FEATURES NEW ZEALAND KITE MAKER

FLYING Hope

Written by Jon Kalish

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WHALE WATCHING: Lynn’s 52’-long blue whale kite — also available in 26’ and life-sized 98’ lengths — flies over Lake Clearwater in New Zealand in June 2013.

Peter Lynn’s vision for the future hangs from a string.

New Zealand kite maker Peter Lynn has a 30-acre spread in Ashburton, about an hour south of Christchurch. Walk with the 66-year-old engineer from the house he lives in with his wife Elwyn, past his workshop with a sign that says “The Engineerium,” continue up the dirt road to the kite-making factory, and it’s hard not to notice that there are other, er, enterprises on the ...

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