This was the most uncomfortable and rude check in I have encountered. After being asked for my details (passport), the host took it upon themselves to assume that I was using this house to party. They saw that it was my birthday on the 3rd of January and questioned whether I would be utilising this house to party and invite other people (more than 6 as that is what I had booked and paid for). I assured them that I had booked this house for whanau that live outside of Tamaki Makarau who will be attending my birthday hosted at my family house somewhere else in Auckland, and that they would most likely be having a few drinks but not partying. The host then continued to unnecessarily ask for the names and contact details of all the guests who would be staying there. I had informed them that I would be the main point of contact. To top it off they also had the nerve to state "if you're really having your birthday party somewhere else," using language to discourage and strike their disbelief that I was lying to them. They ended that message by implying that it would not be fun if we had to walk in and there were more than 6 people in our house. This to me is disgusting. How dare you have the nerve to advertise your whare, the place you call home and welcoming, then strike fear and suffuse sheer disbelief when met with the truth. How dare you put myself and my whanau through an unnecessary vetting system, doing background checks, ploughing my birthday, and drawing unjustified assumptions about our use of your house. How dare you not acknowledge the words and actions that reek of injustice and disgust. I can see that this host believes the image and up-keep of their whare is paramount of the way they treat other people, other people who so happen to be brown. I will not ever book this place again, nor will I recommend it towards people who do not want to be hosted by people blinded by their privilege and cannot acknowledge their faults and still have the audacity to ask for a 5 star rating at the end of our stay. Do better or get out of the business of hosting people.