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Award Winning Dream Escape - a stone's throw from Rotorua's major attractions
Lakefront holiday home with kitchen and balcony
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Reviews
10 out of 10
Exceptional
4 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 6
Popular amenities
Explore the area
Fairy Springs, Bay Of Plenty
- Place, Skyline Rotorua13 min walk
- Place, Rainbow Springs Kiwi Wildlife Park16 min walk
- Place, Mitai Maori Village18 min walk
- Airport, Rotorua (ROT-Rotorua Regional)14 min drive
Rooms & beds
4 bedrooms (sleeps 6)
Maketū (Downstairs 1st Left)
2 Single Beds
Moehau (Upstairs Master Left)
1 Queen Bed
Mokaihaha (Downstairs 2nd Left)
1 Queen Bed
Rangiatea (Upstairs Master Right)
1 Queen Bed
2 bathrooms
Downstairs
Toilet · Shower only
Upstairs
Toilet · Shower only
Spaces
Deck or patio
Kitchen
Office
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area
About this property
Award Winning Dream Escape - a stone's throw from Rotorua's major attractions
Whether you come for recreation, family holiday, executive retreat or thrill seeking excursion, Tūrama will shelter you. This recently-built, architecturally-designed home is located minutes from Rotorua's major attractions and city centre, yet is secluded enough to offer an escape. You will be amazed staying here! Spacious 'designer' living, large gardens and regenerating native bush are highlights. Luxurious bathrooms and beautiful bedrooms await you too. As for your four-legged family member/s: dogs will love roaming an acre of secured gardens while you cook up something in the kitchen or on the BBQ. Kids will delight in roasting marshmallows on the enclosed fire place in the porch. Big kids might join in too. https://www.maoriplus.co.nz/show/the-drawing-board/play/6321330200112
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Amenities
Kitchen
Washing machine
Dryer
Pet-friendly
Free WiFi
Outdoor space
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House Rules
Check in after 4:00 PM
Check out before 11:00 AM
Children
Children allowed: ages 13–17
Exceptions can be negotiated
Events
No events allowed
Unless agreed at time of booking.
Pets
Pets allowed: dogs (limit 2 total)
Prefer dogs sleep outside, but negotiable :)
Smoking
Smoking is not permitted
Check-out instructions
The host requires you to complete the following before checking out:
Load the dishwasher
Strip any used beds and gather used towels
Remove personal items, remove leftover food and drinks and take out the rubbish
Turn off the lights, lock the doors and return the keys
Pick up and return key/alarm fob to Tūrama team member on arrival and exit. If team member unavailable, retrieve key/fob from lockbox (code sent in messages) by front door. (cont)…
… then hold down padlock button on fob for 3 seconds to clear alarm (double chirp = disarmed). Then use key. Reverse when leaving: lock front door after checking all inside sliders are locked (cont)…
…then press person button for 3 seconds to set alarm (single chirp = armed) and return key/fob into lockbox, close and spin combinations.
Kia ora :)
Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.
Important information
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Note from host: Unless agreed at time of booking.
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit
Property Registration Number No
We should mention
A car is not required for transport to and from this property
About the area
Rotorua
Located in Fairy Springs, a neighbourhood in Rotorua, this holiday home is near theme parks and on a river. DriftKartz and Skyline Rotorua are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those looking for area attractions can visit Luge Rotorua and Waimangu Cauldron. Agroventures and aMAZEme are also worth visiting. Discover the area's water adventures with kayaking and waterskiing nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with hiking and hunting.
Fairy Springs, Bay Of Plenty
What's nearby
- Skyline Rotorua - 13 min walk - 1.1 km
- Lake Rotorua - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
- Rainbow Springs Kiwi Wildlife Park - 16 min walk - 1.4 km
- Mitai Maori Village - 18 min walk - 1.5 km
- Kuirau Park - 3 min drive - 2.2 km
Getting around
Restaurants
- Gold Star Bakery - 2 min drive
- KFC - 13 min walk
- Subway - 16 min walk
- Skyline Stratosfare - 8 min drive
- McDonald's - 6 min walk
Frequently asked questions
About the host
Hosted by Paul
Professor of Indigenous Studies, University of Melbourne (Australia)
Former University Dean - School of Māori, Pacific & Indigenous Studies (Otago)
Former Museum Director (Auckland, Melbourne)
Former University Dean - School of Māori, Pacific & Indigenous Studies (Otago)
Former Museum Director (Auckland, Melbourne)
Why they chose this property
This multi award property has been in Paul's family for over 16 generations. The family still regularly uses it. The old homestead was completely rebuilt/finished in 2018. Tūrama is over-engineered to ensure it provides shelter during any major natural disaster event (earthquake, eruption/ash fallout, flooding, gales), as can occur from time to time in the Rotorua region.
Tūrama is a new house typology seeking to reimagine residential architecture in alignment with the twin streams of NZ identity promised under Te Tiriti (Māori version of Treaty) o Waitangi. The design concept was jointly generated by RTA Studio and Professor Paul Tapsell as a multi-creative, pre-Indigenous response to 16 generations of unbroken occupation. It was calculated and built, ensuring the completed home was carbon neutral.
Awards
2018 New Zealand Architecture Award - Housing Category
2018 NZIA Waikato / Bay of Plenty Architecture Award - Housing Category
2018 World Architecture Festival Award, Finalist - House Category
2018 Home of the Year Finalist (Three in NZ)
Tūrama is a new house typology seeking to reimagine residential architecture in alignment with the twin streams of NZ identity promised under Te Tiriti (Māori version of Treaty) o Waitangi. The design concept was jointly generated by RTA Studio and Professor Paul Tapsell as a multi-creative, pre-Indigenous response to 16 generations of unbroken occupation. It was calculated and built, ensuring the completed home was carbon neutral.
Awards
2018 New Zealand Architecture Award - Housing Category
2018 NZIA Waikato / Bay of Plenty Architecture Award - Housing Category
2018 World Architecture Festival Award, Finalist - House Category
2018 Home of the Year Finalist (Three in NZ)
What makes this property unique
Tūrama is uniquely designed as a multi-generational retreat anchored by five ancestral points of origin. She elegantly wraps herself around all whom enter. Her manaakitanga (hospitality) is symbolically represented by forest-like timber uprights complete with an oxidised steel, taniko pattern, reflecting the kakahu (fine woven cloak) used in ceremonies by the whanau today. This manaakitanga is extended to all our guests.
Languages:
English
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