We really liked the area around the cottage - you can walk to the supermarket and there is also a really nice café closed by.
From the cottage you need to drive around 40 min to Abel Tasman Nationalpark.
The cottage is really big and well equipped. However, everything is a bit getting old. The level of cleanliness in the kitchen wasn‘t as we have had expected it from the recommendations. Debbie is a really nice and friendly host, e.g. she brought us some new pans as the other ones in the apartment were extremely dirty.