A Christchurch home on a steep site required an innovative design, which meant plenty of sharp angles. Your Home & Garden editor, Fiona Hawton, chats with homeowner Marie Parsons about the apartment-like home they created with Max Capocaccia from MC Architecture Studio.

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No one knows the future, but that’s not stopping Julian Waters from planning for it. He wants to enjoy his striking, modern Whitianga home for as long as possible, delighting in the indoor-outdoor living going from the pool and his bedroom with ease. 

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Simon and Sarah  are city people used to having neighbours in close proximity. Simon used to call Ponsonby home and Sarah hails from Berlin. Now, their closest neighbours are pheasants and bulls.

Fiona, editor at Your Home & Garden, speaks with Craig and Natalie about the holiday home they built to enjoy during school holidays with their three children. 

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Fiona, editor at Your Home & Garden, speaks with architects, Brian White and Harry Croucher of Edwards White Architects about this new home designed for a family who were making a lifestyle change by moving to Raglan, New Zealand.

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Fiona, editor at Your Home & Garden, speaks with architect and homeowner, Jonathon Kennedy of Sheppard & Rout Architects about his new home built on the site of his childhood house in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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This sun-drenched home was designed to perfectly suit a couple with plans of retiring. Your Home & Garden editor, Fiona, speaks with architect Richard Furze about this home in Omokoroa designed for his clients based in Auckland. 

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Fiona Hawtin, editor at Your Home & Garden, speaks with Rochelle and Stuart Wilson about their new opulent family home which was also designed to be luxury accommodation for guests to completely relax. 

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Your Home & Garden NZ editor, Fiona Hawtin, speaks with a husband-and-wife team, who cannot seem to stop building houses. They speak about a home in Kumeu they have just built which is just right.

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