Urban Designer - Vernacular Architect - Maritime Planner - Owner-Builder - Servant of Piglet - Educator - Author - Revolutionary - Peacenik - Tour Guide

Tony Watkins

~ Vernacular Design

John and Jane Turnbull

Elizabeth, Peter, Jennie, Mary - 1934

Karaka Bay was once part of the Glen Taylor farm. John Turnbull worked there when he first came to New Zealand in 1863, and then he went on to Kiwitahi in 1872 to manage the 30,000 acre Te Au-o-Waikato block for Mr William Innes Taylor.