This place is great! Very central, walking distance from the port with the ferries that can take you to Devenport, Waiheke Island, etc ( and you definitely will want to go to these places if this is your first time visiting Auckland), and also walking distance to the SkyCity bus terminal which is where we caught many of our tour buses to Waitomo Glowworm Caves and our tour of Auckland City. Our host left us chocolate which was very nice. It's a very pretty apartment and area.