A wonderful place to take yourselves, some good friends, some kids and an intent to relax! Beautiful 360 degree rural views, relaxing activities like croquet, pool, feeding the animals, and cooking in the welcoming kitchen. We have been 3x with various families, and always come away feeling relaxed and rejuvenated. Wonderful hosts, just a slice of peace and beauty.

We've just returned from a lovely Easter break staying in the villa. The kids loved being surrounded by the farm and animals, we had a great swim in the river just ten minutes up the road, many games of croquet, walks, and all in all a brilliant time. The villa is a friendly old house with beautiful views, and lots... More

We enjoyed 2 nights at Mairenui, staying in The Retreat on the occassion of our honeymoon. We loved the complete peace and quiet and privacy of this special house. The view from the bedroom was hard to pull ourselves away from. We also enjoyed a few hours down at the river with the private swimming holes. This is the perfect... More

This farmstay is in a stunning, peaceful location. My husband and I spent two nights in the villa and wished we could have stayed longer. The villa is very well equipped with everything you need and more, aswell as a gas bbq. It has real character and is incredibly good value for money. We really enjoyed the tranquility of this... More

Our 2 night stay at this beautiful rural retreat off the beaten tourist track was a highlight for our visitors from Canada. Perfect place to unwind, take a walk and read a book. Wonderful dinner with Sue and David who are generous and informative hosts that soon feel like friends. Will return whenever we can.

We (couple + 2 year old boy) stayed in the Villa for 3 nights, a grand old home. It's showing its age a bit but everything works and it's a beautiful old house. The highlight is the garden, with slide, tree house, old tractor and landrover, as well as farm animals next door, and basically everything to keep our boy... More

Attended a staff retreat at Mairenui. Was a marvellous environment to relax and work productively with my colleagues. The welcome we received was marvellous with Matt and David ensuring we received the personal touch before David disappeared to do some Christmas duties. Sue, David, Matt and Leonie were consumate hosts - the food was great and everything was done to... More

This is a retreat that suits the rural seeker, we stayed here during our honeymoon, the hosts David and Sue were outstanding. David treated us too a 4WD tour in his 1953 landrover, afterwards we enjoyed a round of tennis and walks in the area. The retreat was a wonderfully clean character building, and nothing beat curling up infront of... More

Our hosts started our visit with a personally made sign on the porch to welcome us, and this was the setting for rest of our stay, warm, friendly and welcoming, we stayed for a night in The Retreat, a wonderful setting among ancient old trees that must have a story of there own to tell, the fire in our retreat... More