Best days
December 27, 2025
Inspiring Guest reviews that make your heart sing! … More Best days
Tag: Queen Charlotte Track
The road reopens!
December 25, 2024
Just in Time for Christmas 2024 our road has reopened to the public! It’s by no means repaired but has been declared driveable for those unfamiliar with it. There are many places, such as in the image above, where its single lane and extra care is needed. The speed limit is 30kph and it’s best … More The road reopens!
End of season coming soon….
April 24, 2024
We’re coming to the end of another busy and successful season here at Ngahere Hou. We want to say a big thank you to all the lovely guests who’ve visited this summer, it’s been a real pleasure to meet and host you in our special place! We’ve had a few adventures along the way and … More End of season coming soon….
The closed road….. the other options!
August 13, 2023
If you’re not coming to us via the Queen Charlotte Track…..there is another way – but it’s not the road! However due to the storm events of July ‘21 and again in August ‘22 which took out many sections of the road, it is currently closed to the public – possibly until the end of … More The closed road….. the other options!
Just a note!
February 3, 2023
It’s a lovely summer of visitors again, and with the return of our international visitors too….
Driving challenge
October 4, 2022
For the second winter running we have endured a record breaking rainfall event! Just when our road was beginning to resemble something passable the August deluge has changed all that and we’re back to road closures…. We are now awaiting geotechnical tests etc and funding to restart the repairs so it’s a bit of an … More Driving challenge
The road is open!
May 17, 2022
After last years weather bomb our road is back!…..well sort of. The road will be being repaired through to late 2023, it is open to the public however with some restrictions. There are size limitations for heavy or long vehicles, but cars and 4WDs with trailers etc will be ok. It’s open on the weekends … More The road is open!
Getting here in challenging times
December 6, 2021
Hallelujah! From the end of November locals with a Residents Pass can finally drive to town! However the road will be closed to the public until March 2022. After 4 months of no road access at all the Kenepuru Road has been sufficiently repaired to allow limited access for residents. This means we can do … More Getting here in challenging times
Update on the QCT – it’s open!
August 12, 2021
Queen Charlotte Track Update – 29 September 2021 Queen Charlotte Track is Open! All sections are now green now people! A huge thank you to the DOC teams who had to contend with lockdowns and weather events to get the Track open. As of Friday 01 October we will have all sections of the Queen Charlotte Track open … More Update on the QCT – it’s open!
Weather bomb update…
July 21, 2021
Updated….We’re back open again – but with some road access limitations for the next few weeks. Well that was quite something! We had over 300mm of rain and very strong winds up to 88kph here at the Kenepuru Heads over three days last weekend (17-19 July)! The result of all that is that our road … More Weather bomb update…