We had a lovely stay. It's super quite (if the neighbor isn't mowing gras for days but he should be done by now ;-) ). The view is brilliant and the stars at night are just beautiful. The place is quite close to the dive operators (ca. 10min drive) and to the beach it's by car ca. 2min. If you want to walk you have to walk at the street which we didn't want to do with a baby but totally fine normally. There are two small stores around. If you want a large supermarket you have to go to Whangarei.
There a beautiful beaches around. Some of the best we had in our two month traveling in NZ so far.
And Juliet was a very lovely host too.
We totally recommend her place.