NZ's Luxury Lodges

My first ever story appears in Horizon Magazine, the inflight mag of TurboJet, which shunts some 15 million passengers a year between Macau and Hong Kong, Shenkou and Guangzhou.

This piece is about my glorious country's even more glorious luxury lodges (in their wedding issue, no less). Sadly, I have some catching up to do - the only one of this lot I've had the privilege of staying at is Wharekauhau in the Rapa, where we scored a night on a media gig a few years back. It set the accommodation bar so high, it has only been jumped over a couple of times since (a hotel in Dubai and of course at the sumptuous Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong on a media famil earlier this year).  

 Click here to read about these wee patches of heaven.

We beat Kate and Wills...

NZ is currently awash with Royal fever, as Kate, Wills and bubs traipse up and down the country. Having lived in the UK twice, and witnessed the impact the Royals have on the public purse, I can't say I'm a fan (although I'm currently back-filling in the comms team for an organisation directly involved in the tour so, ironically, they've provided me with employment).

Earlier this week the visitors headed over the winding road to Wharekauhau Lodge, a luxurious country estate in the Wairarapa. About six years ago, the Animator and I managed to blag a freebie there for a story for the Herald on Sunday (click here to read). It was, from memory, a ridiculously indulgent weekend. Am guessing not much has changed since then, so trust the Royals enjoyed it.

(Pic credit: Google Images)