Our family stayed here for 2 nights. Cosy cottage, tranquil and picturesque farmland. Hosts are warm. Dave is especially good at bringing joy to our 2 kids (actually adults too) by giving them exhilarating rides on his farm bike (and he is creative to attach a canoe) up and down the slopes of the huge farmland.
Cottage is well equipped. Only feedback is, perhaps Dave can do away with stocking the freezer with loaves of bread. I suppose guests prefer freshly baked ones. Also, most of the food items are well past Expiry Dates (eg cooking oil, peanut butter, milk). The pricing here is also on the high side (accomodation fees exclude farm activities, got to pay extra for the activities).

This is definately 1 excellent place to stay & both Dave & Nikki Stanton were great host!
Not to mention that their cats billie & bella are super cute & fluffy(for cat lovers only😀

The surrounding area is 1 big field of beautiful n calm scenery, big fields to venture out on walks or on the 4WD quad. Great for the adventurous.

Unless you self-drive, the location here is definately off e track & transportation is difficult.
But dave makes it up for all by offering to plan out all the itinerary & transportation needed.

Will definately recommend this stay & will definately come back to stay again on my next unfinished NZ venturing trip.

As we did not experience farm stay style accommodation before, it was a bit uncomfortable and less pleasant. However, we definitely 100% enjoyed night star watching, fire work on the second night and kayaking and quad bike activity on the last day. Dave is so welcoming, enthusiastic and warm heart. Hopefully, we gonna organize another trip with my extended family in another season soon. Looking forward to having thrilling & breath taking activities with Dave. Thank you.