New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

LITE WEIGHT LOVE Our home away from home!

When Marilyn Jessen first started dating her future husband Don, it didn’t take long for her to realise that “love this man” also meant “love these caravans”.

Born into a New Zealand caravan dynasty, Don came as a package deal, she laughs. His father Tek Jessen had founded Liteweight Caravans from a home factory in 1946, and by 1968 was NZ’s largest caravan manufacturer, which Don eventually became director of.

“Not long after we met, he very bravely invited my mother, younger brother and

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