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A design-savvy bach in Lake Rotoiti with a back story

A design-savvy bach in Lake Rotoiti with a back story

Gill South
By Gill South (Business and property journalist)
Last updated: 4 April 2025 | 3 min read

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Unique home and pond view

Unique home surrounded by bush worth pond-ering

A quirky Kerikeri home beside a lily-pad pond offers tropical style, bush surrounds and treehouse charm.

It has been more than 30 years since Wendy Harvey and her late partner Wayne Edwards bought a very big field of onions and set about transforming it into a family property with a gracious home, airstrip and hangar. Photo: Barfoot & Thompson

Country home with private airstrip and hangar was once a field of onion

Former onion field transformed into a country estate with a private airstrip, hangar and pool.

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