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View of Booklovers Villa and garden from the front
CULTURE AND NATURE:
THE CAPITAL CITY
...AND BUSH WALKS
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  • Full breakfast & free parking

  • Next to a park & the city’s green belt

  • Bus from the airport (No 2 Karori)

  • Walk to dozens of cafes/restaurants

  • And to Te Papa, the waterfront and central city

WINTER BOOKINGS
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If you would like to stay in our 2025 low-season (May to mid-October) please contact me directly on info@booklovers.co.nz or text +64 27 257 7835. 


During this time, one individual, couple or group is welcome at lower rates - but breakfast is not provided. 


Use the booking calendar to book mid-October to April 2026 stays.


Thanks -- Jane

ONLINE BOOKING CALENDAR
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Check your dates on our booking calendar, confirm availability and make an online booking. 

THEY CAME TO STAY

John from Kent, England asked if I had read Michael Morpurgo’s Private Peaceful after we had had a conversation about War Horse by the same author. As I had not, he went to Unity Books, bought the book and left it in his room. His note said it was ‘to add to the library’. He also wrote: ‘Many thanks for an excellent week’s stay. The conversations around the table will remain a true souvenir of an excellent trip.’’

SAID AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE

Do you know the word “smoko”? Is it only Kiwi or is it a general English word? I learnt it today in the workshop when a man said “We are going on smoko.”

I said, “What’s smoko?”  

He said it was a break, for a cup of tea.

Later I asked the manager if it was okay to say “no” when the men wanted to go on smoko.

He said, “Definitely not!” – but that the break should only be ten minutes.

Theodore, from Austria, who was working as the supervisor in a mechanical workshop
WHAT A BOOK COLLECTION!
 

"Thank you, Jane. We have loved our stay at Booklovers. The house and rooms are beautiful, and you are a wonderful, warm hostess. And what a book collection!"

 

/ Suzanne Faigan
Waiheke Island

WARM FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE, AND GREAT COFFEE!
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“We absolutely love staying at Booklovers. The location is so perfect for walking into the city, and there's always an easy, warm and friendly atmosphere - as well as great coffee! Many thanks Jane!”

 

/ Kristy, Rio & Ihaka
Rotorua

AS IF I WAS IN MY OWN HOUSE - AND MUCH MORE
 

“I came to Wellington for Katherine Mansfield, the early twentieth-century writer, and I found Jane, another writer. So nice and friendly, she made my stay as if I was in my own house - and much more.”

 

/ Christiane Bosq
Librarian from Paris

LIEBEVOLL VORBEREITET
 

"Liebe Jane
so liebevoll wie Du alles vorbereitet hast - das haben wir auf unserer Reise durch Neuseeland nirgends angetroffen"

 

/ Herzlich Ruth

Switzerland

WITHOUT HESITATION THE BEST IN TOWN!
 

"Beautiful building, lovingly decorated and convenient to all activities in Wellington. You will remember fondly the friendliness, kindness, helpfulness and honesty of the award-winning writer and journalist who is the owner/manager and of the woman who is in charge of cleaning. On the basis of long experience with Wellington B&Bs, I'd say without hesitation that this is the best in town!"

 

/ ‘Bill’ Williams
New York

THE FOOD IS AMAZING
 

“It's so fancy here -- I love it. The food is amazing”

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/Vita Faigan Johnson (9)
Waiheke Island

Painting of a cottage hanging on wall with glassware on a cabinet in foreground
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