A nice place to stay while in this central area! The place feels very comfortable - we felt very at ease, and loved the atmosphere. The home is used primarily for Airbnb I think, with several rooms all rented out, like a small hostel. The other guests were all very friendly, a great chance to share travel tips and stories. There are private rooms and one big shared dorm/hostel style room (with one double bed in there too), and a nice living room / open kitchen area. The bed was really comfortable as well, and plenty of stuff to use in the kitchen. There's 1.5 bathrooms, with 2 toilets to share - but we never had to wait for someone to finish, so it all seemed totally fine. There's a massage chair to make good use of! A nice patio as well. It's very close to shopping - grocery store, farmer's veggie market, etc.
The only issue we had was that we stayed there in the hot hot summer, so with no a/c the windows were always open for fresh air, but with no screens the house had some extra tiny guests flying about. But that's par for the course in NZ I think. ;)