen and living room, and built a barbecue. Then, about 10 years ago, we replaced the small old garage with a much bigger one, with room for two cars and a boat, plus an office, and an extra bedroom and bathroom. A couple of years after that, we put bathrooms in all three bedrooms,” he says.

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Those bathrooms were ideal for visitors, and Ian and wife, Claire, offered homestays from time to time.

They enjoyed the town and it worked well for them.

“Te Anau is a wonderful wee place. Although it does go quiet in winter, that gives you a chance to recharge your batteries and plan for the next season. Most businesses rely on an eight-month tourist season so if money motivates, you need to go somewhere else. If not, Fiordland is a wonderful place,” he says.

Five years ago, they sold the business and, in 2015, Claire died.

Taking stock since, Ian has decided to move on. Late last year, he engaged Sandra Macnamara and Jenny King of PGG Wrightson Real Estate, Te Anau, to sell his private, secluded 1.13 hectare property.

Jeff and Sue Anderson purchased it.

Approaching retirement and with children and grandchildren living locally, they have called Arrowtown home for the past 10 years, though are originally from Mossburn and

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have planned to move to Te Anau for a couple of years. Seeing Ian’s place offered for sale, they brought forward those plans, will take possession in August and are sizing up the property’s accommodation opportunities.

Ian, meanwhile, has bought a section in town and is planning to start again, developing a new house and garden.

“It is something I enjoy doing and I’m still fit so I’m looking forward to it,” he says.

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