{"id":580283,"date":"2026-08-25T22:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/580283\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T22:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T22:42:12","slug":"emergency-housing-crisis-winners-list-3m-plus-tamahere-estate-all-things-property-under-oneroof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/580283\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency housing crisis \u2018winners\u2019 list $3m-plus Tamahere estate, All things property, under OneRoof"},"content":{"rendered":"

– A Tamahere lifestyle property that is owned by co-owners of a Hamilton motel group has been listed for sale.<\/p>\n

– The owners bought it in June 2021, converting the property into Magnolia Park Airbnb accommodation.<\/p>\n

– Their motel group received more than $100m in Government emergency-housing grants between 2018 and 2024.<\/p>\n

A multimillion-dollar lifestyle property owned by two of the biggest players in New Zealand\u2019s emergency housing sector has hit the market for sale<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The sprawling Tamahere property is owned by Guozhong Ou and Jinhua Ou, whose motel group received millions of dollars in Government cash for providing emergency accommodation.<\/p>\n

The duo shelled out $3.41 million for the Bollard Road property in 2021. They turned the private residence into a high-end Airbnb lodge known as Magnolia Park.<\/p>\n

Business Desk reported in 2024<\/a> that Guozhong and Jinhua\u2019s motel group, which is co-owned by businessman Roger Mark Nolan, received more than $100m in grants over six years for providing emergency housing.<\/p>\n

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The property is known as Magnolia Park on Airbnb. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

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The summer house and inground swimming pool give the property a resort feel. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n

The Ou\/Nolan group owns a string of motels, hotels and apartments in Auckland, Hamilton and Rotorua. <\/p>\n

Not all the group\u2019s properties are used for emergency accommodation.<\/p>\n

Magnolia Park, at 133 Bollard Road, in Tamahere, is a 4.16ha estate that boasts a main residence with four bedrooms and three bathrooms, a renovated three-bedroom cottage and a purpose-built log cabin ready to be fitted out.<\/p>\n

It also has a swimming pool and a summer house.<\/p>\n

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– \u2018I\u2019m not the easiest customer\u2019: Mike Pero selling up after Cook Islands property swap<\/a><\/p>\n

– Abandoned rural school that costs taxpayers $25,000 a year up for grabs<\/a><\/p>\n

– Iconic Waikato \u2018castle\u2019 for sale for the first time in over 30 years<\/a><\/p>\n

Listing agent Angela Thomas, from Christie\u2019s International Real Estate – Thomas Estates, declined to comment when approached by OneRoof, but her marketing pitches the property as a chance to buy as \u201cestablished accommodation income, substantial landholding, flexibility and long-term potential\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe property is currently operated entirely for Airbnb and visitor accommodation purposes, with the land and buildings thoughtfully configured to provide multiple accommodation options and a strong established income stream,\u201d her listing said.<\/p>\n

The property is currently listed for rent on Booking.com with options of renting a one-bedroom, three-bedroom or four-bedroom property. The combined nightly rate for a random date in September was just under $1800.<\/p>\n

The property, which has an RV of $3.39m, is about eight times the size of a typical lifestyle property in Tamahere. \u201cThat scale creates an important longer-term consideration: the potential to land bank.\u201d<\/p>\n

– 133 Bollard Road, Tamahere, Waikato, is for sale, tender closing September 16<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"– A Tamahere lifestyle property that is owned by co-owners of a Hamilton motel group has been listed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[138,1258,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-580283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-latest-news","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}