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The sea Below

It’s a bit Palm Springs, this house. It’s a bit casual, and it’s a bit dramatic — but only in just the right amounts. The site is the opposite. It’s coastal New Zealand at its very best, and what now stands high above Waipu Cove in Northland is a dose of everything at once. It retreats, extends, and falls away with a certain grace.

It all happened by chance, really. A few years ago, long-time Lang’s Beach resident Carolyn was out swimming at neighbouring Waipu Cove and happened to turn around and look back at the coastline. Floating in

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