Bluestone Estate

Tāwharanui Peninsula · Matakana Coast · one hour north of Auckland

Luxury private residences on the Matakana Coast.

Bluestone Estate is a collection of seven private luxury residences on New Zealand's pristine Matakana Coast, just one hour north of Auckland. Set between rolling rural hills and the aqua waters of the Hauraki Gulf, the Estate unfolds across three neighbouring properties: Bluestone Main Estate, Bluestone Encampment and Bluestone Ridge.

Stay beneath the trees in a beautifully appointed safari tent, escape to an intimate coastal hideaway for two, gather family and friends in one of our larger residences, or take an entire property exclusively as your own. Each can be enjoyed individually or combined to create a private estate experience, with spaces such as the Cookhouse, our glass-walled private dining room at the Farmhouse, bringing everyone together.

Bluestone Estate is for couples, families and private groups seeking casual luxury, a connection to nature, privacy, space and exceptional comfort. It is an opportunity to live the Kiwi way, with feet in the grass or the sand.

Barefoot luxury, beautifully hosted, always.

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Seven residences across three neighbouring properties.

The Main House at Bluestone Estate from the lawn: the infinity pool, the pool house, beanbags, and the verandah.The Main House living room at Bluestone Estate, with the floor-to-ceiling South Island bluestone fireplace.

Bluestone Main Estate

The Main House

Five ensuite bedrooms, a bluestone fireplace, and an infinity pool with layered views over the estuary. The house the estate is named for.

Sleeps 12 · 5 bedrooms · 5 bathrooms and a WC

From NZD 10,000 a night · 2 nights minimum

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The Boat House at Bluestone Estate from the drive: grey weatherboards, the barn doors slid open to the living room, potted conifers either side, and the deck and hedge beyond.Inside the Boat House at Bluestone Estate: white-panelled walls, the pot-belly stove, a leather armchair, the long timber table with stools, and the doors open to rolling farmland.

Bluestone Main Estate

The Boat House

A loft bedroom above the main living room, a second in the Shepherd's Hut, and a cedar hot tub for the evenings.

Sleeps 4 · 2 bedrooms · 1 bathroom

From NZD 790 a night · 2 nights minimum

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The Studio at Bluestone Estate: dark weatherboards, a sliding door onto the timber deck, two Adirondack chairs, and a freestanding bath outdoors among the flax and native planting.The Studio at Bluestone Estate: the queen bed with white linen against its oak wall panel, seascape paintings, linen curtains at the sliding door, and a small café table by the shuttered window.

Bluestone Main Estate

The Studio

One room for two with its own kitchen, a bath on the deck, and the bush all around. The intimate coastal hideaway.

Sleeps 2 · 1 bedroom · 1 bathroom

From NZD 250 a night · 2 nights minimum

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The Cabins at Bluestone Encampment at dusk: the timber deck between the two cedar cabins, the outdoor kitchen bench, and the bath in the open bathroom, with the estuary beyond.Inside the living cabin of the Cabins at Bluestone Encampment: the wood burner lit, a linen sofa, and floor-to-ceiling windows over the lawn to the estuary at sunset.

Bluestone Encampment

The Cabins

Two Fearon Hay cedar and glass cabins with views of the estuary: one for living, one for sleeping. Indoor and outdoor fires and a shared pool.

Sleeps 4 · 2 bedrooms · 1 bathroom

From NZD 550 a night · 2 nights minimum

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The deck of Safari Tent 1 at Bluestone Encampment: the outdoor bath under the canvas awning, timber balustrade, and the view through the trees to the estuary.Inside Safari Tent 1 at Bluestone Encampment: the queen bed with white linen under the canvas, a timber floor, and the door open to the bush.

Bluestone Encampment

Safari Tent 1

Canvas under the trees, a queen bed, a set of bunks, and an outdoor bath under the sky.

Sleeps 4 · Open plan · 1 bathroom

From NZD 300 a night · 2 nights minimum

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Safari Tent 2 at Bluestone Encampment from the path: the canvas tent on its timber platform among kānuka and cabbage trees, the door open, and the deck beyond.Inside Safari Tent 2 at Bluestone Encampment: a grey sofa with cushions, timber stools, lamps, and the canvas front tied open to the deck, the table, and the estuary through the trees.

Bluestone Encampment

Safari Tent 2

Glamping at its best: a queen, a set of bunks, a barbecue, and a shared pool.

Sleeps 4 · Open plan · 1 bathroom

From NZD 290 a night · 2 nights minimum

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The Farmhouse pool deck at Bluestone Ridge on a clear day: white umbrellas, loungers, hydrangeas in a stone pot, and the infinity pool edge against the Hauraki Gulf and Kawau Island.The Farmhouse living room at Bluestone Ridge: tan leather sofa with striped cushions, a woven seagrass coffee table, botanical prints, and palms and the sea through the windows.

