North Island – Ultimate – 14 Nights

Cape Kidnappers is perched high above the cliffs at the southern tip of Hawkes Bay, looking out across the Pacific Ocean. Like its sister course – Kauri Cliffs, Cape Kidnappers is spread out over 6,000 acres of rolling farmland and native bush

Everything about Kauri Cliffs, situated 30 minutes north of Kerikeri, is outstanding. The course is rated No.49 in the World’s Top 100 (Golf Digest) and rightly so. With an average of only 24 golfers gracing its fairways on any given day it’s easy to believe you’re the only person enjoying the privilege of this magnificent course

Paraparaumu Beach Golf Club, which has hosted 12 New Zealand Opens, is one of the great – sometimes underrated – true links courses of the Southern Hemisphere

When Royal Auckland and Grange Golf Clubs merged in 2015, Nicklaus Design’s Chris Cochran developed a new plan to transform the 36 holes into a 27-hole layout with a new clubhouse, short-game area and a state-of-the-art practice facility.

A recent renovation has transformed Royal Wellington into arguably New Zealand’s finest private members’ parkland course

The North Course at Te Arai Links is another of Tom Doak’s masterpieces, starting and finishing on the ocean, this course unravels and has more holes inland than the South while offering a very different test and experience.

A Coore & Crenshaw design on an incredible piece of land that has been sculpted and shaped by the wind and nature and has enabled the designers to work with an already spectacular canvas.

Jack Nicklaus’ much-anticipated signature Kinloch course opened in 2007 and has been a huge draw for discerning golfers ever since. Located just 20 minutes from Taupo, it is a very testing inland links course that flows over rolling countryside with fescue and heather grasses.

Titirangi is the only golf course in New Zealand designed by Dr Alister MacKenzie and is just 30 minutes from Auckland city centre. MacKenzie’s genius designs are renowned for their sensitivity to the nature of the original site and risk-reward holes, and Titirangi is no different

The Wairakei Golf Course is located only a couple of minutes’ drive from Taupo and is New Zealand’s ‘original’ resort golf course. Built in 1970, huge numbers of native and exotic trees have recently been planted, along with the introduction of native wildlife