Himatangi Beach Holiday Park

Paid $800 for 7 days and was told no visitors.
Kitchen cabin 6 advertised at $85per night.

Myself and my 2 babies 8months and 18!months stayed for 7 days as emergency accommodation due to a complication with the accommodation we were meant to go to.
I paid $800 for these 7 days (I pay this back to Winz as they paid for it in full and I pay them back) and I was told I was not allowed visitors...I paid almost $250 more than the going rate abut I’m not allowed any visitors, my 2 babies were not allowed visitors.

On our second nite stay me and my 18minth old went outside so I could have a smoke and she just likes to follow me ....when we got outside the extremely high stench of weed was waffling from neighbouring cabins...so strong that I had to put my daughter back inside.
On my third nite there was a party happening in the tent section...normal music laughing and merriment till about 1am, that was fine....it’s summer good on them.
The following day unexpectedly I received a txt from my 69 year old mother saying she was at the gate...this was about 730pm. This was a surprise to me as she lives 2hrs away.
She was dropping off some food for us and picking up some of my packed bags to take back to hers because she was being nice as I was complaining about having to do 2 trips with our gears to get to the camp and I will have to do it again when I leave.

In my culture and many others, we don’t tell our elders to go away...

I gave her dinner and let her rest....and yes I did want her to stay...she is 69years old and drove 2 hours to to be helpful. She was not staying the nite, she was just resting before she made the 2 hr drive home....I did tell her to stay but she said no she likes her bed.

At 10pm she was having a cuppa tea and getting prepared to do the 2 hr drive when the guy came over and in front of my mother and loud enough for other people to hear, said to me “you were told you are not allowed visitors”
I told him she was my mother and just drove 2hrs to get here so I am not telling her to go....then he said he don’t care and I shouldn’t have invited her!...accusing me of inviting her over to...I don’t know, flaunt their rules....invite her over to cram us in to the little cabin. He then preceded with attitude to say they have 20mins to leave or else then walked away....he returned a min later and had the audacity to offer my mum a $85 room next to ours for $110.
My mother was so flawed by his rudeness towards me and towards her she didn’t finish her cuppa tea and grabbed her bag and left.

If he took me to the side and said hey we said no guests blah blah I would have told him she was leaving and apologised for her surprise visit to drop them and pick up stuff....she is an elderly Maori 69 yr old pensioner it’s not like we were partying and smoking pot disturbing other campers.....
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been again, loved it again, will go back again, and again, and again

new owners, but it's still the same brilliant campsite that it was. Facilities are spotless and excellent, pitches are nice and flat AND all in all, it's still a great site.....I'll be back...again and again

Lets start with the positives. This campsite is located just 250m from the beach in a beautiful part of the coast with excellent fishing and safe bathing AND has some of the best facilities in any campsite that I've been to, which were exceptionally clean, AND represents quite good value for money - so why just three stars?
Well the time we went it was a public holiday so that may have something to do with it, but this site is also occupied by many permanent cabins/caravans and everyone, and I mean everyone in these has a quad of some description and they were being made good use of. It was like being in the NZ quad GP! If you wanted quiet and relaxing then this wasn't the place for you.
I think to make it a better place there should be an area set aside just for tourer's - away from the more permanent resident.
That said, I will be back, most certainly, and perhaps my next review won't be so negative.
So until then just 3 stars. Sorry guys - but keep up the great work

very beautiful Camping ground with clean facilities and lovely staff!

Nice campsite, good amenities, staff are very nice and close to the beach.

Nice campsite with very good facilities very close to the beach, lots for the kids to do.

Excellent camp with good facilities.
Margaret and Dennis are great hosts.
A bit prone to the wind.
Good general store and Cossie club (good meals) very close.
Miles of beach and safe for the kids.
Feeling fit?
Try walking up and over the dunes - that will fix ya!

very nice and good price worth another stay

Excellent service and facilities,close too beach.Highly recommend.