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 "Thank you Tony and Helen for sharing this magical place with
us. We have really enjoyed meeting Piglet and hope to see more of her,
perhaps at bath-time tonight. Your house among the forest is amazing.
Long live Arakainga." Anabel, Hugh, Harry, Christine
( visited 23 April 2005)
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Visitors book - Megan & Mark |
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And so from humble beginnings....
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Grunt |
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 Clive saw an advertisement on the notice board at Middlemore Hospital. "Series IIe Landrover, 1972" I had been beaten up earlier in the morning so it had already been a traumatic day, but Clive was as keen as mustard. He drove me out to Waiuku but we both were dreaming instead of driving across the Sahara. Before the night was out we owned the amazing vehicle which would bring a blend of romance, trauma, and sheer hard work to our lives. Grunt was to make the building of Arakainga possible.
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Work in progress |
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 When you ae building a house which is a forty minute walk from the nearest rod none of the usual rules apply. Like a British shopkeeper you weigh everything.
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Visitors Book - Jim Morgan |
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 Only after Tony had brought me back from the Hokianga and delivered me
to the 21st Triennial of the Friends World Committee on Consultation at
King's College, Auckland - a global conference of Quakers - did I begin
to perceive the spiritual beauty of our trip to his ancestral grounds.
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The house itself |
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 I loaded the entire house into a furniture truck I had hired from Metropolitan Rentals. There was only just enough room. Brad and Sam came with me. We headed north with no idea as to what we were going to do with the house, or where we might leave it. Our only agenda was to arrive home with an empty truck.
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