Whakahā

Name: Whakahā
Address: 105 Dennistoun Road, Peel Forest, 7992, NZ
Telephone: +64276628097
Price range: $$$

🌿 A fully provisioned, exclusive-use luxury holiday home. Where families gather, rest and play.

Everything anticipated, nothing to arrange.

📍 Peel Forest, Canterbury

Now taking bookings.

01/09/2026

We came to see this place on a dull grey day. The kind of day that hides everything good about a property. We put in an offer the same afternoon 🌿

Camille grew up on a dairy farm in South Canterbury with the Hinds River at the end of the paddock. Chris spent his weekends at the family bach, riding a quad bike by the water, in and out of the neighbours' place, everyone together without any particular agenda. Between us we had much the same childhood in two different postcodes, and when we had our own children we wanted to hand it on.

So we went looking. Not for a house, really. For a river, a big sky, and somewhere three generations could be under one roof without anyone tiptoeing around anyone else.

We found it at Peel Forest. We renovated it in 2024, we filled it with our own family first, and then we opened the doors, because it turned out to be too good to keep to ourselves 🙌

Whakahā means to breathe out. That is the whole idea.

Our story is here: https://whakaha.com/ourstory

24/08/2026

Did you know that Whakaha is a fully provisioned luxury holiday home? 🌿

The pantry is stocked for your whole stay. The first night's meal is ready. The fire is laid, the marshmallows are out. It's all been sorted for you, and the concierge takes care of the rest.

Everything's done. So you can simply be here, together.

https://whakaha.com/thestay

📍Peel Forest, NZ

19/08/2026

Eight spaces. One roof. Room for everyone. 🏔️

The living area, where the doors fold back and inside becomes outside.

The kitchen, cookware and cupboards fully stocked, made for cooking together. Or hand it over to a private chef. 🍽️

The snug, which earns its name. Adults with a book, kids with the PS5, and nobody leaving in a hurry. 📖

The primary suite, with Mt Hutt at the head of the valley and an outdoor bath just beyond the door. ☕

The second suite, tucked at the end of the house. The quietest room of all.

The third bedroom, set as a super king or two singles, however your group is shaped.

The bunk room, where the chatter carries late and nobody reappears until breakfast. ✨

And outside, the fire, bath, and hot tub under the kōwhai. 🔥

Somewhere to gather. Somewhere to disappear to. Have a wander through the whole house 🌿

https://whakaha.com/thestay

📍Peel Forest, NZ

23/07/2026

You arrive and there's nothing left to arrange. The slow cooker is on. The drinks are cooled. The kitchen is stocked with local ingredients, ready for whatever the meal and the season call for.

Gumboots by the door for the morning walk. Toys for the kids, books for the adults, firewood stacked and ready. A place that already feels like yours.

One curated experience is included in every stay — a private chef dinner at the house, a nature adventure in the South Canterbury high country, or a group photography session on the land. You choose. Your concierge arranges everything, and is on call for anything else before and during your stay.

Whakahā is a fully provisioned, exclusive-use luxury holiday home in Peel Forest, South Canterbury. Four bedrooms, sleeping ten, set on twelve private hectares above the Rangitata River. All yours for the length of your stay.

22/07/2026

This is the holiday you've been talking about for years. The one where everyone is finally in the same place, with nowhere to rush off to and nothing to sort out.

A parent's milestone birthday. Adult children home from overseas. Old friends finally in the same place after too long. Or simply because you realised life is short and the people matter.

Whakahā is built for all of it. A luxury exclusive-use home that works for everyone, whatever their age and whatever they need from a holiday. Room to be together, and room to be apart. No one making do.

www.whakaha.com
Peel Forest, South Canterbury

16/07/2026

Whakahā is now open and taking bookings. 🌿

This land has held people gently for a long time, long before us. Now we've built a quietly luxurious four-bedroom home here, ready to do the same for you.

Come and explore the place, the stay, and the story behind it all, on our beautiful new website: https://whakaha.com/

Fully provisioned down to the linens in the cupboards and the wine in the rack, so families, and the friends who feel like family, can gather under one roof without a single thing to arrange.

Everyone together, at their own pace.

17/06/2026

June at Whakahā.

Mt Peel holds the last of the pink before the light comes.

The river runs cold and clear.

Horses bask in the winter sun.

Twelve hectares. No noise except the Rangitata rippling.

This is what it sounds like to exhale.

Coming soon.

10/06/2026

This place deserved to be shared.

Twelve hectares at the foot of Mt Peel, beside the Rangitata River, in one of the most quietly extraordinary landscapes in Aotearoa.

We walked it and knew that whatever we built here had to be worthy of it. It had to be a place where a whole family could arrive and stop managing the world for a while.

Not a hotel where the room configuration isn't right. Not a rental where someone still has to sort the groceries. A home. Designed for gathering. For the trip that's been talked about for years and never quite happened.

We're building that now. Follow along.

04/06/2026

Whakahā.

It means to breathe out, to exhale. The moment you arrive, that's what happens. The stillness settles in first. Then you notice the light. The mountains. The river's constant voice.

Whakahā holds the feeling of this special place.

Coming soon.

Address

105 Dennistoun Road
Peel Forest
7992

Telephone

+64276628097

Website

https://whakaha.com/

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