Gabriella's beach bach is awesome. It has everything you need for a stay at the beach. It's quiet, cosy and comfy and the beach is only a short walk. It's perfect if you want to get away from everything, we didn't have a car but made use of the bikes available and did the bike ride to Rangiora (it was very flat and mostly off the roads (about 24km round trip)) for supplies which was fun.
The beach itself is stunning and the garden has sunshine all day which we made the most of. Gabriella has done an amazing job with the beach bach and I can't recommend it highly enough.