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Black Bunker
Great accomodation with everything we needed, incredible views, awesome to be able to walk down to Taylor’s Mistake beach, and Nick was great to deal with.

Purau Bay - Slice of Paradise!
A great place to stay for our last few days on the South Island. Very clean and well equipped. James and his two dogs were very friendly.

Hideaway
A spacious, clean house. The bed was very comfortable.

Surf Break Apartment 1
Perfect location for beach and walkable restaurants. Everything was as described. Great patio to hang out.

Harbour View, Time out
Great spot, nice place to stay. Comfortable beds. Good view to the busy wharf over the road. Boats/tractors start early in the morning.

Sumner beachfront townhouse
Great location and over 8 days the place felt like home with the outside deck area providing great flow from inside to the outside. The inside was clean and Ann provided very quick response to help get the WiFi running again after it stopped. Fun location to host friends and family. Would recommend and will stay again.

Nature's Cove Apartment Hokitika
A lovely home, everything our team needed for their stay on the coast, great communications from the host with clear directions and easy access. Look forward to staying on our next trip to Hokitika 10/10

CROOKED MILE COTTAGE - BY THE SEA history + charm
Fantastic, stylish house. perfectly located for easy access to beach and the main St of town. thoroughly enjoyed our time there!
Beachfront home rentals with a pool

#1 The Wharf Seaview Apartments by AVI
Thanks, this was a lovely place in a great location

#3 - The Wharf Seaview Apartments by AVI
Modern flat with beauty view. The host is really friendly, helpful and patient.

#72 3 Bedroom Apt with partial Water Views
Worth every penny. It was a beautiful apartment. Comfortable beds. Plenty of amenities and absolutely pristine. Would stay there again. Host was attentive fantastic knowledge sent us a message with loads of choices of things to do before we got there and we used this to plan the trip. Gave us great tips on where to eat and cannot thank them enough. Five star.

#56 Le Petite Palais – La Voyageur Waterfront Apts
Enjoyed our stay at Akaroa for one night. Apartment was 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom, kitchen and dining area are smallish but met our needs, reasonable sized lounge with view of water which was lovely to have . Off street parking which was great. Easy walk to restaurants, cafes and main wharf where boat trips leave from. Nice place to stay in Akaroa.

#4 The Wharf Seaview Apartments by AVI
The place is exactly like the pictures. super cozy. it has a beautiful view. Close to everything. I had a great night. It was a pity that the swimming competition was canceled and the place is no longer being used. Thank you.

Hill top Boutique Guest unit overlooking the sea
One of the best places we have stayed on our trip around the South Island. Would recommend to any friend and hope we can be back to visit again.

Beach Guest House with pool & private beach access
overall a great stay. the flat was as expected, fully functional and good equipped. access to the beach was nice, especially to observe the early sunrise. it's outside of New Brighton, to shops and bars it would be a 6+km walk (a bit long). there is a bus stop in front of the house which brings you to New Brighton in 10-15 min and into the city (bus interchange) in 40-45 minutes. with a car you probably would be better off. but it was absolutely OK without. the host Robert is a very nice guy. we had some good chats.
Private beachfront home rentals

Sumner Esplanade Seaside Escape
great little flat for my mother to stay in. Easy flat access. Heat pump and oil heater kept her warm. With the esplanade and cafes just over the road there is plenty to do. Supermarket just around the corner for provisions. Loved it

Seas the day
Beautiful home, amazing views, awesome host. Incredible coastal hike right out the back door.

The Church House
Beautifully restored villa. Extremely clean and tidy. Huge backyard for outdoors dining. 2-3 minute walk to shops/ restaurants/ bars/ supermarket/ beach

Old Bank Villa 5 Hamilton street
Just a few steps from the town centre, this is the perfect location. I have stayed a couple of times now, and I see the "Old Bank" more as a work of art rather than as accommodation, including great interior design and art. I look forward to next time.

Spacous 3 bedroom house
Such a beautiful spot. Thank you John. Definitely a spot we would like to come back to in the future.

Luxury Seaview Apartment, 3 Bedrooms/2 Bathroom
Very nice place. I could hear the ocean clean and modern

Pink Palace , South Bay Kaikoura
Glorious place set back from the already very quiet road...very private. Extremely comfortable inside, and on one of our days we had wind and rain but you wouldn't have known that inside the unit... everything provided was top quality. The surrounding area is very beautiful and town about 4 mins in the car...great swimming beach there too. Everything you need for a coastal getaway and James was always responsive and friendly. Highly recommend x

Self-contained Waterfront Unit
Christine is a great host, very friendly and highly efficient without being intrusive. The accomodation was as described with wonderful views, nice furnishings and amenities. We appreciated her generosity. Thankyou.
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