The ties that bind: Five years after moving north to Matakana, these former Aucklanders are still rfvelling in the charm of their semi-rural community

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At the bottom of Virginia Leonard and Oliver King's driveway, their daughter Coco hops off the school bus and meanders to the back door, picking up leaves and pausing to say hello to a herd of beef cattle in an adjacent paddock. It's at moments like this that her parents know they made the right decision to move to Matakana. "Friends in Auckland said we were bonkers and many thought we'd be back," says Oily, who quit his job as a media planner in an advertising agency for this new beginning. That was five years ago and the couple has no plans to return.