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How Kiwi Live: A peek inside interior designer Kristina Pickford’s Otama sanctuary
Kristina Pickford's home is more than a place to live; it's somewhere to connect with friends, whanau, and the land.
Last updated: 24 November 2025
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Interior designer Kristina Pickford’s Otama home is a restorative sanctuary designed to connect with the land. Its style is natural, unostentatious, and crafted, reflecting a ten-year project of planning and landscape restoration.
A collaboration with architect Rory Koefod, it features Shou Sugi Ban charred timber. The home embodies the Māori wellbeing model Te Whare Tapa Whā, fostering physical, mental, social, and spiritual health through its thoughtful design and connection to nature.
This unique Coromandel property is now on the market.
Kristina Pickford in her stunning Otama home.
Views out to the headland, calming and restorative.
Kristina's favourite item in the house is a pendant light from Finland, a treasure found 25 years ago.
A place to relax, unwind and take in the Coromandel surroundings.
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