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This is the website home of John & Sharon and their eco sub division, Te Huia. It is also an introduction to Johns Te Huia log home designs. Designs initially inspired and developed for Te Huia and now available for building anywhere. You can commission a Te Huia Twin Peaks to be built for you to various degrees of completion. That is as logs only kitset or completed. Scroll down to see our Twin Peaks natural log homes.
Te Huia, is an organic process for us. Yes its a sub-divison, but rather than cut it up for just profit, we are striving to create a platform for people to enhance their lives while protecting the local environment. Titles are now registered so this land is available now for you to purchase and begin building your future lifestyle in paradise.
Maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely while getting the human lifestyle balance is our goal.
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Build your own dream home or
we can build you one of our
Te Huia 'Twin Peaks' natural hand-crafted log home
Te Huia Twin Peaks (latest 180 sqm model unfinished)
Te Huia's Twin Peaks on Lot 8 Te Huia (smaller 155sqm earlier model)
There are now many well established experienced designers and craftsman capable of building beautiful homes using sustainable building materials and methods. Even mainstream building companies can show you their eco friendly homes. And with sensitivity and measured passion, mud, straw, stone, earth and wood all could sit amongst the Kauri and pasture of Te Huia. However for us, natural logs captured our hearts and as you can see well suit our local topography, environment and sustainabililty criteria.
Te Huia log Home Designs are the culmination of our search. Inspired by and designed here at Te Huia, they reflect our own personal love of natural wood, and its perfection as a sustainable building material well suited to the physical, historical and cultural surrounds of coastal Waitakere, West Auckland, New Zealand.
New Zealand is our home and its said that all roads lead home. Te Huia 'Twin Peaks' log home is a fusion of Pacific Island, Asian, Nth American, Nordic and successful eco sustainable experience. We think of it as South Pacific fusion and it suits our ethos. That ethos is best explained by the Hanover Principals. Interestingly, New Zealand is the last place on earth to have been colonized by humans. We reckon its given us Kiwis an opportunity to present a fresh, new, unique interpretation of things to the world.
30-60 year old hand crafted, scribe-fit, whole Douglas Fir logs grown in sustainable renewable South Island of New Zealand forests, form the basis and defining structural elements of our custom built homes.
The ‘embodied energy’ or amount of energy used to manufacture and transport Te Huia log homes is very low. Thermal mass, insulation R-values, life-cycle costs are all great. These eco friendly characteristics mean your log home not only looks spectacular, it will feel warm and friendly to live in, and naturally as a consequence, be one of your greatest personal investments.
Sustainable forestry, crafted by hand by Kiwi master log builders, founded on thousands of years of log building experience. You can tick all the boxes.
You can click and Register here for further information on Te Huia Log Homes.
 What is a Te Huia Natural Log Building?
Our buildings are made from whole unmilled green logs. This building method has been used for hundreds of years and is a multibillion dollar industry in North America some European, Baltic, and Russian countries. There are log homes and buildings still being used that are over 400 years old. Subsequently, the Master log builders we use have a depth of experience, refined technique, methodology and practical modern building systems which more than satisfy most discerning clients and Councils.
Traditionally, log homes have been built in very cold climates where big hardwood forests provided the resource. The designs that evolved in the Northern Hemisphere evolved from that climate and that time. The thinking was to be able to retreat indoors, keep warm and bolt the door against marauders. Be that bear, mountain lion or other human beings intent on mischief, log buildings meant survival.
Te Huia log home designs differ while retaining those elements which deliver our specific needs. They are unique to our company and were designed by us for the New Zealand environment. In particular, our home and base of operations in Huia, Waitakere, on the West Coast of Auckland.
Quite simply, the inspiration for our designs springs from our landscape and the quintessential Kiwi lifestyle. We live on South Pacific Islands with thousands of miles of coastline. The mountains, lakes, rivers and forests call out for buildings which capture the Spirit of Our land and the climate we enjoy.
You can click and Register here for further information on Te Huia Log Homes.
Huia Bay Beach - 1 minute walk
Tehuia is a unique eco friendly property of 15+ acres of Kauri trees and pasture, overlooking ocean, river, mountain, lake and stream and backing onto 16000 hectares of regenerating native forest (40,000 acres), through which run 250 kilometers of spectacular forest, mountain and West Coast hiking trails. Drive, hike, bike or kayak through wilderness from the farm gate. Or catch an international show in the city just 35 mins drive.
Whatipu Ocean Beach - 10 min. drive
This area of Waitakere was declared an eco city 10 years ago and has just been voted 'the most livable city in the world' (under 750,000 population) at the United Nations-backed LivCom Awards.
In line with the Vision of The Waitakere Council, the owners of Tehuia are designing and building for sale, several eco friendly, architecturally exciting homes, suited to the spectacular West Coast of New Zealand.
Selected building sites and buildings will leave small footprints and longterm benefits for residents and neighbours while the superb views across harbour and forest remain as much as possible undisturbed.
Tehuia takes its name from the coastal village Huia, a Moari name for the now extinct Huia bird that once lived in the Waitakere Ranges and forests of this area.
We refer to Tehuia as a Kauri Farm because it has its own 6 acres Kauri Reserve and is home to hundreds of young Kauri trees, as well as some nice size ones.
Young Kauri's
This spectacular woodland is for the enjoyment of Tehuia residents and is a long term green investment for future generations.
Old Kauri log on the way to the mill and export
Kauri is a native New Zealand hardwood tree that grows to a massive width living two thousand years. Kauri was relentessly felled for its timber between the early 1800's and 1950's leaving just a few full grown mature trees (2000 years old) here in New Zealand today.
A barque loads timber at Paratutae Wharf Manukau Harbour in 1909
It is possible that up to 10 individually owned residences may get built at Tehuia. Each building site strategically positioned to maximize the views, privacy and West Coast landscape design esthetics. We envision no fences dividing the land and specific covenants in place to protect Tehuia's unique natural assets for all time.
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