Haven Magazine

The hills are alive

It’s not often people buy a house on the strength of one photo but that’s what happened to Serena Buonaguidi-Haynes and her husband David. The former Londoners moved to New Zealand in 2004, seeking a quieter life more connected to nature.

David, an IT consultant, and Serena, a make-up artist who once oiled David Beckham’s thighs for a photoshoot, initially settled in Auckland, where the work was. “We had a small garden, which we’d never had in London, so we planted some veges,

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