We stayed at Howard's place when we missed our flight in Auckland. Howard responded so fast to all our messages and came to the airport to pick us up late in the night within minutes! He offers free airport transfers but Uber back from his place to the airport was only 33 NZD. His lovely place is within 10 minutes lovely walk through a residential area to the bus stop. The bus is 4.5 NZD and it will take you directly to city centre in about 15 minutes. There is a restaurant called Abbey within walking distance, a little pricey but very nice NZ meat and wine. Countdown supermarket and some fast foods are also within walking distance. Both, Howard and his wife made us feel like at home in their cosy and super clean home, we would recommend them to anybody.