The lodges — Kauri Cliffs near the Bay of Islands at the top of the North Island, Cape Kidnappers in Hawke’s Bay and Matakauri Lodge in the South Island ski resort of Queenstown — will come under the Rosewood portfolio on Dec. 1.
Tiger Management founder Julian Robertson, who died in August 2022 aged 90, was one of the most successful hedge fund managers in the world for many years and amassed a $4 billion fortune, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He had a love for New Zealand after first visiting in the late 1970s, and amassed substantial assets in the country.
Rosewood manages 30 hotels, resorts and residences in 18 countries, including the Carlyle in New York, the Mansion on Turtle Creek in Dallas and Hotel de Crillon in Paris. The three Robertson Lodges will be the first it has managed in Oceania.