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The New Zealand bach

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The New Zealand bach

This Bay of Plenty bach (holiday home) exhibits the typical features of such buildings. Usually they are small, unpretentious structures made of cheap or recycled materials.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Creative life – Architecture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/3598/the-new-zealand-bach (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 3 March 2009.