Biography: Athfield, Ian Charles

The Buck House

A photograph of a white stucco building with two chimneys with rows of grape vines in the foreground

In 1980 Ian Athfield designed the landmark Buck House on the Te Mata Vineyard in Havelock North.

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How to cite this page

Julia Gatley. 'Athfield, Ian Charles', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2021. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47545/the-buck-house (accessed 5 June 2026).