Staying at Michelle's is an interesting experience. She has a strong personality and a lively sense of humour. Her farm house is a 15 minute drive from Hokitika town centre. The driveway includes a fairly large and rather spooky effigy hanging from a tree which may amuse, offend or alarm as it is an usual greeting (apparently her sons put it up to deter Jehovah Witnesses from visiting). We had to delay our arrival until after 6.30 as Michelle was playing rugby, something that happened to the guests on the next night too. Michelle takes guests on a tour of the farm, but other than we didn't see her much. (Michelle was the only B&B during a 4-week visit to New Zealand where we we were not offered a cup of tea on arrival.) Unfortunately we hadn't read the details about breakfast as we assumed it would be a hearty affair on a farmhouse, but it consists of a cardboard pot of instant oats in your room. (You simply add boiling water to the oats and stir.) We thought it was inedible, so we ended up buying breakfast out. We only recommend staying there if you would like to stay on a farm, but you don't like breakfast.