Hideaways: where New Zealanders escape

From Nine To Noon, 11:22 am on 28 November 2017

Sam Stuchbury and Hilary Ngan Kee have toured the country in search of the best tucked-away escape spots.

They range from mountain huts to beachside baches, river cribs to luxury tents and shearers' cottages to fishing huts.

Their book Hideaways features the photography and words of Sam and Hilary an urban couple who were inspired to seek out these quirky, eccentric, romantic and uniquely Kiwi retreats. All are available to the public.

Each has its own authentic story to tell, as do some of the owners.

Hilary spoke to them about why they choose the life they live and why they so love their hideaway; their small piece of paradise.

"The hideaways in this book only scrape the surface of the great many places where New Zealanders go to escape. That's the thing about hideaways - they're meant to be far from sight, only discovered in their own time.” says Hilary.