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“I COULDN’T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT I’D DO IN HAWKE’S BAY, BUT WE BOUGHT THE HOUSE AND THERE WAS NO LOOKING BACK.”

Fifteen years ago, Stephen Eaton called his wife Aimee Stewart to tell her about a house he’d seen being built, raving about its crisp, clean lines and magnificent vistas. “I was slightly confused because the house in question was in Havelock North and at the time we lived in Christchurch,” says Aimee.

Add to that the fact that she didn’t know a lot about the Hawke’s Bay area, let alone the prosperous village of Havelock North and its natural, tree-lined charm. “I thought it was just kind of… sheep,” she says.

To be fair, the Hawke’s Bay of 15 years ago wasn’t the cosmopolitan wine, food and