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Kate and Steve Smith, your hosts at Kaurivale. We are Kate & Steve Smith. We both grew up in the Derbyshire countryside. U.K. Both from farming families, we met at an early age, married in 1973 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1974.
We soon realised that New Zealand was a great place to be. To live, work and to raise a family in. We have three grown children. The two boys are both farming. Our daughter is a lawyer working in Whangarei and Dargaville.
Apart from farming our other interests include:- football, music, running, gardening and most importantly -enjoying time with friends and family.
New Zealand is a country with wonderful people, beautiful isolated beaches, mighty forests, clean crystal rivers and much more.
For 36 years, we have lived and farmed in the North. Since 1992 we have farmed at Moremonui a few kilometres up the road. We love this part of the country with it’s warm sub tropical climate, wonderful beaches and lakes and a great farming lifestyle.
Our diversification into tourism has been a natural progression for us. We enjoy meeting people and introducing them to the parts of New Zealand that we have come to know by living and working here. Our aim is to give them a small taste of what we have experienced during our time here.
So if you are looking for that little bit “extra” from Kaurivale you can take farm walks, walks down to the beach, beautiful sunsets, misty mornings, beach outings, fun trips to the Kai Iwi Lakes and the majestic Kauri Forest all with lively conversation.
