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Staff Profile - Peter Kendall

Peter came out from England on an expedition by Land Rover in 1969 and liked the country so much that he stayed here. Prior to 1969 Peter worked for Midland Bank in the U.K., Standard Bank of South Africa in Nigeria, and then spent a year with a merchant bank in London preparing for the overland trip.

A partnership of family members and friends was formed to purchase a 700 acre hill country farm on the coast at Boat Harbour Rd., Whenuakite, just north of the Silverstream Falls subdivision. Peter continued to work in the finance industry in Auckland and worked on the farm spending time with his family there at weekends.

In 1989, Peter retired from his finance broking activities to work full time on the subdivision and subsequent sale of the farm in the form of "Lifestyle Blocks". The exercise proved successful and when farm, which is now the "Silverstream Falls" subdivision came on the market, Peter's trust bought it to subdivide into a total of 35 lots in 2002. It has taken nearly eight years and the joint efforts of several family members and others to create what you see today on the website.

Peter's company, Professional Contractors Ltd, employed the services of Glen Lees to project manage the subdivision and purchased trucks, tractors, a digger, grader, rollers and a trencher so that most of the infrastructure could be completed without outside assistance.

At 67, Peter is now finding time to indulge in his passion for travel having visited places such as China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Cuba and Myanmar (Burma) in recent years. When on home soils, and with an evening to spare, he'll be found on the dance floor, dabbling in some ceroc dancing.

Peter's experience and contacts in the finance industry have assisted quite a number of purchasers to follow their dream in owning a beautiful piece of New Zealand.

Staff Profile - Gina Kendall

Having been born and raised in the beautiful seaside town of Whenuakite, Coromandel Peninsula, Gina is well aware of the benefits of living coastal and enjoying the incredible outdoors and water activities that New Zealand has to offer.

Throughout her teens, Gina grew to love the Great New Zealand Outdoors and became an avid surfer, hiker and participant in all things active. However, with a real practical business streak, she was drawn to Waikato University after her high school studies to follow her other interest in Business Studies, specifically Marketing and Environmental Management.

Graduating with first class honours Gina went on to secure some sound experience in the field by working for names such as the Ports of Auckland, Colgate Palmolive and Goodman Fielder.
Seeing that there was much to be gained from working internationally, Gina has travelled widely and become involved internationally with roles in Marketing with companies such as Nestle. However she deliberately chose to take on challenges in other industries in order to add scope to her career and build upon established skill sets. She became a tour guide for Fez Bus in Turkey which was "an extraordinary experience that taught me so much about people and the important things in life".

This brings her to today where she has a long and successful portfolio to draw upon in her work for the family business at Silverstream Falls.

Today, Gina is a true multi-tasker as she is greatly involved in helping the family run the prestigious Silverstream Falls while also managing a home based business and a highly successful local gym with her partner.
The mother to two young boys both under 18 months of age, Gina loves her lifestyle on the Coromandel. Living in Tairua allows her to contribute to her family run business, spend time with friends and family on the beach and get other projects up and running from home, all in the same day.

When Gina has a minute spare, she can be found in the outdoors, lapping up the beautiful Coromandel bush and beach, surfing, surf lifesaving, relaxing with her family and friends or taking off on her latest travel adventure.

Staff Profile - Glen Lees

Glen has been with the Silverstream project since it's very conception and is totally committed to making this piece of land a workable, sustainable success. Managing the hands on team of labourers and contractors, it is Glen who sees that all is running smoothly at all times. Working and living on the property for nearly a decade, Glen has an intimate knowledge of every nook, cranny, river and stream. If something needs seeing to, it is Glen who'll get it done.

Glen's talents stem back from a fascinating history in many different domains. From high school he qualified as an architectural draftsman and worked in this field in Auckland for many years for the South Auckland Education Board. He then moved on to gain the hands on practical skills involved in dairy farming for ten years and has even dabbled in some sales along the way.

A business savvy entrepreneur, Glen started his own company in 1985 - Kit Ltd - which still exists today and began to produce top quality massage tables. His skills were recognised throughout New Zealand and he became the official supplier of massage tables to the 1990 Commonwealth Games held in Auckland. Interestingly, this was the first Commonwealth Games to recognise alternative therapies (massage therapy) for enhancing the athletes performance.

Not one to settle for less than an adventure, Glen spent time in Hawaii after the Games as a part of a reconstruction project for a local temple. He was involved in the drawing of the preliminary plans and hopes one day to return to see the completed construction.

The end of 1990 saw Glen make the move to the stunning Coromandel where he continued to run his own business while managing a drystock property. Natural progression led him to become involved in Silverstream Falls where he has played a huge part in almost every aspect of it's development. You'll find him almost any day of the week out amongst the natural beauty of the property.

Also a family man, Glen has a family of five children with whom he loves to partake in some time-out, out on the waters of the Coromandel. Sailing and fishing especially keep him amused while carving quartz crystal is another passion for when back on dry land.

Staff Profile - Bruce Clark

Bruce has played an integral part in the development of Silverstream Falls development, contributing his expertise in accounting and finance. He comes to the project with over 35 years of experience as a chartered accountant in the City of Auckland.

Bruce's initial accounting experience was as a Partner in charge of over 100 dairy farms in the Waikato and Northland as well as working with small businesses in his City practice.

He went on to become a Partner at Wilson, Clark & Partners chartered accountants in Auckland and progressed to his own private in 1984 where he has invested his accounting time ever since.

Peter bought an old Ferguson tractor from Bruce in 1977 which was advertised in the New Zealand Herald". Bruce turned out to have such a sound knowledge of farming, Queen Street farmers, and business generally, that the partners: merchant banker, physiotherapist and dental surgeon, were more than happy to employ Bruce to look after the partnership affairs and he has continued on as Peter's accountant ever since.

Bruce has always had a keen interest in the sporting arena and his sporting credentials are extensive. Over the years, he has participated in a wide array of sports with special commendment in bowls where he has had much success since 1985. Ten years ago, he received the New Zealand Level Three coaching certificate - one of the highest possible certifications making him more than qualified to have coached Auckland Rep Squads from 1992.

Bruce has 3 adult children, eldest son and his wife in Hong Kong, eldest daughter and her partner live on a lifestyle block just outside Christchurch, and his youngest daughter lives in Auckland with her young children. Bruce's wife also has grown up children of her own so they have quite a few grandchildren between them to spoil and give back!

Bruce's other interests include stamp collecting, fishing and participating in his local church activities. He also loves gardening which is just as well as his son, Andrew and his wife, Vanesssa, bought Lot 3 in Stage 1 at Silverstream a few years ago and they rely on Bruce to ensure their plants grow and any essential road or weed maintenance is carried out.

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