“Both Robert and I are humbled that we have had a part to play in transforming Cape Kidnappers. It’s been a win-win for everyone including quality tourism in Hawke’s Bay”, says Charlotte Fisher.

“It was a long and narrow property and difficult to farm. The best grazing country is at the Cape end; the roughest at the Te Awanga-Clifton end. It ... required hard work to make it viable ... you couldn’t just live on the view.”

Next generation takes over at Burdens Camp and gannets business; bulldozers replace pick axes to clear the Cape, a love of classic...

Neil Burden has been committed to the health and safety of locals and the local environment for decades, and still at 86-years retains...

Dozens of whale bones discovered at Rangaika on the southern side of Cape Kidnappers (Te Matau-a-Maui) in the mid-1980s

It was a harsh and difficult section of land to farm with several changes over the next two decades as different parties either leased or ow

Albert Bradshaw decided to move from Whakatu to Haumoana in the late 1920s after their doctor advised it would be best for the health of his

Fred Butcher and his wife Mabel (nee Sommerville) were told by Dr Reeves in Havelock North that because of the weakness in their infant son