Mahuika House / Daniel Marshall Architects

Ngātuku. Tahoraiti. Waingaro. Takutai. Ahi (The ridges of a hill. A forest clearing. A lost stream. The sea coast. Fire) Colonisation saw the burning and clearing of the native forest in the bay during the late 19th century. A Villa was constructed on the site in 1905 and a boathouse constructed in the 1970s blocked the mouth of the stream. A queen palm stood at the rear of the Villa as the shore was dominated by giant macrocarpa that darkened the valley.