Julian Vosgerau
South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Christchurch ▷
Cheap price but very unsafe, amenities way too small and poorly organized.
Fine as a stopover for one night but be extra careful with your belongings.
Stayed here for two nights with our campervan on an unpowered site. Even though the sites were almost completely empty, we were put in the very back corner of the camping ground, very far away from all the amenities for seemingly no reason.
Safety:
First night there was someone walking around our car looking at our belongings while we were in the kitchen (which was quite weird because there was nothing else back there). Same evening another woman asked us for help in the bathrooms because she was being followed by some creepy guy. Next day we drove into the city taking our camping chairs with us (because of th events of the evening before, we never would've done though otherwise), only leaving our very cheap chilly bin and damaged table behind. When we came back later in the day the chilly bin was gone and our food was lying in a pile of leaves. Some other guys immediately came up to us and told us they saw a car pulling up, emptying and taking our chilly bin. They got a video of the number plate so we went to the reception to report the incident. There we were hit with "Well, what do you want me to do about that?". After some arguing the license plate was put on a list of trespassing vehicles stealing stuff, since this seems to be a common occurence here. We didn't end up doing anything about it since the damage was only about 40$ but it tells a lot about how careless this park is when it comes to safety
Amenities:
Bathrooms have free showers with unlimited hot water, however they were way too small for the amount of people staying even during off season when the sites were almost empty, cleanliness wise also more something you would expect at a freedom camp. Kitchen is well maintained and clean but not the best equipped
North Island ▷ Bay of Plenty ▷ Te Puke ▷
This Holiday Park changed ownership not too long ago and judgibg by older reviews it seems to have improved massively ever since.
The cabins aren't the most luxurious but for the price it's ok. All the other amenities are clean and well maintained. The owner Rene is very nice and helpful as well. We spent about a month here and would come again