Barn Seven Matakana - Boutique Accommodation

21/05/2015

Hi Everyone. It is with a wee bit of sadness that Jules and I announce that Barn Seven Matakana has been sold. We have loved our time hosting some fantastic people but we have decided to move to the Waikato for purely personal reasons.

The good news is that the new owners are going to carry on running Barn Seven as a Boutique Accommodation and it will be business as usual. They are great people and I am confident that they will continue what we have started.

We will look forward to visiting the area and staying at Barn Seven in the future as guests. We have made great friends both in the community and with guests and will certainly keep in touch.

Cheers

Greg and Jules

03/02/2015

A couple of cool events around here for the diary and to get the running shoes out for.

A good warm up event is the Omaha Classic fun run on the 28th March 2015. This is a 'little' fundraiser for the Matakana Primary School that has taken on a life of its own and this year even has electronic timing. There is a 10km, 5km and 2km kids dash running events and an 8km walk. www.omahaclassic.co.nz .

The other event, which is new to the area and very cool, is the Tawharanui Coastal Challenge on the 25th April 2015. The big one is a 33km run starting at Snells Beach, swimming across Sandspit, around the Tawharanui Peninsula and finishing at Omaha! There are also 6km, 12km, 17km and 22km options. www.coastalchallengeseries.co.nz .

The Omaha Classic Run/Walk event will be held in picturesque Omaha Beach, just 50 minutes from Auckland City, on Saturday the 28th March 2015. Come and experience the beauty of Omaha Beach and support this annual fundraiser for Matakana School.

12/01/2015

Some great photos taken by our good friend and Cambridge Photographer of the Year Tineka Kavanagh. Kind of beats our Iphone photos!

11/01/2015

Huge week for Barn Seven Matakana this week with groups in every night of the week. Definitely the biggest week we have had! Have met some very cool people who we look forward to seeing again.

Matakana continues to attract huge crowds who are enjoying great places like The Matakana Village Pub, Matakana Market Kitchen, the strawberry ice cream caravan, OOB, The Farmers Market, The Indie Market and the great beaches close by.

For those looking for a fitness goal, watch out for a post soon on an event coming to Tawharanui / Omaha that we are planning to enter in April.

www.barnsevenmatakana.co.nz

Accomodation in Matakana, New Zealand

27/11/2014

Thanks to The Matakana Pub for an excellent meal and lovely wine tonight with the owners of local accommodation. The Matakana Pub does not need selling as it is a destination in itself when coming to Matakana but the food tonight was outstanding. They were saying that they will be having live bands on Saturday nights throughout summer and on Friday nights later on in the summer. We're not talking loud full bands but the smaller bands that play whatever the mood dictates. I can see many a night spent here over summer, as well as our guests!

26/06/2014

To all our Matakana Coast friends. If you know of anyone who wants to rent their house out for 3 months from Christmas this year (flexible on dates) then get in touch. We have had an enquiry from an Australian family who are after a 3 bedroom house for a holiday over here. You can get us on [email protected] .

13/06/2014

Some upcoming events at Ascension Winery listed below. Good to see them still carrying on with their events.

Barn Seven puts out the No Vacancy sign again this weekend with some great people having stayed over the last few weekends. All seem to be loving Matakana!

www.barnsevenmatakana.co.nz

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Ascension Events:

Lloyd Cole and Greg Johnson
Sunday 15th June 2014 2pm

UK legend Lloyd Cole will perform with our own master-songwriter Greg Johnson returning from Los Angeles to join the bill.

Cole's songbook houses gems like Lost Weekend, Perfect Skin, Rattlesnakes, Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken and Jennifer She Said. Greg Johnson's songs include Isabelle, Liberty, Don’t Wait Another Day, Save Yourself, It's Been So Long – helping him to two NZ Music Awards and eight top 20 albums.

Tickets from ticketmaster or onsite
http://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/Lloyd-Cole-tickets/artist/734789
UPCOMING EVENTS


The Camerata Singers present
"An American Sampler"
Sunday 29th June 3pm.


A concert featuring American Folk, spritiual, Civil War, sacred and show songs, from composers including Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Morten Lauridson, Andre Thomas and James Erb.

Conducter: Jenny Firth
Pianist: Jennifer Gorbey

Tickets $15 available at the door
Children Free
Phone 0211430732 for more information.

Gary McCormick
and Hammond Gamble
Sunday 6th July 2pm.

Hammond Gamble and Gary McCormick have been mates since the heady days of Hammond’s hugely successful bands Street Talk and The Hammond Gamble Band playing at the Gluepot in Ponsonby.

The pair have done a number of “poetry and Blues,” or in this case : “comedy and Blues” shows around New Zealand over 30 years. A mixture of Blues music and Kiwi-type humour.

The show will be a “feel good” session. Touring stories, great Blues music and good humour.

Tickets can be purchased for show only or for a special lunch and show package (limited tickets)

Doors open 1:30 show begins 2pm
Lunch starts at 1pm tables being seated from 12:30pm.

Tickets available onsite or on our webshop page.

on Ticketmaster New Zealand

24/05/2014

A couple of the events happening in Matakana over Queens Birthday weekend, next weekend.

We still have rooms available for the weekend.

Hospice’s Right Royal Sale, Matakana Hall. Vintage and collectible treasures at bargain prices. Raising funds for Warkworth Wellsford Hospice, 9am-2pm (Sat); 10am-2pm (Sun).

And at Herons Flight Vineyard on Sharps Road (2 - 3 minutes by car) is the following:

Fill Your Own Bottle Day: Sunday June 1, from 9:30amOne of our favourite events, come along with at least 6 clean bottles and fill them with a special blend of our reds. Starting at 9:30, we go until 3pm- or until the wine runs out! Music & fun for the family. We have corks and new bottles for $1. Otherwise, just bring your own. Screwcaps ok.Cost: $14/bottle (min 6)

More events for next weekend to follow.

www.barnsevenmatakana.co.nz

13/05/2014

We are not going to get into too much self promotion but thought it worthy to share our first two reviews on www.holidayshouses.co.nz which we are pretty chuffed with! (Note: we did not pay anyone nor are they friends of ours. These are genuine guests.)

"Four of us stayed at Barn Seven over Anzac weekend and fell completely in love with the place! We didn't meet Greg but Julie was so lovely and has done an amazing job with this accommodation; the rooms had everything we needed and have been furnished so beautifully. The breakfast that was supplied on the first day was absolutely delicious too and included fresh fruit and local yoghurt. Julie also gave us a few tips on where to go to eat and when the local markets were on. Staying at Barn Seven really made our visit to Matakana a memorable one; we'll definitely be back!"

"This is the nicest self contained b&b, we've stayed in whilst in NZ. The owners are lovely and very helpful. Extremely clean and tidy. Couldn't recommended barn seven enough."

www.barnsevenmatakana.co.nz

28/04/2014

The website is www.barnsevenmatakana.co.nz If there is a full stop at the end it doesn't connect to the website. Who knew!!

28/04/2014

Hi Everyone. Our website is up and running at www.barnsevenmatakana.co.nz. Our first two weekends have been full and all groups have loved their stay and given glowing reviews. In the next week or so I will start posting about what is happening in and around Matakana.