Parkview Motel Dargaville - Husband called it the Bates Motel. Not really THAT bad - the proprietors were actually quite nice, but the motel has seen much better days - bed was lumpy and way too soft, everything was extra - Example - $2 per half hour to use the hot tub that features strongly in their internet site. Pool is small and basic - not very inviting. An unattended trampoline seems to ask for trouble if you have youngsters, and the swing set was down to one swing. Guest laundry dryer didn’t dry my one load of laundry even after two cycles (at $2 each).

Two thin towels were provided, along with two tiny cakes of soap and no shampoo, the kitchen was tiny and marginally equipped , with no coffee maker at all and a tiny three burner stove and oven. Knives were impossibly dull. Bathroom had apparently had some updating with a one piece fiberglass shower enclosure, but somehow it had been raised about six inches from the floor level, so the shower head hit me... more