Auckland’s Own Nantucket

“Once a hippie haven where forested blocks sold for a few quid, Waiheke is today dotted with multi-million-dollar holiday homes and slick cellar doors (although it remains a firm favourite with artistic types),” The Australian’s Christine McCabe writes. “Tatler magazine dubbed it the Nantucket of New Zealand and, under owner-manager Jonathan Scott’s careful eye, The Boatshed boutique hotel, perched on a precipitous street above Little Oneroa Beach, is somewhere Ralph Lauren would feel right at home.”