Excellent location for our NY holiday and great base to explore Northland. Note that for this property we needed to bring things like our own dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, salt, pepper, spray and wipe, cleaning cloths, paper towels, bin liners etc. There is no wifi (which could really be mentioned on the listing) - but we had 2-4 bars of 3G around the house depending on the provider so could hotspot (kinda). Other than bringing a laptop with movies downloaded, hotspotting is the only way to watch movies/TV shows as no DVD player. Otherwise there is just standard TV channels. The corner store at the top of the hill has 10/10 homemade pies and the bar/cafe is great. There is a better store selection at the holiday park shop at Matauri Bay (<5 mins drive) which also has fuel (91 and 95) and takeaways. The beach is stunning and we recommend boating or kayaking around this area. House did have moldy windows, but was otherwise clean. Dropping rubbish would've been annoying if we didn't go to Kerikeri quite a bit during our stay. Apparently it gets quite cloudy up on the hill where the house is but we still got some great days. Would recommend for friends or families.