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Pāuanui waterways

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Pāuanui waterways

This coastal development at Pāuanui in the Bay of Plenty shows that by the 21st century properties close to the beach were being built as luxury homes rather than the traditional ‘knocked-up’ bach.

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Hopper Developments

by Leigh Hopper

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Jock Phillips, Beach culture – The Kiwi dream, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/44/pauanui-waterways (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 2 March 2009.