Poripori Homestead is a lovely house in a stunning setting - as lovely as it looks in the pictures, they really don't do it justice. I really cannot recommend staying here highly enough. Julian and Frances were wonderful hosts, always helpful and friendly. The homestead proved to be very well positioned for excursions out as far as Waitomo, as well as the closer places such as Rotorua, Tauranga and Matamata. I really wish we could have stayed longer.