My husband came with me as I attended an academic conference in Wellington. He rarely gets a chance to travel with me so we stayed on an extra week and I researched carefully what we should do to make sure we enjoyed the best of the country in the cold season. I decided to make sure the last 3 days... More

We were fortunate enough to stay at Owhanake Bay Estate to kick off our NZ holiday to celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary in Feb '13. The quality of the accommodation was absolutely superb, including a lovely warm spa bath on the deck and we enjoyed beautiful home-baked treats delivered to our suite each morning. Mike took great delight in telling... More

We stayed for 2 nights for our 50th Wedding Anniversary. The Estate is a boutique winery at a very romantic setting, we had our own unit with a deck overlooking the bay & use of a spa pool. Mike our host went out of his way to make our stay special. If you are looking for a romantic weekend, this... More

Our NZ holiday was to be in the South Island but our 26hr flight arrived into Auckland. OBE was chosen as somewhere to relax and recover from the journey for a couple of days before moving south and it was perfect. OBE is in the top left corner of Waiheke (who needs an excuse to go there? It's beautiful and... More

My wife and I usually head to Queenstown for her Birthday on New Years Eve, this year there were no available flights to Queenstown and all the hotels were booked up because I left it too late. Fortunatly google came to my rescue and I found this place called Owhanake. What a turn up for the books our host Christy... More

We had 2 nights to spend before a cruise leaving Auckland, and we are so fortunate we found Owhanake! After flying seemingly hundreds of hours from the east coast of the U.S., this was the restful, peaceful place we needed. Mike and Christy just know how to be gracious, interesting, accommodating, knowledgable hosts. The grounds include their vineyard (the Syrah... More

We came over from Australia for our honeymoon and stayed 4 days at Owhanake with Mike and Christy and simply had the best time. The place is perfect, a quiet, private and tranquil location within a beautiful bay and just minutes from Oneroa and the little touristy bits that that place has to offer. We loved the estates own honey... More

We stayed at this lovely property for 4 nights recently when attending a friend's wedding. We stayed in the Tamure Suite which has a private balcony overlooking the wonderful view out towards the Bay. All furnishings in the suite are of very high quality and the bed (king) was extremely comfortable. The bathroom was very modern and we loved the... More

Stayed for the weekend and had a wonderfully time either sitting on desk in peace looking at views or lounging by the pool! Can't recommend this place to stay enough and christy was a fabulous host. Gorgeous bay to wander around. Loved the wines and the platter!