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A PLACE OF HER OWN

It had been a lifelong ambition of Jackie Houghton’s to live a simple country life somewhere far away from bright city lights. After 10 years spent living overseas, the pull of rural New Zealand and the promise of a new project inspired her to return home, put her property in Palm Beach, Waiheke Island on the market and begin the hunt for another block of land with space for one main dwelling to live in and a couple of studios to rent out too.

“It was a dream that I’d always had — to build a place of my own that would suit my lifestyle and generate income,” says Jackie of

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