We had a wonderful experience staying with Katharine! The space was spacious, clean and artistically decorated with special touches to make it feel like home. Katharine checked us in and gave us suggestions to do in the area which were spot on for us...the beach, hike up Te Mata, Art Deco walking tour of Napier, walk on Heritage Trail to a waterfall, lunch at Elephant Hill Winery and more. She washed and dried our clothes (which was desperately needed) and left croissants, fruit, yogurt for breakfast.
It was a lovely but too short 3 night stay. If we lived in NZ, we would definitely come back.