Mr & Mrs Smith Te Arai Lodge

Te Arai Lodge is a nature-nurturing eco-retreat that transports you to Tuscany, thanks to beamed ceilings in the Great Room, rolling hills that descend from the ridge-top vantage point and a cellar filled with local vintages. The warm welcomes and home-grown organic fare you’ll get from the owners – two generations of the Moores family – has a soupḉon of Sicily about it, too. But that’s about where the Italian comparison ends, because Te Arai’s breathtaking cliff walks, towering native forests and surfers’ paradise coastline are pure New Zealand.