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    Island oasis

    Dec 22, 2021 4 minutes
    Text Fiona Barber
    Photography
    Helen Bankers

    If you’re looking for Lauren Young and John Hudson during daylight hours, you probably won’t find them in their house. PR-maven-turned-ceramacist Lauren will be in her studio and TVNZ current affairs reporter John will be out on their Waiheke Island property. “Here comes John on his tractor,” says Lauren. “He’s moving stuff around because he can.”

    Lauren and John have created an oasis on 4.5ha bordering a little bay on the southern side of the island and life is good. “John’s the gardener and the cook, and I’m the ceramacist. We are living the dream, but it wasn’t a planned dream. It’s happened incrementally,” she explains. Last year they cut their final property tie with Auckland and sold their

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