Pheasant Lodge

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The most luxurious villa in the North...

Our luxurious Heritage 1886 villa and impeccable service is sure to make your stay unforgettable. Our Lodge features just 3 spacious ensuite rooms with beautiful wallpapers and antiques, and all the amenities you need to feel at home. We look forward to welcoming you soon. BOOK DIRECT for the best price by calling 021 671211 Or EMAIL us on [email protected] Our address is 3 Franklin Road, Paparoa, we are 6 minutes drive from the Kauri Museum! (or book below on the Book your stay button through booking.com)

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Our Lodge features just 3 spacious rooms with elegant décor and all the amenities you need to feel at home. Enjoy a delicious gourmet breakfast, go for dinner, catch up with friends. Relax in front of the fire in Winter, or on the deck and in the grape arbour in Summer. Our Lodge is the perfect choice for business or leisure travellers alike. Just 6 minuts from the Kauri Museum  and Just 2 hours from Auckland Airport, or 1 hour 20 from Auckland City, and on the way to the The great kauri forests, Tane Mahuta, Bay of Islands or the Hundterwasser Museum. We have off street parking for the boat as well.                                                        

We look forward to welcoming you soon!  

The cosy TV and snug dressed for Queens Birthday celebrations

Classic Antiques

We have collected and continue to collect pieces which are fun and quirky. With a Victorian theme, yes there are pheasants, taxidermy, old oil paintings, and chandeliers.

Gourmet cooked breakfast

Sumptuous Breakfasts

Wake up to a candlelit breakfast, in our grand dining room, with a roaring fire in winter. Choose from our hot cooked dish of the day, and or continental with gluten free options

Our favourite ensuite with oils of Queenstown's Lake Wakatipu

Luxury Bathrooms

All bathrooms have been lovingly restored, with great lighting and modern fittings. Some have baths, so if its raining, soak away as the tanks fill up..

Stand up paddle boarding from across the road
Stand up paddle boarding launching from across the road!

What's on the doorstep..

The Kaipara is a beautiful region, spreading from Mangawhai to The West Coast and the Kauri Forests, with Paparoa being in the centre. There are plenty of things to do nearby from the Saturday Farmers market to Museums, fishing, SUP (stand up paddle boarding) and kayaking and walks.

Pahi is very close, with a pier, and one of the largest Morton Bay Fig trees in the Southern hemisphere. Very pretty for a picnic in the summer or a paddle.

Museums - The Kauri Museum

Bloody awesome Museum! Only 5 minutes drive away it's really the history of the settlers and the Pioneers around the area. Stay at Pheasant Lodge, and then visit the centre, and you will really understand how they built such magnificent homesteads in the area, and how it developed.

Walks/Cycle tracks

The Kauri loop walk starts across the road and takes you along the river, and up to ancient Kauri Forest and Kumara Pits. Well maintained by the Paparoa Lions Club its an all weather 1.5 hour track well worth doing. Further along at Ruawai are Stock bank cycle tracks, and road tracks from Matakohe.

Review

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As wonderful as this late 19th Century, historic-registered house is, the best thing about Pheasant Lodge are the owners, Tony and Maggie. They are great cooks – the breakfast stacker is to die for – but they are even better and more fascinating people. They have both lead interesting lives and have lived and been all over the world. They couldn’t be nicer. Tony has restored this historic house and has furnished it with antiques he has collected throughout his life, plus others bought specifically for it. The dining room is elegant; you feel like you are in a BBC period piece. The bedrooms are nicely sized and comfortable. Contrasting with all of the antiques, the bathroom fixtures are sleek, modern and top-of-the-line. The grounds are beautifully landscaped. The grapevine covered arbor and the jasmine covered deck offer most-pleasant outdoor seating. We had a wonderful stay at Pheasant Lodge, and would happily return if we are ever in the area again.
Ed Butt USA
They went above and beyond to ensure we had a special and memorable wedding experience! They treated us like royalty and nothing at all was a problem! The ambience of the house is non comparable to anywhere else I’ve stayed before, I could have stayed there for weeks and not taken in all the unique intricacies of the decor. We had everything we could have wanted and they catered for our every need. Thank you so very much! Wonderful hosts, wonderful people, wonderful experience. Can’t recommend more highly!
Carmen Smithies
Let me tell you about the most interesting man in New Zealand; my new friend Tony. You'll have to ask him about the many lives he's lived, grab a bevvie and popcorn, and hold on for the ride of your (well, technically his) life. What a gem! I'd fly back just for more of his stories. The other rooms were occupied so I didn't peak into them all, but what I did see in his perfectly decorated B&B was so eloquently eclectic and full of life waiting to be told. The wallpaper was my first clue that a story was about to unfold, and this wonderful place did just that. Be sure to make the drive down the road to be held by and to bask in the awe of the largest fig tree.. trust me, she is majestic.. and to sit on the pier watching the locals catch dinner and the sunset. Step outside to enjoy the lovely outside nook by the river behind the B&B. And do not rush out before getting Tony's breakfast, which was the best breakfast on the island! We drank, we shared, we laughed into the wee hours of the night. Thank you for sharing with us, Tony!! You were a true highlight of our trip. Do not sit in your room here, you will be sorely missing out. Xo
Lydia Hoover USA January 2026

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