NICKY PELLEGRINO for SCOUT MAGAZINE11:12, Jul 22 2021
This story first appeared in SCOUT Travel magazine and is republished with permission.
She’s better recognised for her tasty novels set in Italy, but bestselling author Nicky Pellegrino finds plenty to write home about the east of our own Main Divide. The last time I was in North Canterbury was on a horse trek that involved long days in the saddle riding across steep terrain. Very often I was sore and scared, but even so, on the final day, when leaving the mountains behind, a sort of sadness seemed to settle over me. I am the least ooky-spooky person you could ever hope to meet, but for a moment it almost felt as if the High Country was trying to tug me back again.
Rath says he had long wanted to build with containers. “And there’s an abundance of them. Most are sold once they sit here for a while.” Shipping containers are “perfect building blocks”, he says, as they can sustain pressure on any angle, are earthquake-proof and can be easily insulated and fitted out. He was previously involved in a container modular construction project for housing during his 20-plus years in real estate development in New York, saying that one of the benefits there was that the houses could be worked on 24/7 in a factory off-site, and installed once finished.
Supplied
It s made from nine shipping containers, but this vineyard home is no budget build stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
“According to the police, the sect’s followers believe that Christ will return to Earth in the South Island, and planned to use the weapons to defend Him against ‘non-believers’.” Detectives had been investigating the Waipara commune for several weeks, police said. Six members had been arrested on firearms charges: four in Lower Hutt and two in Christchurch. “The police confirmed that they had received complaints about young persons in the township – especially girls – being enticed away from their families by members of the sect. “They said it was known that several servicemen from the Wigram R.N.Z.A.F. base belonged to the sect.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 06 March 2019 econintersect.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from econintersect.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.