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Two months after Kiwi superstar director Taika Waititi splashed out on a��$10.5 million waterfront pad in Point Chevalier, he and his wife, Rita Ora, have returned to New Zealand.��

Taking to Instagram yesterday, the��For You��singer shared snaps from their trip to Aotearoa showing the pair spending time at Piwakawaka Point Estate — an exclusive, luxury villa on a private peninsula on Lake Wānaka.��

Featuring snaps of Ora in a pool, taking a walk around the estate’s private trails and taking a dip in Lake Wānaka, the star captioned her post: “I can’t begin to explain the weekend I have had. Thank you for these memories Piwakawaka Point.”��

Taika Waititi and Rita Ora have been spending time at Piwakawaka Point Estate on Lake Wānaka. Photo / Rita Ora��

A source told the��Herald��the couple were also spotted shopping in nearby Central Otago tourist destination Arrowtown.��

Waititi and Ora are yet to reveal why they are back in the country, however, it could be for a well-deserved holiday and to spend time with the director’s��two daughters.����

Waititi shares Te Hinekāhu, 11, and Matewa Kiritapu, 8, with ex-wife film producer Chelsea Winstanley. The girls reside in New Zealand, while Waititi’s mum is��understood to live in Wellington.��

Elsewhere, famed actor and long-time friend of Waititi,��Hunt for the Wilderpeople’s Sam Neill, owns the Two Paddocks vineyard in Gibbston, Central Otago, near where the couple have been spotted holidaying. So a visit could well be on the cards.��

Neill is��battling a rare form of blood cancer��— non-Hodgkin angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma — and recently revealed his frustrations as the gruelling impact of his treatment meant he wasn’t well enough to work on the vineyard as much as he wanted to.�� ��

The A-listers may also be back to spend time at their multimillion-dollar home in a prominent Auckland suburb.��

Taika Waititi and daughters Matewa Kiritapu and Te Hinekahu. Photo / Getty Images��

Industry sources��told the��Herald��in October��that Waititi had been searching for a high-end property in the city, but he wasn’t interested in typical “blue-chip” suburbs such as Remuera or Herne Bay.����

In November it was confirmed the award-winning director splashed out on his luxury home in July and the sale set a price record for the suburb.����

Last year the high-profile couple were spotted at��a stylish party in the UK with friends on Christmas Eve, before they celebrated the festive day.��

The couple celebrated Christmas Eve in the UK last year. Photo / Supplied��

Taking to Instagram, the couple’s friend and UK radio DJ Nick Grimshaw posted a couple of snaps with the loved-up pair and other friends as they came together to celebrate Christmas.��

Captioning the post: “Tis the season! Merry Christmas everyone!” Ora, 32, can be seen in the second picture wearing a festive red jacket and holding up a present against the tinsel-covered Christmas tree, while the third image showed the group of six friends — including Waititi — posing together.��

Lillie Rohan is an Auckland-based reporter covering lifestyle and entertainment stories who joined the��Herald��in 2020. She specialises in all things relationships and��dating,��Kiwi celebs��we can’t help but love, and��TV shows��you simply cannot miss out on.�� ��