{"id":5,"date":"2018-11-27T09:17:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T09:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riversidemotorcamp.co.nz\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:05:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T01:05:58","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/riversidemotorcamp.co.nz\/home\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5\" class=\"elementor elementor-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7d8b56 elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7d8b56\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1d56c5\" data-id=\"b1d56c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c40d7b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c40d7b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ebbf9c\" data-id=\"2ebbf9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe195c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe195c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc051dd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"dc051dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5f497e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5f497e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Meet Sharon and Bill: As of this year (2026), they&#8217;ve been at Riverside for 24 years.<\/p>\n<p>Upon first arrrival, it only took a few days for Sharon to realise that this is the place she always wanted to be.<\/p>\n<p>Bill worked at the council for the first ten years and Sharon ran the campground. Billy helped out after work before retiring from his day job to run the campground full time with Sharon.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Never-ending laundry aside, it&#8217;s a lovely place to live they say: there are always people to talk to and to have a laugh or two with.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Laughing is up there with the best things in life and they foster lots of that here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of Sharon&#8217;s fond memories is of the couple who came &#8220;<i>all the way from London to cook us Christmas dinner because we\u2019d invited them to share our Christmas dinner the year before&#8221;<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Sharon and Bill would like their guests to remember them as friendly fun people who made them very welcome; leaving as friends.<\/p>\n<p>They look forward to sharing their piece of paradise with you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5fdae0\" data-id=\"e5fdae0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96b5b53 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"96b5b53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/riversidemotorcamp.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240901_113625-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-982\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riversidemotorcamp.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240901_113625-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/riversidemotorcamp.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240901_113625-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/riversidemotorcamp.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240901_113625-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riversidemotorcamp.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240901_113625-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/riversidemotorcamp.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240901_113625-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c780d0b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c780d0b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5986216\" data-id=\"5986216\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d94513 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5d94513\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3184df1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3184df1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Local businesses, sites and attractions.<\/b><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Oslers-Bakery-and-Cafe\/930679750320054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oslers Pies and Bakery\u00a0<\/a><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wairoadc.govt.nz\/our-district\/wairoa-museum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wairoa Museum<\/a><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wairoadc.govt.nz\/our-district\/wairoa-riverside-walkway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wairoa Riverside\u00a0Walkway<\/a><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doc.govt.nz\/parks-and-recreation\/places-to-go\/east-coast\/places\/morere-springs-area\/nga-hua-o-morere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morere Hot Springs<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Unique natural saltwater hot springs and native forest walks.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newzealand.com\/nz\/feature\/mahia-peninsula\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahia Peninsula<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Hawkes Bays safest swimming beaches, walks and great coastal scenery all around.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a style=\"background-color: #f3f6f6; font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newzealand.com\/nz\/feature\/te-urewera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lake Waikaremoana<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Native forest, walks, camping and beautiful scenery.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f0b9ea elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f0b9ea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6321264\" data-id=\"6321264\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e942b50 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e942b50\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-02e87b1\" data-id=\"02e87b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-252c119 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"252c119\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Come Meet Us<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7d9a58 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e7d9a58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/riversidemotorcamp.co.nz\/contact\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Contact<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us Meet Sharon and Bill: As of this year (2026), they&#8217;ve been at Riverside for 24 years. 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