This was an amazing experience for our family. Melanies house was warm, comfortable and modern, yet also authentic to a kiwi experience. It had everything we needed. We were on a family fishing trip in May after Covid restrictions lifted and we arrived home on multiple occasions late at night to a luscious warm fire - which you would never experience in a motel/hotel. Not only that, the host has expert local knowledge on boating fishing and diving. We saw the most amazing wildlife - whales, dolphins, seals - we caught our target deep water species along with multiple other fish ( if you don’t want to catch fish there are restaurants across the road from the house). This trip in late May which is almost the winter of NZ was was one of my most memorable days boating in NZ. Can’t wait to come back! I can see why it’s called the Bay of Plenty. Melanie your an awesome host!