Golfing and Touring New Zealand

Condé Nast Traveler, USA has named The Lodge at Kauri Cliffs as the No. 1 Lodge in Australia and Pacific Nations on the 2012 Gold List: The World’s Best Places to Stay.  It’s the only property in New Zealand to make the list and with a whopping score of 98.4, that’s special!

Report from NZ Newswire: “The first major golf event in Christchurch since February’s 6.3-magnitude earthquake has provided a real boost to the sport and the region, New Zealand Golf chief executive Dean Murphy says. “The New Zealand Open, which finished at Clearwater on Sunday, is the first international golf tournament in Christchurch since the New [...]

“Today at The Cloud in Auckland, Prime Minister John Key launches the inaugural NZ PGA Pro-Am Championship. The tournament, a partnership between the NZ PGA and The Hills, (owned by Sir Michael Hill) has been agreed for a minimum five year term and will initially be part of the Australasian PGA Tour with total prize money of $500,000 [...]

Year end prizegiving event On Friday 16th December, 2011 at 6 pm at The First Tee New Zealand HQ trophies and certificates will be handed out along with tasty drinks and yummy sausage treats for everyone. Light entertainment from students should be a special highlight of this annual event. Contact First Tee Executive Director, pking@thefirsttee.org for [...]

Supporting local business and community organizations makes good “cents” for all Kiwis not only at the holiday season but throughout the year. “Centsible” suggestions follow: Give an Activity - allow a kid from your neighbourhood the chance to participate in The First Tee golf and lifeskills programme during the holidays or after school (www.thefirstteenz.org) Give Recreation - a card [...]

Kiwi writer, Greg Ford of the Press gives us an update of an important fundraiser to aid recovery from Christchurch quake disaster: ” Fat wallets with big hearts have arrived in Christchurch. “The New Zealand Golf Open tees off at Clearwater Golf Club today featuring a heavyweight trio with combined career earnings of well over [...]

Special Friend and High Performance Sports Trainer, Gaylene Ayre is National Player Development Manager for Netball New Zealand – GO THOSE SILVER FERNS! Gaylene shares great information on Cambridge, her home town. It is Labour Day Weekend and we’re excited to be here just before the New Zealand and France Rugby World Cup 2011 final match. [...]

New Zealand Herald reports: New Zealand number one Danny Lee has confirmed his place on the PGA Tour in 2012 after winning the WNB Classic in Texas. The 21-year-old overcame American pro Harris English in a playoff to secure his maiden Nationwide Tour title and his first win as a professional. Lee fired a superb [...]

After leaving the Raceway B&B in Invercargill we head northeast to spend a night in a cottage  at beautiful Moeraki Beach. Dinner at famous Fleur’s Place: Cafe, bar and restaurant right on the waterfront at the old jetty at Moeraki Beach, South Island. Great seafood and great photo op in this special place. Sea lion visits [...]

Rugby World Cup 2011 – Week One  Day 1 – Spring has sprung: 2:30 p.m. September 8th our time on a day ahead of you folks in the Northern Hemisphere. Surprising spring weather with luscious-coloured flowers beginning to bloom. Glorious country and well worth the 14-hour flight from Vancouver to Auckland, after which we connected [...]

  NEWS RELEASE Luxury Lodge a Diamond in the RoughJack’s Point has been working with various parties over the last few years in order to bring about the development of the intended Lodge on the northern side of the actual piece of land called Jack’s Point…In collaboration with talented internationally acclaimed New Zealand architects Fearon [...]

Over the years New Zealand’s South Island Russley Golf Club has hosted many golf tournaments with locals holding their own against some of the world’s best golfers. Once a dry gravel riverbed, Russley is now one of the country’s classic courses in the heart of Christchurch.