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A bach-inspired beach home

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A bach-inspired beach home

This modern beach house at Te Horo,south of Ōtaki, draws on some of the features of the traditional New Zealand bach. Its design (essentially a couple of sheds and pavilions that meet over a fireplace) recalls the simplicity and practicality of the typical holiday home.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Creative life – Architecture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3597/a-bach-inspired-beach-home (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 3 March 2009.