261 Waite Road Te Pahu, Waipa District

Price Reduced Again - Now $565,000. Kotare Lodge consists of a well-built, well-maintained home with 3 double bedrooms, 2 living areas and 2 bathrooms. There is also a very useful annex which serves as an office. The second house is a log cabin-style home with 2 bedrooms which is currently rented for $250 per week.
The land is about half in pasture with the rest in bush and a variety of native & exotic trees and shrubs that the owners have planted. The property backs onto a covenanted Forest & Bird Society bush block that provides a corridor up Mt Pirongia. Consequently Kotare Lodge enjoys visits by a large variety of birds and would be an ideal home stay destination for bird lovers.
Te Pahu is an established farming area with a reputation as a friendly caring rural community. The village itself has a church, community hall, kindergarten, school to year 8 (decile 9) and a thriving squash club.
The property is 30 minutes from Hamilton CBD, 20 minutes from Te Awamutu and 12 minutes to Pirongia village with its shops & cafes.

Below is a list of trees, birds etc that can be enjoyed at Kotara Lodge.
Native trees Kauri, Lancewood, Akeake Green, Akeake Red, Hinau, Kohekohe, Kanuka, Karo, Kakabeak, Karaka, Kowhai, Lacebark, Coprosma(s), Five Finger, Kamahi, Mahoe, Mangeao, Miro, Oleria(s), Pigeonwood, Pittosporum(s), Pohutukawa Spring Fire, Pohutukawa Tahitian, Pohutukawa Yellow, Puriri, Rangiora, Rewarewa, Ribonwood, Rimu Tanekaha, Tawa, Titoki, Totara, Wharangi, Whau, Wineberry.
Large ferns ponga, Mamaku, Silver Fern, King Fern
Flaxes
Garden shrubs
Exotic Trees Banksia, Bottle Brush, Camellias, Cherry Campanella, Cherry: Campanella, Collumna & Flowering, Chillean Fireplant, Copper Beech, golden Chain, Golden Elm, Jacaranda, Japonica, Maple Red, Maple Liquid Amber, Oriental Plane, Rododendrons, Silver Birch, Telopia, Vireya Rhododendrons
Birds Bellbird, Chaffinch, Cuckoo, shinning, Fantail, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Grey Warbler, harrier Hawk, Kereru (Pigeon), Kotare (Kingfisher), Magpie, Morepork, Myna, Plover spur-winged, Quail, Rosella Eastern, Silvereye, Sparrow, Starling, Swallow welcome, Thrush, Tomtit pied (rare), Tui, Yellowhammer.