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Getting Ahu Ahu way

There’s a saying that Taranaki local David Marshall loves to share with his three children, Jess, Alana and Seth. “I tell my kids, ‘If you follow your heart, you fall on your feet.’”

David and wife Nuala are living examples of how to follow your dream, creating a lifestyle by the ocean and inviting others to share in the beauty of the wild Tasman Sea.

In 2000, they built the Ahu Ahu Beach Villas; raw and beautiful buildings encompassing shell-inlaid concrete, some Hundertwasser-inspired bottle windows, stone

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