The Suites
The Bay of Islands Suite
Paihia Suite
The Russell Suite
This suite is named after the painting of the 'Bay of Islands' by JC Hoyte that hangs in place of honour in the bedroom. This painting was completed about 1873 when he spent his holidays travelling around the Bay of Islands.
A king bed with woollen underlay, electric blanket, ensuite with shower and spa bath, luxurious towels, hair dryer, bathrobe, slippers, and with complimentary toiletries including bubble bath foam.
Each room has a fan, heater, fridge, tea and coffee making facilities, 32" flat screen tv with Freeview TV, stereo, bedside lamps, alarm clock, iron and ironing board.
Outside on the patio is a couple of seats set to enjoy the rural view and listening to the cows, sheep, birds or just the wind in the trees. A perfect piece of paradise right here!
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This suite is named after the painting "Etablissement de missionaires'" by Louis Auguste de Sainson that hangs in place of honour in the bedroom. He was the official artist about Dumont D'Urvilles L'Astrolabe during the ship's three month's voyaging around New Zealand in 1827.
This view is remarkable as much for what it records, as how it is recorded. It is one of the early illustrations of settler and missionary communities, in this instance the settlement recorded is Paihia in the Bay of Islands. Paihia was founded as a European township only 4 years before de Sainson drew it on 12 March 1827.
Above the missionaries' compound a flag flies. In the watercolour, upon which this lithograph is based, the markings of the Union Jack are indicated on the flag, noteworthy given the French interest at the time in also colonising New Zealand. Maori dwellings are indicated behind a fence close to the shore and men can be seen pulling up a boat. Three well-dressed figures in the foreground, presumably settlers given the inclusion of a child, turn away from the vista.
A King bed with woollen underlay, electric blanket, ensuite with shower, luxurious towels, hair dryer, bathrobe, slippers, and with complimentary toiletries.
Each room has a fan, heater, fridge, tea and coffee making facilities, 32" flat screen tv with Freeview TV, stereo, bedside lamps, alarm clock, iron and ironing board.
On the patio is an outdoor seating set with umbrella to provide shade from the hot Northland sun whilst enjoying the rural view and sitting listening to the cows, sheep, birds or just the wind in the trees. A perfect piece of paradise right here!
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This suite is named after the painting "Koroadika Beach, Bay of Islands" by Augustus Earle that hangs in place of honour in the bedroom. This lithograph from an original sketch by Earle was published in 1838. However such a sketch would have been drawn when the Beagle, captained by Robert Fitzroy and carrying among its passengers Earle and the famous naturalist Charles Darwin, visited the Bay of Islands in 1835. This scene shows the settlement of Kororareka, which became a major centre of trade between Ngapuhi and the European sailors and whalers who visited there in the 1830s.
Two King single beds with woollen underlay, electric blanket, ensuite with shower, luxurious towels, hair dryer, bathrobe, slippers, and with complimentary toiletries.
The room has a fan, heater, fridge, tea and coffee making facilities, 32" flat screen tv with Freeview TV, stereo, bedside lamps, alarm clock, iron and ironing board.
Outside on the patio is a couple of seats set to enjoy the rural view and listening to the cows, sheep, birds or just the wind in the trees. A perfect piece of paradise right here!
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