How Te Arai Links became a South Pacific golfers' paradise

How Te Arai Links became a South Pacific golfers' paradise
The Te Arai golf course is quickly gaining an international reputation. (Image: Supplied)
Duncan Bridgeman
When you are building two of the top golf courses in the country on some of the most stunning land imaginable you need to be putting a lot of attention to detail.Good job then that Jim Rohrstaff, managing director of Te Arai Links, is very much a details man. Walking around the world-class golf resort near Mangawhai it shows.Spread across 1,052ha, the property stretches from the edge of Pakiri in the south to the Mangawhai sand dunes in the north.The two 18-hole golf courses feature breathtaking views of the coast, with large sand dunes and for...

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