Wairer Valley Bed and Breakfast

The Wairere Valley B&B is situated on a tidal river where
ships used to land to take kauri logs on board. The house
is an historic homestead built by William Webster one of
the first settlers in the Hokianga.He owned the first sawmill
in the area and later the first water-driven sawmill which
was on the Wairere River. In 1851 the captain of HMS
Pandora, who was carrying out the first survey of the
Hokianga Harbour came down the Wairere Valley and was
very surprised to find in this wild valley as he said "a very
respectable young scotsman... ........making ivory keys for
an organ for the harmonic society of Auckland"
This organ can be seen today in the Auckland Museum