By Auckland Stonemasons
The picturesque Takapoto Estate, located on the shores of Lake Karapiro in the Waikato is home to the beautiful Takapoto Estate Show Jumping Grounds.
Auckland Stonemasons were engaged initially to build a single 90m wall in Te Kuiti Limestone to match existing stone work on the property. The brief quickly grew from there and Auckland Stonemasons designed and constructed VIP viewing platforms, walls and paving using Te Kuiti Limestone and Desert Sand Granite throughout the event space.
An internal fireplace was also designed and constructed by Auckland Stonemasons using Grey Granite.
Creating a world-class show jumping event space synonymous with luxury.
Auckland Stonemasons Limited are New Zealand's leading commercial and residential builders of bridges, retaining walls, boundary walls, houses, pillars and fireplaces.
In 1927, Ivan Lavas arrived in New Zealand, from Korcula Island on the Dalmation Coast, and established Auckland Stonemasons Limited. With him he brought generations of stonemasonry experience and knowledge from the Adriatic. Now the third generation of the New Zealand family continues the tradition, upholding the best of the stonemason's tradition from early Europe.
From Auckland's Tamaki Drive sea walls built in the late 1920s, to Mount Cook's Hermitage, to many residential and commercial walls, stone pillars, fireplaces, monuments and buildings throughout New Zealand, the craftsmanship and quality of Auckland Stonemasons’ work is unsurpassed.