Opened in 2000, Kauri Cliffs sits above Matauri Bay on Northland’s Pacific coast and combines inland farmland with a sequence of cliff-edge holes. David Harman’s par-72 design stretches to 7,151 yards and uses broad movement in the land to create a round that shifts between open, rumpled terrain and exposed coastal ground.
Views towards Cape Brett and the Cavalli Islands are a constant presence, but the course’s character comes from how those panoramas frame play rather than distract from it. Fairways move across rolling contours before the routing reaches the headlands, where several holes sit close to the ocean and ask for control in changing conditions. The Rosewood setting adds to the sense of occasion, yet the golf remains the focal point throughout.
Kauri Cliffs is one of New Zealand’s best-known resort courses, with scale, polish, and a distinctly Pacific edge from the opening tee onwards to the closing green.