Wānaka s super luxury escape, open to all
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When Denise Ryan Costello first stood on the patch of Central Otago land that would one day become her home, she says it just felt right .
Her husband, Paul Costello – founding chief executive of the NZ Super Fund – grew up on a farm north of Christchurch with a mountain view, and Denise says when he saw the outlook from this paddock of a former sheep station, he instantly fell in love.
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The couple had been living in Melbourne, but the plan was to downsize and spend more time in New Zealand in a place where extended family and friends could stay, Denise says. Together with Australian-based architect James Stockwell and local builder Nick Mizzi of Spearhead Developments, plans came together for their dream house and in 2017, the build got under way.