50 Minutes from Auckland CBD and just off Kaipara Coast Highway, Mataia Homestead comes into view from behind the row of trees lining the driveway. Photographer Anna Pakenham from Blush Photography and I came here initially to scope out the homestead as a potential location for a sustainable wedding photoshoot but were just as much blown away by the grounds as we were the house itself. It's the cutest wee house and sits surrounded by 5 acres of gardens and 1300 hectares of f