Kim's chalet was beyond amazing, everything I'd hoped for and more for our first taste of new zealand. It's pretty spectacular to be living amongst the birds in Titirangi Bush, and that's literally what you will be doing if you stay here!! It was lovely to meet Kim and heed her advice, including where to go in the surrounding area, and tips for nzl in general. The best advice was to visit Piha Beach which was half an hours drive away, and a lovely place to visit on Xmas day, certainly made it memorable. More practically, Kim's place is a great place to relax if you just come over on a long flight (ours was 32 hours in total from the uk), it was very tranquil to ride out the jet lag in such a beautiful place. The chalet is about 45 mins drive from auckland airport and there are supermarkets along the way. I would mention though if your not use to driving up and down windy roads to be careful as titirangi can be difficult to navigate to those not used to this - we were okay as it was kind of similar to the lake district in the UK. Just want to say thank you again to Kim and Dave for the opportunity! Keep your ears out for the Bell birds and Moorporks! :-)