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The sight of a two-storey four-bedroomed home floating down Whangateau Harbour late last month wasn’t a sign of accelerated climate change, but rather a sentimental journey of about two kilometres.
The home was headed to the Point Wells property of Kath and Ben Cleal after being lifted from its original site further up Omaha River.
“It’s been the extended family’s holiday home for many years so when we were given the option to relocate it, we took it,” Kath says.
While months of preparation went in to arranging the move, the shift itself took just two-and-a-half days, working with the tides and weather.
“We’d really like to thank the Point Wells community for their understanding over the disruption it caused, as well as the contractors involved.”
