With a beautiful long beach on one side and a supermarket and two cafes on the other, we found this a sweet spot for exploring the Tauranga area. We stayed a month and loved Katrina's place. We cooked quite a bit and appreciated the well equipped kitchen and the extra larger fridge available in the laundry area. We are walkers so we really loved the long expanse of beach right out our door where we could walk to Mt, Maunganui one direction or to Papamoa Domain and shopping in the other! It was a short walk to the bus stop to get to the rec center pool or the Bay Fair Mall. Another bus and you could easily be either in My. Maunganui downtown or over the bridge in Tauranga. Don't miss hiking around or up the mountain in Mt. Maunganui and then have a soak in the hit pools right at the base of the mountain when finished.