HUNU HILLS
A small scale rural development providing affordable residential sections in the Motueka Valley, 8km from town. Sunny days for your family's future with excellent solar orientation, scenic beauty, community connections, and quiet rural living.
Key Features
Bask on Sunny Slopes
"Hunu" is Te Reo Maori for "rays of sunshine". Sections have excellent solar orientation for your garden, PV power, solar hot water, and passive solar house design, making it easy for you to live sustainably in a rural neighbourhood setting close to town.
Your Section
Each section comes with an engineered building platform, 46,000 litres of buried concrete water storage, and grid connection to the boundary. Geotechnical certification also provided.Â
Minimal Covenants
No minimum sizes for dwellings. A spray free covenant ensures that toxic chemicals are restricted on the land. Your health is protected, for your children, your garden and your pets.
Privacy and Views
Terraced settings for each section provide optimum privacy and lovely views over the Motueka River and Valley, some views of Tasman Bay.
Support for Eco Homes
Sustainable Housing Guidelines and a list of Eco Architects and Eco Builders available to help you build a healthy, low operating cost home
Shared LandÂ
Land has been set aside for a Village Green, a playing field, pond to swim in, walking and cycling paths through native bush, and community firewood.
Helping You Settle In
Once you purchase a section Hunu Hills will provide $2000 toward one of the following:
* landscaping for your section
* builder's box for power
*waste water system
*passive solar house design
*PV installation
*Your suggestion?
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Sections For Sale
Secure your place while these limited sections are still available.
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Future Sections
More info coming soon
Surrounding Features
Location Location Location
Motueka is a small rural community at the top of the South Island, less than an hour's drive to Nelson. Being one of the sunniest parts of the country, it's a gateway to two national parks, sandy beachs, and one of the best trout streams in the country.
SchoolsÂ
Several primary schools and a high school provide a range of options. Home schooling is also common with opportunities for bringing children together for projects and outings.Â
Health Services
Several health and dental clinics available in Motueka, pharmachies, Jack Inglis Friendship Hospital, 50km to Nelson Hospital.
Leisure Time
Motueka is surrounded by a region of art and film festivals, biking and hiking trails, (and good bike shops), concerts, country fairs and cellar doors. Motueka itself has two cinemas, a community theatre a Sunday Farmers Market, and several restuarants.
Click an image to see just some of the sites, services and amenities of the region
Transportation
Regular bus service to Richmond and Nelson and Nelson Airport.
High school bus pick up at Motueka Valley Highway.
Some neighbours are working on a bike path into Motueka.
A Welcoming Neighbourhood
Hunu Hills are situated in the Mytton Heights basin, which covers about 40 ha and currently contains over 40 families.Â
We’re a varied lot, including young families, retirees, some work from home, some commute to Nelson, some settled here to be part of the ecovillage project that originated 20 years ago, some Kiwis, some expats, and some folks just like the open spaces and scenery.
It’s a friendly neighbourhood, with opportunities for connecting with neighbours to the extent you wish.Â
Some examples:
·      A Sharing Shed for exchanging various items from books and seedlings to fresh fruit and other items
·      A 10 ha Commons area owned by a neighbour-run Incorporated Society with a heritage orchard and open to membership
·      Monthly Community Pot Luck Dinners to catch up with neighbours and enjoy some good food
·      A Community Pond to enjoy
·      Neighbourhood Disaster Management Plan to support each other
Community working bee May 2026, photo from Hemon Dey
INQUIRE
hunu.hills@gmail.com
+64 2102441567
Motueka Valley, Tasman
New Zealand