This family run business is amazingly so helpful caring down to earth…read moreHelp me at a time in need it's cold at night as bliss there hearts

Pretty normal and standard YHA. It's a couple of k's from the harbour though. There are other…read morehostels much closer to the harbour and the train station. Plus, if walking from the city centre to this hostel, it's a bit of an uphill walk. Internet is expensive. The city library is less than 1 km away, and free. There are lockers available, but they're expensive as well. I had a problem here due to being given wrong information by one of their staff members. After everything was all sorted out, nobody even apologised. I asked for my e-mail address to be given to the owner, thus giving the owner a chance to apologise, but he didn't. I don't mind the fact that mistakes are made. It's what happens after those mistakes that separates the good guys from the bad ones.

Pretty standard fare for a backpacker/ hostel type stay. One of the bonuses is the location, right…read morein the central city and its pretty safe and secure and best of all clean! When I first arrived in the city, I stayed here for two weeks while I was looking for somewhere permanent to live and it was a perfectly pleasant base to centre my search from, close to everything an within easy walking distance of all major Auckland attractions. The mix of people staying here is always really eclectic and different and I met many different travelers on my sojourns to the communal spaces in the hostel (I.e the kitchen, bathroom/showers and laundry room). The people who man the desk are always quick to point out good travel advice, things happening in the city etc, which is awesome. When I stayed here, I rented a room with a double room that was tidy, lockable and even had a nice view out the window all for almost peanuts! And if you want even cheaper you could go for one of the communal rooms, not really my thing however. The only dampener on my stay was having to venture down to the damp, dark laundry on the bottom floor which reminded me of something out of the movie Saw and the creepy guy in the room next to mine.