Banana Park at Land of the Lotus

06/06/2026

Local Stone mason Paul who sources paddock rocks from us turned up the other day with this master piece, He was looking for a place to display his craft work and of course I said look no further.

This one is for sale at $900 including gst and can be split in two halves for transportation, it is not light!

25/05/2026

Some good fruit on offer or to be self picked from Gold or Red Tamarillo, Japanese Raisins, Red Pineapples with tops and pups and always Bananas, Guava, Citrus, Ginger, Tumeric, Yacon to name but a few as well as our subtropical range of plants.

Open officially Fridays, Saturdays and Sunday any other time it pays to ring 027 4391572 first. If the gate is open we are around but at times I close the gate if working at the back of the farm.

15/05/2026

Since our subdivision https://www.realestate.co.nz/42967346/residential/sale/304-mangakahia-road-maungatapere we have had offers that do not include our core business so have decided to short term rent the house here at the www.landofthelotus.nz (we have built our hopefully forever) new home tucked away on a basalt spur overlooking the lake. To reduce the work load so I can concentrate on our new property we will be removing approximately 300 clumps or around 2,000 various stems of Gold Finger, Mona Lisa, Bonanza, Mons Marie, Cook Island, Raja Puri, Giant Samoan, Pisang Raja, Haumoa, royal Hawaiian, Australian commercial, Lachatan, Zebrina, Velutina, Saba, Green Plantain, Blue Java, Hopa, 1890 etc. A lot of these bananas are ideal for commercial production and as I always say, plant variety and see what works.

So clumps will be removed completely using a digger September onwards, if you want to spend time and select your plants even lend a hand breaking and loading out that might get the price down further and we have a fully furnished house plus a studio unit available if required.

I will post photos of each clump and list on trademe closer to the time. First in first served and price will be at least 50% of our current price list plus gst if applicable email [email protected]. Small pups will be potted for our continued nursery business

Cheers Hugh Rose

Lifestyle Property for sale at 304 Mangakahia Road, Maungatapere, Whangarei, Northland 0179, with 4 beds, 2 baths, 4.8429ha land area. Buyer Enquiry Over $1,250,000 Plus GST (if any). View all 31 property photos and Maungatapere suburb information.

13/05/2026

Temperatures are dropping fast so today is spray day for biological frost protection. I spray my nursery banana's, pineapples, mango and other frost sensitive plants. This only needs to be done once a month and worked extremely well last year resulting in my Mango flowering and holding fruit outside.

We source our frost protection from Wally Richards wholesale and stock it here in our little shop. 1 litre $35 and 500ml $20. If you are lower North Island Freight is cheaper from Wally else collect here or we can post out.

Generally my mature plants can handle a touch of frost however to keep things looking good as we are on the market I have employed the services of Pete's airborne applications to drone spray larger areas and highly recommend his service as cost effective and accurate, he has the very latest technology!

21/04/2026

Busy this morning bagging up bananas and putting together orders.
I find it easiest to put the bag on as soon as the flower bell descends but before the fingers are exposed. I then revisit in a fortnight to adjust the bag, remove any remaining flowers from the fingers and sheaths along with the male bell.

Where to get the bags? Katikati, Whangarei and Dargaville and here of course!

20/03/2026

I would not have believed this if I hadn't seen it! No not Ai this is one cool customer who appreciates our fruit!

22/02/2026

And now for something different!

21/02/2026

The golden Lotus banana! finally a flower is emerging💛 Watch this space for developments!

14/02/2026

Happy Valentine's and the banana are flowering like there's no tomorrow! plenty of fruit and pineapples are only a couple of months away. But now is the time to be planting everything subtropical. Bananas, pineapples, Tropical Guava, Jaboticaba, Sapote, Cheramoya, Sugarcane etc etc.

27/01/2026

This will appeal to any lover of subtropicals and it is a good business as well. I will be delighted if someone comes through from this page! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BpCZJSLEb/

Privately set back from Mangakahia Road and positioned near Whangarei and the Maungatapere village, this extraordinary lifestyle property is far more than a hom...