Orchard on private peninsula

A waterfront orchard is for sale on its own private peninsula of Matakana Island, offering a mix of lifestyle, horticulture and tourism potential only a short boat trip from Tauranga.

Opureora Orchard is a truly oneof-a-kind property located on 10ha of land at the southwestern edge of the island, overlooking the sparkling waters of Tauranga Harbour.

It boasts a 5.35ha kiwifruit orchard, 100 early producing avocado trees and a comfortable three-bedroom residence, all within only 200m of the local ferry landing.

Jeff Barbour, Rural and Lifestyle Sales Specialist at Colliers International, says it is a property with abundant potential.

“This is a chance to acquire a private holiday bolthole, an idyllic family home that blends lifestyle with income, or a productive horticulture asset with underutilised tourism upside. “Located across three titles of absolute waterfront land on its own peninsula, the property benefits from an accommodating climate, great soils and early harvest characteristics.

“Opureora Orchard’s understated residence features three bedrooms plus an office, making it ideal as either a comfortable family home or a cosy weekender to be enjoyed as time permits.

“Opureora Orchard also has excellent tourism potential, which the current owners have dipped into by hosting weddings and other events in a marquee setup. There is scope for further development, given Tauranga’s limited range of diverse and unique event locations.”

The freehold property at 18 Opureora Road, Matakana Island, is for sale by deadline private treaty closing at 4pm on October 21.

Brad Barbour of Colliers says Opureora Orchard has a planted area of 5.35ha of Hayward ‘green’ kiwifruit, comprising 4.64ha of productive vines and 0.71ha of young vines. The land and climate make it suitable for licenced variety conversion to Gold 3 or the new ‘red’ variety, providing the option to increase returns.