A premium retirement village in Northland

Your home designed for life on your terms

Quail Ridge Country Club, a luxury retirement village in the Bay of Islands, is for people who still want a full diary.
Golf in the morning, lunch at a local vineyard and luxury charters through hidden coves. Complete the day with waterfront aperitifs in the evening.

Quail Ridge offers a country club lifestyle for people who want control over their time and privacy, at their own pace, with community there when they want it. Designed for freedom.
Don't imagine it. 
Come and live it for a night.
Stay in our guest villa, walk the grounds, have dinner with some of the residents. The best way to know if this is your place is to wake up here.
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Where life opens up.

For most of your adult life, your time has been structured around work, and even when you enjoyed it, it shaped your days, your priorities, your energy. Stepping away from that does not mean stepping away from ambition or curiosity.
That is where most retirement marketing gets it wrong. It assumes you are looking to slow down and shrink your world to something easier. But people who have built businesses, led teams, travelled, invested, and taken risks rarely wake up one day wanting less of life.

So the decision is not really about square metres or floor plans but about redesigning your lifestyle. Quail Ridge Country Club homes are architecturally designed and beautifully finished, but designing your own life around you is what matters here.

Life in Motion

Mornings on the water. Coastal walks, cycling, travel, projects you finally have time for. Life here has momentum because it is shaped by your choices.
Live life your way

Design & Comfort

Light-filled villas with privacy, flow and considered materials based on thoughtful architecture that supports ease without drawing attention to itself.
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Community & Connection

Independent living alongside people who value conversation, discretion and shared experience. Connection when you want it, and space when you don’t.
The lifestyle

Support and care

Professional management and future care, structured sensibly. Reassurance is built in, without taking over your independence.
How we support you

Make the home truly yours.

Choose your plan, finishes, colours, decks, garaging, and meaningful modifications.

Community without cliques.

Welcoming neighbours, real friendships, support when needed, privacy when preferred.

Live actively, on your terms.

Golf, bush walks, pool, workshop, travel, social events, or quiet independence.

The next step is yours.

The Bay of Islands is the reason.

You could stay where you are, it may be Auckland, Whangarei, or even Wellington or Hamilton, and many do. They remain close to habit, close to routine and close to the same roads they have driven for thirty years.

Or you could live in the winterless north, a place where people usually take leave to play.
Keri Keri in the Bay of Islands offers a scenic backdrop, but the real reason you want to come here is that it changes how you shape your week. Boats instead of traffic, coastal tracks instead of footpaths and restaurants where you are known, not rushed.

Auckland and most other New Zealand locations are an easy flight away, close enough for family, far enough for space.

For most people, this is a holiday playground, but for you, it can mean a way of life.

What’s available now.

55B Cottle Way

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms2
Garages1.5

Experience life at Quail Ridge Country Club for real. We invite you to experience Quail Ridge Country Club as it is lived, not imagined.

A fully furnished, elegantly designed villa is available for prospective buyers who want a genuine sense of daily life in our country club community. This is not a short viewing or a sales appointment.

It is time to settle in, explore the surrounds, and decide at your own pace whether this way of living feels right. During your stay, you can enjoy the Bay of Islands lifestyle that defines Quail Ridge. Spend time discovering local history, coastal walks, bush tracks, and waterfalls, including Rainbow Falls just moments away. Water activities, fishing, and some of the region’s best dining are all close at hand.

You are also invited to a complimentary round of golf at the neighbouring Kerikeri Golf Club, followed by a relaxed drink at the clubhouse.

The villa itself offers two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and generous open-plan living, dining, and kitchen spaces, fully equipped and ready to enjoy. Linen and a post-stay clean are included.

This accommodation is also available to visiting family of current residents, ensuring there is always room for friends and loved ones once you make Quail Ridge home.

Experience it for yourself. Most people find that once they have lived here, even briefly, it becomes difficult to imagine leaving.

Conditions and a modest tariff apply.

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55A Cottle Way

Bedrooms2
Bathrooms2
Garages1.5

The Ridge floorplan is popular for its spacious open-plan living, dining, and kitchen area, offering the efficiency of a medium-sized home with the feel of a larger dwelling. It is currently being beautifully refurbished and will be available for occupation in the new year.

This elegantly designed two-bedroom, two-bathroom duplex villa is conveniently located near amenities and features a modern, warm finish in a sheltered setting. The expansive open-plan kitchen, living, and dining area is a standout feature, providing ample space for both entertaining and relaxing.

Weekly fees are currently $185.60 for a couple and $164.98 for a single resident.

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14 Leatham Terrace

$1,009,000
$1,059,000
Bedrooms2
Bathrooms2
Garages1

Positioned handy to village amenities and set to capture a peaceful, elevated native bush outlook, this north-facing villa enjoys excellent natural light throughout the day. The home features a covered deck for year-round outdoor living, plus a solar power system with battery storage.

There is also generous space for raised vegetable and herb gardens, and the heated swimming pool is just a short walk away.

Weekly fees are currently $214.31 for a couple, or $193.69 for a single resident.

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27 Cottle Way

$909,000
$959,000
Bedrooms2
Bathrooms1.5
Garages2

Situated at the end of a quiet picturesque cul-de-sac and yet so handy to amenities, this outstanding north facing villa enjoys an enviable location. With all day sun, expansive decking, loads of space for raised veggie and herb gardens, this site is exceptional.

An oversized garage offers space for a main car plus room for more. How will you utilise the extra space? Another vehicle or vehicles perhaps. What about an office or simply use it as extra storage – the choice is yours. An in-wall gas fireplace completes the picture adding a touch of class and allegiance to this wonderful home.

This is a must see! Weekly fees are currently set at $185.60 for a couple or $164.98 for a single resident.

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Don’t imagine it.
Try it.

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Join us for golf.
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They wanted warmth, space, and the freedom to decide.

Linda Geor is seventy-five in May and still working full-time from home, which surprises people until they meet her and realise that stopping has never been her default setting.

She logs in each morning after an early walk around the lake, settles into her desk, and moves through the day with the same steadiness she has brought to her career in insurance.

Partner Nigel Edmiston retired before they left Auckland, having spent twenty years as a Vero insurance executive, and most of his life in Torbay, so the idea of moving north was not casual.
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Where you live decides how you live.

At this stage, the decision is not about square metres but about how you want to spend your Monday, the conversations you have and the view you wake up to.

Your setting sets the pace. Choose a setting that reflects the standard you have always held.
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