I think my friends are becoming bored of me singing the praises of Mid Century Retreat. I stayed a few weeks at the end of winter. The views are terrific, so is the art on the walls (and that to be discovered in unexpected places) and the heating is super-efficient. Help was at hand for a few queries but not intrusive. I grew up in Whanganui in the ’60s, but not in surroundings as charming as this – except the stove was a ringer for my mother’s.