Bluestone Ridge

The Farmhouse

A reimagined New Zealand homestead set among fifteen acres of lawn and regenerating native bush above the Hauraki Gulf, with an infinity pool, spa and the glass-walled Cookhouse for private dining.

Sleeps 10 · 5 bedrooms · 4 bathrooms

From NZD 2,600 a night · 2 nights minimum

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The privacy difference

Lodge-level service. Estate-level privacy.

  1. Entirely Yours

    Every residence is exclusively yours, with the option to make an entire property yours too. No shared dining rooms, pool decks or lawns. No strangers. Just your own private corner of Bluestone Estate.

  2. At Your Rhythm

    At Bluestone Estate, the day runs on your clock. No seatings, no set breakfast hours, no pressure to be somewhere. Breakfast at eleven. Swim at midnight. Linger over lunch. The day is yours to shape.

  3. Room to Run

    Childhood the Kiwi way. Barefoot across the paddocks, cannonballs into the pool and adventures from morning until dusk. Outdoors, free and uncomplicated, the way childhood used to be. All while the grown-ups actually relax.

  4. Present, Never Hovering

    Choose your level of service. Self-catered, provisioned, tended daily, or fully curated with private chefs and concierge: it's entirely up to you. Your hosts appear when wanted and vanish when not.

  5. Your Table, Your Chef

    Private dining, never a dining room. A private chef cooks for your party alone, at the Cookhouse, the long table, or the outdoor fire. Menus are shaped around your people, the season, and the best of the coast's growers, producers and fishers.

  6. Discretion as Standard

    Nobody will see you here. No lobby, no check-in desk, no other guests. Total discretion, one hour from Auckland's international gateway, arrival by road or helicopter.

  7. Private, Not Remote

    Privacy without the sacrifice. Complete gated seclusion on the Matakana Coast, yet minutes from award-winning vineyards, pristine beaches, famous golf links, and rustic chic restaurants. Seventy-five minutes by car from Auckland International Airport.

The Cookhouse at Bluestone Ridge: the recycled oak table set for dinner with hydrangeas and olive branches, rattan pendants above, and the doors open to the Hauraki Gulf.

Signature Experiences

The coast, arranged around you.

Three from the collection we love this season.

A green on the North Course at Te Arai Links, forty minutes from Bluestone Estate, with a wave breaking on the beach behind it and the Hen and Chicken Islands across the water.

Golf at Te Arai Links

Forty minutes by road, ten by helicopter. Tee times and coaching arranged.

Sculptureum, Matakana: a whale sculpture built from driftwood breaching out of a bed of blue glass, under plane trees on a sunny day.

Sculptureum

Six galleries, three sculpture gardens, and a vineyard in Matakana, with lunch at Rothko.

Matakana Village Farmers Market on a spring Saturday: cherry blossom in the foreground, the red market sign, and people gathered under the stalls, seven minutes from Bluestone Estate.

The Saturday market

Matakana Village Farmers Market, seven minutes away. Go early.

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Terra and Tide guide with guests at a Matakana Coast vineyard

Bespoke tours

The coast, privately guided, with Terra & Tide.

Our exclusive touring partner creates a private day shaped around you: vineyards and cellar doors, local makers and the Saturday market, coastal parks and beaches. Your local guide collects you from the estate and takes care of every detail along the way.

Bespoke Tours with Terra & Tide
From the moment you arrive, the location feels special. Discreet and beautifully private, the property offers outstanding elevated views that make you feel as though you truly own the landscape. It's peaceful, secluded and quietly impressive: a place that invites you to slow down from the chaos of the outside world.
Niel Fox, Luxury Travel Agent, Based On a True Story, UK
If you are lucky enough to find this home available, grab it. You will want to spend a lifetime in this gorgeous home in its picture-perfect location with bucolic views that calm the soul. I love this place more than anywhere I've ever stayed.
Kristen Newell, Seattle, United States

Qualmark Gold

Bluestone Estate holds Qualmark Gold, the highest accreditation of the official quality mark of New Zealand tourism. Gold is not awarded for luxury alone: it requires independently assessed excellence across guest experience, health and safety, environmental responsibility, cultural respect, and business practice, reviewed and re-earned every year.

What Qualmark Gold means here
The white-sand beach at Tāwharanui Regional Park, with pōhutukawa on the headland and families walking to the water.

The Matakana Coast

Private, not remote.

Vineyards, farmers' markets, regional parks, white-sand beaches and island views, one hour from Auckland CBD. Matakana Village seven minutes. Te Arai Links forty.

Read about the peninsula

This month on the estate: the kitchen garden is in, the pool is at temperature, and the market has the first asparagus. Placeholder seasonal line.