I know a place . . . Slipper Island Resort

Fancy having your own island for a night? If so, head to Slipper Island/ Whakahau, which is one of New Zealand’s only private islands.

Just 8km south of Pauanui, in the Coromandel, and a few minutes by water taxi from Pauanui or Tairua, Slipper Island Resort owns 95 per cent of the island, so visitors have the bulk of the 224 hectares to themselves.

There are chalets and glamping tents where the focus is on unplugging and reconnecting with nature.

If you are channelling Richard Branson, you can hire the island for yourself and your lucky nearest and dearest.