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Owners of the Whitebait Inn, Jodie and Wal Death chat about their decision to sell up and move to Mokau.
A home and popular business sat on the market for years in a small coastal settlement before a Taranaki couple decided to give it a go. Kelly Dennett travelled to Mokau to find how they did it. This is a story about what it s like to look around your office after the New Year break and decide: I think I ll go now. And then actually going. It’s a story about how to change your life, and ride out the storm. It s set in Mokau, a coastal settlement on Taranaki’s northern coast just a few minutes south from the Awakino Hotel and Pub on State Highway 3, where you can greet your beer in gumboots.