UNDER THE SUMNER SUN

Following the sun and surf around Aotearoa, Abbie and Gus Herniman have lived in coastal towns for most of their life together, so when they decided to return to Christchurch, where Abbie grew up, the search began for a new seaside spot to call home. “We walked around our favourite suburb of Sumner and put flyers in the letterboxes of about 30 houses that looked like they were ripe for renovation,” says Abbie. “This was one of them.”

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