I just returned to the US after three weeks near Warkworth with a quick trip up to Doubtless Bay. Hoping that my US house will be ready to put on the market in May. As soon as it sells, I'll be looking for a house somewhere between Warkworth and Doubtless Bay.
The first night at our book-a-bach near Leigh, I was eaten alive by mozzies. Close the windows and cook or open them and invite the mozzies in for a feast. Next day, I took a quick trip to Warehouse and bought a mozzie net ($12) which I hung from the light over the bed.
I guess I've been in the US too long because I can't understand why 99% of Kiwi homes don't have fly screens. My friends/rellies see no need for them...their solution is to close the windows at dusk. But on a warm, humid night, it's miserably hot with the windows closed.
I found a business in Warkworth (near Woodcocks Road) that will make custom fly screens that work on the awning push-out type windows, for about $100 a window. I'll be their best customer.