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Legacy Partners Ltd. have announced the initial real estate offering at Te Arai, a 1,400-acre, beach-front property (a 75-minute drive from Auckland’s central business district) that serves as backdrop to the new Tara Iti Golf Club, slated to open for member play in October. Designed by American course architect Tom Doak, Tara Iti GC was laid out amid the dunes north of Te Arai Point, a favoured headland among Northland surfers. Otherwise, this stretch of beach -- some 11 kilometers in length, spreading north from a surf break known as ”The Forestry” -- remains largely undiscovered, despite its location less than 100 km from the Auckland Harbor Bridge. Auckland-based Legacy Partners is a boutique real estate brokerage firm that markets iconic and exclusive New Zealand property, while at the same time representing buyers from New Zealand and overseas. With this real estate offering, Te Arai is the first Legacy Partners community to elicit widespread public notice. Today, the only finished structure at the Te Arai is the Tara Iti clubhouse, designed by Auckland-based Cheshire Architects. According to Legacy partner Michael Pleciak, the complete build-out plan at Te Arai calls for just 46 individual home sites across 600 hectares of freehold land. Buyers may acquire home sites or completed residences -- all boast access to the community’s 5.5 Volume 3 • Issue 28 31