Black Tomato

New Zealand and Australia aren’t just two of the world’s most biodiverse nations. They’re also home to an inspiring community of projects and personalities who are doing something to protect them.

This journey is a duet, spreading its branches between both destinations. Along the way, we’ll introduce you to people...

A working merino sheep station on the shores of Lake Hāwea in New Zealand’s Central Otago, Lake Hāwea Station makes regenerative travel its entire reason for being. Australasia’s first certified carbon-positive farm, it pairs genuine heritage with considered luxury across four intimate residences. Shepherd notes on cottage walls dating back to 1941, dinners eaten in a paddock...

There’s something rare about a hotel that doesn’t compete with its surroundings but becomes part of them. Clinging to the cliff edge of Folegandros – one of Greece’s most quietly compelling islands – Gundari is exactly that. This grown-up hideaway channels the raw beauty of the Cyclades through earth tones, natural stone, and barely-there architecture. Wellness, gastronomy, a...

History runs deep at The Landing. Before Captain Cook sailed through in 1769, the Māori knew this coastline as Ipipiri – a name meaning “many places to settle, fish, swim and enjoy.” Just across the harbor, Te Tiriti o Waitangi – New Zealand’s founding document – was signed in 1840. Yet The Landing is far more than a history lesson. Spread across a thousand private acres, thi...

Tranquility, in Queenstown of all places. That’s the promise behind ROKI Collection, a name rooted in te reo Māori that simply means tranquil. At just 15 glass-fronted suites, the hotel earns that description rather than merely claiming it, and the same care runs through the kitchen and the wellness offering: a culinary team with serious credentials across three distinct dini...