Balmoral Motel

21/07/2025

Beach Café is Open for Business!
I was thrilled to get down to Tāhunanui Beach for my daily coffee fix and meet the new leaseholders of Beach Cafe limited on a classic sunny Tāhuna day, no less!

It’s fantastic to see this space activated again. The café will be open 7 days a week, which is great news for the reserve and our wider community. Make sure you pop down and support them alongside all the awesome spots we’re lucky to have in our neighbourhood.

30/05/2025

Great news!

🎉 Nelson — We Did It! $100,000 Raised! 💚

We’re beyond thrilled to share that, thanks to the incredible generosity of our community, we’ve reached our $100,000 emergency recovery fundraising target.

From businesses to individuals and whānau, the support from Nelson (and beyond!) has been nothing short of inspiring. You've shown just how much the Sanctuary means to our region — and how powerful we are when we come together.

🌧️ After the flood damage, things looked tough. But now, critical fence repairs are being planned, our biosecurity measures will hold strong and be strengthened to safeguard for future events. The long road to full recovery feels a lot less lonely.

We’re still accepting donations, as many people are still keen to lend their support to our recovery efforts. If there are funds left over after all the repairs/clean-up costs, we’ll use any leftover funds to purchase replacement fence materials or hold the funds in reserve for similar extreme weather events in the future.

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for helping us protect our precious taonga and our newest residents, kiwi pukupuku.

The Sanctuary stands stronger because of you.

28/05/2025

31/03/2025

Lovely.

19/01/2025

Tāhunanui is a finalist for NZ’s Best City Beach 2025! 🌊✨🤩 Your vote can help make it number one. 🫵
Vote now at https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/best-beach-2025-new-zealands-top-10-camping-beaches-how-to-vote-for-the-winner/5MP5WAJNNBD7HLNCR3OFA75BEA/? before 11:59pm, January 26.
Winners announced February 2! 🥁

15/01/2025

Tāhuna Summer Sounds
📅Friday, 17. January 2025,
📍Tahunanui Beach Reserve
⏰4pm – 8pm
💲free event

Experience a classic Nelson summer evening of music, food, and fun at Tāhuna Summer Soundsl!

Enjoy live performances on two stages with a great variety of young talent and local favourite bands, delivering a mix of upbeat tunes and laid-back melodies!

Feat:
Kath Bee - Children's Songwriter, Florence McNabb, Planet York, Imperfect Circles , Tangent, Solace, Blue Mig, The De Campos Club, Shedheads, Zinger, Asha Maihi, Rich and The Poor Boys, Florence McNabb, Lia Jay, ImmigraNZ Collective, Mela, Lucy Summerfield

01/01/2025

Catch the bus!

The classic Kiwi holiday awaits at tahuna.nz. Nelson’s iconic beach side holiday destination since 1926. ⛱️⛺️🛌

30/12/2024

What’s on in the region?

29/10/2024

And guests, please take note. Thank you. We know this gentleman and his lovely old dog 😢

25/10/2024

The calm before the storm - literally. This was taken yesterday morning, by the evening, flights were being delayed, diverted and cancelled, and we ended up with seven stranded passengers booking in at 11.00pm. Luckily they all managed to get new flights today.

24/10/2024

My dear friend (and fellow author) Trudy Nicholson visited today and took some fabulous photos of the motel, and also of Peter and me. 🥰