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Dune landing

At home in the windswept dunes on the Kāpiti Coast, this small but well-formed bach is the antidote to corporate life that many city-dwelling Wellingtonians dream of. “We were looking around the area and came across the subdivision here before it had been marketed,” says owner Alan Cadwallader. “We were the first to buy a section at the southern end of the estate — and we think we got the one with the best view.”

The site south of Te Horo Beach was not a

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