Kay and Geoff Gudsell have been operating 'Arapiki' for over 15 years now.

Having lived at 21 Arapiki Road for 22 years they made the necessary alterations to operate their Self-Contained Accommodation Units when their sons left home. Many of the improvements to 'Arapiki' such as landscaping and redecorating have been done by themselves.

Geoff was a secondary school teacher for many years before working as the Community Education
Co-ordinator at Nayland College secondary school in Stoke, Nelson. He is now retired as is Kay who was a kindergarten teacher. They have travelled overseas and enjoy meeting guests who come from all around the world. Both of them keep active and have shared interests such as gardening, cycling, tramping, kayaking, swimming and reading. They have entered in many cycling events and have both completed the annual 160 kilometre cycle ride around Lake Taupo. They visited England and Normandy for 6 weeks in mid-2006 and cycled in these areas. In June, 2009 they spent the month cycling in Provence and the Pyrenees in France before spending some time in Northern Ireland.

Kay and Geoff believe it is important to try and achieve a balance between spending time with visitors to make them feel welcome and letting them have their privacy and independence.

At 'Arapiki' they have 2 young Tonkinese cats named Monty and Milly who usually like to greet visitors.

Top of Mt Ventoux in Provence, France	Top of the Port de Bales in the Pyrenees