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MEMORY MAKER

Memories of holidays at family baches by the beach are common to many Kiwis. For Denise and Leonard Gardner, a desire for their clan to continue to enjoy a special spot together informed a decision to shore things up for the future.

“Generations of Leonard’s family grew up holidaying at the same spot, and we wanted to keep the tradition going with an enduring build of our own,” says Denise.

Rather than constructing a bach on the Thames coastline south of Coromandel where

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