Why you should spend a night in a Kauri Cliffs luxury lodge 13 Mar, 2021 05:00 PM 8 minutes to read A private balcony at Kauri Cliffs, Northland. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald Maggie Wicks has some of the answers. It was around the fifth course that I broke. And by broke, I mean completely gave in. To the luxury, to the kindness, to all the attention. To the utter inability of the staff to say no to me. To the generosity of the chef. To the smokiness of the fire and the plushness of the tiger-print rug. I was at Kauri Cliffs, a luxury lodge in Northland where, in the before times, international guests (for the most part) waded in luxury and six-star service, on the edge of a world-acclaimed golf course and some of the most dramatic and beautiful landscapes in New Zealand.