New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

A HOLIDAY romance

Tom and I always imagined, when we bought our sanctuary in the Hokianga, that one day the kids would come home and they, and the grandchildren, would love it as much as we do. The Hokianga is not to everybody’s taste. I’m not sure I would have loved the Hoki as a teenager.

At 16, I was all about Mt Maunganui

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