Kauri Cliffs, on
the northeast coast of North Island, has 11 cottages and 22 rooms. Each cottage
provides two guest suites, and each suite features its own private porch,
fireplace, walk-in wardrobe and bathroom. The lodge—which boasts canvasses by
Peter Beadle, one of New Zealand’s finest painters—and the cottages lay at the
edge of a forest, overlooking the ocean and golf course. The 22 rooms feature
private verandas, each staggered from the next so as not to impede the view.
Guests can swim on three secluded stretches of beach.
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Pelicans and Birdies
Cape Kidnappers, Robertson’s second development, is
in the Hawke’s Bay area near the middle of North Island. It offers golf on what
was a 5,000-acre sheep ranch, but the immediate area boasts a host of other diversions, attracting visitors with interests beyond the links.
The Cape
Kidnappers golf course sits on a promontory overlooking a 480-foot drop to the
ocean. Every hole affords a view of the water; golfers occasionally spot
migrating sperm whales. The course shares the promontory with the world’s
largest mainland colony of gannets, a colorful cross between a seagull and an
albatross.
The region resembles parts of California, with low, brush-covered mountains, sandy beaches, warm summers, mild winters, and a burgeoning wine
industry. To the north of Cape Kidnappers is the town of Napier, famed for its
Art Deco buildings. (An earthquake in 1931 leveled the town, which was rebuilt
in Art Deco fashion, the leading style of the time.) The Art Deco masterpieces
have undergone renovations in recent years and draw aficionados from around the
world.
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