Goodbye to gridlock Solar-powered and living in style on the Coromandel Peninsula

摘要

The approach to James Winter and Tara King's off-the-grid home near Whitianga on the Coromandel Peninsula tends to make first-time visitors a little nervous. Loose metal flies freely under city-soft tyres on the unpaved road that winds and wends its way up the hill.You can't help but wonder what sort of dwelling you might find at the top of the hill: a humble cottage, perhaps, constructed from rough-hewn timber, where the water's always cold and the toilets are long drops?