Anne’s place is super clean, spacious and comfortable. You do have to drive quite a long way to get to the Bay of Islands so probably not the best choice if that is where you want to spend most of your time. To get food you have to travel by car a few kms into Tutukaka where there are several restaurants and a very small shop. Self catering is not the best option here but if you want to pack a picnic it’s nice sitting down by the water to eat and relax. Anne is really hospitable and helpful with suggestions for places to go. We took the boat trip out to the Poor Knights and that was excellent, but not cheap. The pizza restaurant down at the marina is a really nice place to go for dinner.