Thanks so much Chris and Rachel. We loved our stay. A couple of points that may be helpful for future guests. I am writing these not to complain, just to provide feedback. We have guests at our place in Spain and it is alway good to get contrastive feedback!
The request to get rid of our own rubbish was a bit tricky. We did the recycling the day before in Waipu, and then left the rest of the rubbish beside the road in one of the official council bags we found in the kitchen cupboard. We have a very small car, jammed full with adults and kids there was literally no room left rubbish. It’s a hot, traffic snarled trip back to AK and having garbage right next to the passengers in the back is a big ask, the smell gets out even if double bagged.