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HIGHER LOVE

High on a hill in Te Arai, just south of Northland’s Mangawhai, sits a home that has views as far as the eye can see. With the tinkle of a yet-to-be-explored waterfall dancing on the breeze and plenty of room to roam, if you ask Melanie and James Sax, heaven is this place on earth.

Then owners of two Auckland cafés, they were renting in the city while building, decorating and

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