In a clearing surrounded by trees, this holiday home in a picturesque bay in Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū/ Banks Peninsula seems to rewind time. There are none of the accoutrements that tend to accompany today’s summer-vacation stations. No boat parked in the drive. No pool to cool off in. No outdoor room beneath a cantilevered roof. This is, purely and simply, essential territory. The luxury is in the freedom.
The owners bought this property in 2005 as somewhere to embrace the polar opposite of their