金沙公寓

****************superb, love this place- all aspects, awesome appartments -beautiful/ high end decor/ equipment, fantastic town, v nice building manager, lovely area on beach, great view will be back for sure*********************

Stopped in to buy us a kai. Even though they were closing,they cooked us a beautiful kai of fresh cod and chips and our tin of sauce for $20. Thank yous for an awesome kai and The Southern Hospitality. The partner even knew where Otorohanga was. Ka pai 👍✌♥️

This review is intended to help anyone considering working for the apartments. I signed on to help with housekeeping during the busy holidays. They were desperate for help as they are constantly losing staff because of how uncomfortable it is to work there. In short- there are huge amounts of drama going between the building manager and housekeeping manager on a daily basis which consistently negatively affects the cleaners. I was able to ignore most of it, as I was only helping out for 2.5 weeks, but felt the need to post a review when I was mislead and then underpaid on my last paycheck. I was asked to work on New Year's Day. I was the only cleaner to come in that day, which I agreed to do because I was told I'd be paid double time for working on a public holiday. The housekeeping manager told me this repeatedly (being very grateful that I was coming in so she could enjoy the holiday) and I had a separate conversation with the building manager specifically asking him about pay for that day before agreeing to it. When my paycheck came through, I wasn't paid double time as promised. When I contacted the building manager about it, he insisted that because New Years fell on a Sunday it didn't count as a public holiday. In short, he refused to pay what I had been promised multiple times. He knows that as a traveller on a working holiday visa that there isn't anything I can do about it. It's worth your time to find somewhere else to work and stay away from here- everyone needs help these days and I have found most Kiwis to be honest, upfront, laid back, and kind!

Nice apartments, everything was clean and well equipped with kitchen and laundry facilities. Great location, especially if you have young kids as the park is just over the road. Parking was nice and easy.