A Northland surf club is so worried about the risk to life from its slip-closed clubrooms , it has made the unusual move of offering to repair the slip.
Akaroa is home to about 750 permanent human residents and 1000 nationally vulnerable Hector’s dolphins.
The Kiwi dream of the house, the bach and the boat is becoming a luxury few can afford. House prices in some holiday hot spots are soaring as more families choose to make the bach their permanent residence after a year of uncertainty, lockdowns, and the realisation that working from home might as well mean working from the beach. Median house prices in the most popular beach towns have increased by more than 50 per cent when compared with the same time last year, according to the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ).
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