NEW Local businesses for you on the app. Shop LOCAL and Support LOCAL!

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FOR EATS

🍺 🎸The Matakana Village Pub in the heart of the village has been around since 1903 and is a local institution! A gastropub that offers great tasty food, awesome atmosphere and groovy live music every week. Open Monday - Sunday: 11:30AM - Late! Offering Sunday Roast's all day.

🍗☕ Whanga Eats is tucked away in Whangaripo valley and a great pitstop on the back roads from Mangawhai to Matakana.; or a destination all on its own. New owners have added their signature and changed the hours to Wed-Fri 7 to 2pm and Sat-Sun 8am to 2pm. Check out their Sunday Roast Lunch!

FOR STAYS

🛎 Woodhouse Mountain Lodge is boutique accommodation set on 100 acres of private land known as Kourawhero Estate in the Matakana hinterland and is just an hour’s drive from Auckland. It is beautiful and private with wonderful views and facilities such as a restaurant, pool, sauna and spa treatments.

⛱ Whangateau Holiday Park right on the water’s edge located between Matakana and Leigh. This fantastic spot is super popular especially with families. The facilities are many with the usual cooking and dining areas, but also kids’ playground, buggies for hire, laundry, TV and dining room. They also have cabins and units available if you prefer not to camp.

🏘 Redbluff Country Lodge only 5 mins from Warkworth, is a 1912 iconic, boutique villa, offering group bookings, retreat, or B&B options. Relax in your very own private space, overlooking the Mahurangi River estuary and nestled in a picturesque rural valley.