We had a lovely stay at Piha Surf House.
The location is brilliant very close to the beach with a beautiful view.
We hadn't quite taken in how many steps there were to get to the house (although it was clearly stated in the description) and initially it seemed quite a task to get up there especially with our son who struggles with heights, but we soon got used to it and it was actually excellent exercise walking through the lush vegetation.
We did need mosquito repellant as there were lots of them (especially at the bottom of the path where the car parking was, so we tried to avoid spending much time getting things out of the car).
William was a great communicator, making sure we had all we needed and settled in OK.
The house had all we needed (note no washing machine) and there were also body boards available which was brilliant.
We went to sleep every night listening to the sound of the ocean. Magic.