Haeremai

Eddy has obviously been charmed by New Zealand but his heart is still on the farm back in Canada.  He spends his days in the packing house where despite how many sheep and cows they kill during the day the yard is full the next day.  His letters are full of inquiries about the work on the farm as well as suggestions for projects that Gus could undertake.  He is anxious for progress reports on the road and the power.  Most important Eddy is starting to make plans where he and Betty will live upon their return.  He decided that old farmhouse, "grandmother's house", would be too expensive to fix up.  There is an old cabin above Gus's house that Eddy feels would work better and later on they would use some of grandmother's house to construct a cabin by the lake.
Eventually they would decide to build a house on the opposite end of the farm.  It is faintly reminiscent of a Swiss chalet style with it's panabode structure and fake shutters.  The house was given a New Zealand welcome name, Haere mai.  It is very typical of first generation immigrants to attempt to have their home's reflect something of their ancestry.

  circa 1960s

circa 1970s

The house does faintly resemble a swiss chalet.