330:'s daughters. On consulting local Maori about a name for the property, they suggested and he was delighted to adopt the name, Ohinetahi. Four subsequent owners followed in a short period of time before William Sefton Moorhouse purchased the property in the mid-1850s. Moorhouse then built a more substantial building either by adding rooms onto each end of the existing cottage or more likely by replacing it with an entirely new house. Moorhouse sold the entire 255-acre property to
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who would be remaining on an adjacent property. They subsequently bought it for $ 100,000, financing the purchase by selling other properties. During the period between purchase and possession, the three new owners embarked on a six-week tour of gardens in
England in a search for ideas to include in their proposed garden. Among the gardens visited were
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The 572-acre property was then sold in 1896 to
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in 1858. Potts proceeded to buy more of the surrounding land until the property covered 572 acres, reaching as far as the seashore at
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