[robininman]

Hi me and the family (4 of us) are coming over to nz on 23rd oct - 7 nov 2009
for our rekky and are looking for some were to stay in tauranga and whangarei
if you could let me know if anyone has anything
many thanks

the inmans

[CJ22]

Try this, it's delightful:
http://www.bookabach.co.nz/holiday_homes/dsp_listing.cfm?bachId=6797

[Arwen]

Hi there :nice1

We found this site really useful, and booked holiday homes in different locations on the North Island when we came over for our reccy in 2006.

http://www.holidayhouses.co.nz.

Hope it helps. ;)

[janrzm]

Hi

We've also used both the sites mentioned above. Just put your dates in and search away , there are no shortage of nice holiday houses.

Where were you looking to stay in Tauranga??

We came over in February and booked a holiday let for 8 weeks down near the beach at Omanu / Mount. There are 6 of us though so we were looking at bigger places.

[robininman]

Hi

We've also used both the sites mentioned above. Just put your dates in and search away , there are no shortage of nice holiday houses.

Where were you looking to stay in Tauranga??

We came over in February and booked a holiday let for 8 weeks down near the beach at Omanu / Mount. There are 6 of us though so we were looking at bigger places.

thanks for the sites i will let the boss have a look haha.
we are coming over on a fact finding mission my wife is a dr and will be wanting to be near the hospital, we are told matua/bethlehen are nice but the missis wants to be near the beach, any help would be nice
also schools any clues????

[janrzm]

If you want to be near the beach then it's The Mount or Papamoa really

Have a look on Google Maps , I used to look on there and get directions to give me an idea of how long it would take to get from A to B

Matua & Bethlehem are both nice places. Maybe 15min drive to the beach [depending on traffic / time you go]

Are you looking at primary or secondary schools? What age children?

[robininman]

If you want to be near the beach then it's The Mount or Papamoa really

Have a look on Google Maps , I used to look on there and get directions to give me an idea of how long it would take to get from A to B

Matua & Bethlehem are both nice places. Maybe 15min drive to the beach [depending on traffic / time you go]

Are you looking at primary or secondary schools? What age children?

primery schools my two are 6-8

[janrzm]

Have you seen this site

www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/graphical_search.php?gs_region=Tauranga_City

Gives information on Schools in the area.
We came over on a recce last year, before we came I emailed a few schools to see if we could have a look round.
They were all very helpful.

[robininman]

Have you seen this site

www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/graphical_search.php?gs_region=Tauranga_City

Gives information on Schools in the area.
We came over on a recce last year, before we came I emailed a few schools to see if we could have a look round.
They were all very helpful.

thats great, thanks did you have a look aroung matua schools?

[janrzm]

We did look at Matua Primary School.

As with all the schools we looked at it seemed to be a lovely school.
Don't know if you've heard about 'Decile Rates' but anyway Matua is rated 10.
To be honest it wasn't for us.
Also you would need to live in the zone to get in & we knew that we wouldn't be living in the zone, so that ruled it out anyway.
If you drop them an email they'd be happy to show you around.
I would say to look at a few , ask lots of questions & you'll probably get a feel for what you like/don't like.

[robininman]

We did look at Matua Primary School.

As with all the schools we looked at it seemed to be a lovely school.
Don't know if you've heard about 'Decile Rates' but anyway Matua is rated 10.
To be honest it wasn't for us.
Also you would need to live in the zone to get in & we knew that we wouldn't be living in the zone, so that ruled it out anyway.
If you drop them an email they'd be happy to show you around.
I would say to look at a few , ask lots of questions & you'll probably get a feel for what you like/don't like.

many thanks for that, i can not find the e-mail for the schools and the web site does not work,
can i ask why not for you
and wgere did you end up.

[janrzm]

Don't know what's wrong with their web address
Why not try their email - executiveofficer@matua.school.nz

The other web pages seem to work from the link on the previous page.