Wild Forest Estate

Wild Forest Estate 7 Eco retreats in the wild forest of Northland NZ

🍃 Relax
🌿 Restore
💚 Re energise
🌳 Rejuvenate 7 Eco retreats in the wild forest of Northland NZ.

Unplug, recharge and reconnect in this magical place
🍃 Relax
🌿 Restore
💚 Re energise
🌳 Rejuvenate

31/05/2026

We infuse a little love into each place in preparation for our guests.

29/05/2026

Hot water. Stars. Kiwi calling.
This is our universe.

21/05/2026

Yesterday we visited Waikara Marae, joining Aranga School for a visit to their Maara Kai, their community garden, now three years in the making.

Cheryl, Terrie, and everyone who welcomed us shared something genuinely valuable, three years of learning, growing, and community building, offered with such generosity.

Our little corner of Donnellys Crossing has been talking about starting a community garden. We left inspired about what’s possible, and reminded that growing food and growing connection often happen in the same patch of ground.

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou.

16/05/2026

We visited the Kauri Museum in Matakohe today.

It’s a remarkable place, and an affecting one. The scale of what was taken from this land sits heavy, forests that took thousands of years to grow, gone in a generation.

The things that stopped us: the most extraordinary collection of kauri gum we’ve ever seen. A working bandsaw from the 1850s , enormous and precise. A beautiful little fleet of sailing boats. And a kauri bath that made us both go very quiet.

The Tree House at Wild Forest is lined with recycled kauri sarking, bandsawn around 1880. We hand sanded it and waxed it. Standing next to that old saw today, I understood part of the journey that kauri has been on.

03/05/2026

We’ve been out in the paddocks today pulling wild blackberry and planting seeds in its place.

The plum seeds came from heritage trees growing on the roadside in the village. We collected the fruit, ate it, and kept the stones.

Three north-facing paddocks that haven’t been grazed in a few years. The plan is part rewilding, part heritage orchard nuts, fruit, things that feed people and the land at the same time. A small contribution to food resilience for our little community up here in Donnellys Crossing.

Unfortunately Helga the goat only likes to eat the blackberry once it’s been pulled out and all the hard work has been done.

We’re beginners. If you have heritage seeds, seedlings, or knowledge you’d like to share we’d love to hear from you

01/05/2026

The last stretch before Wild Forest. Trounson Park Road, Kauri Coast.
There’s something about a gravel road at sunset that tells you you’re going somewhere worth going.

Anyone else have a salt pig obsession? Still life from our kitchen we renovated with a total budget of 5K. Recycle baby...
30/04/2026

Anyone else have a salt pig obsession? Still life from our kitchen we renovated with a total budget of 5K. Recycle baby💛💫

29/04/2026

Nigel, an air sprayer, and the entire roof of the homestead.

The colour happens to be called Joanna (I matched it to our linen curtains).

A new perspective from , who arrived this Anzac weekend with a drone.The Tin Box, sitting in the forest canopy with the ...
26/04/2026

A new perspective from , who arrived this Anzac weekend with a drone.

The Tin Box, sitting in the forest canopy with the morning sun streaming through.

It’s been a beautiful weekend. Fine weather, wonderful guests, and the forest at its autumn best.

Thank you Laksitha.

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Donnellys Crossing

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