Good but basic accommodation in Auckland,good facilities for cooking,laundry. if you want to explore Auckland it is in an ideal location. Short free bus ride available nearby to downtown,but very easy to walk. use this a initial base as we did and see more of NZ. If you are gay there are bars/sauna nearby,do a bit of research.

I stayed for one night in a single room in August 2011. I found overall, the stay to be good. The pros and cons:

Pros - good location, short walk to the city, close to food places and K-Road. The room was small but had everything I needed and was well thought out. Bed was comfy and the bedroom was clean and warm. Security was good, while no 24-hour reception, late-night access to the room was easy also (I was in Auckland attending a late-night concert). Price was good.

Cons - reception staff were indifferent to the point of being unfriendly. No explanation given for where things were, I felt like I was interrupting them by checking in. I went elsewhere to ask my questions as I didn't feel like dealing with them again. You can kind of tell they deal with long-term students all day rather than tourists.
The room, while mostly clean, had a few cleanliness issues in the bathroom - shower door needed a better scrub, there was hair in the drain, the toilet paper holder was directly under the soap dispenser and was covered with several days worth of gunky dripped soap. A bit of a deep clean would not have hurt.

Overall: For the price I paid I was happy. I slept well and the room was quiet. Nice opening window looking out over the street. The business seems to be aimed at student long-term accommodation so felt a bit strange staying as a tourist, but it was perfectly fine for what I needed. I would stay again.

I stayed at City Lodge for a week, and was disappointed. I would advise that for not much more, you can stay in a serviced apartment!

The rooms were very noisy at night, with people meeting up outside throughout the night, leading to a lot of drunken screaming. The windows do not seem to be double glazed, which makes the rooms both noisy and cold. You also have to pay for Wifi.. which if you add this on to the price of the room, you do actually pay the same price as a serviced apartment with free wifi!

The upside to the City Lodge, was that it does have friendly staff, and was kept very clean.

The rooms were pretty small, but there was enough space for our stuff, and thats all we needed!
The lodge is a bit out of the noise and busy-ness of the city, which is always nice.