Whangaroa Tunnel Houses
Timber Framed Growing Tunnels For Home, Business & Education


82C Wainui Road Whangaroa Tel: 09 4051311 Mob: 021 144 3184 Email:petegotzl@xtra.co.nz
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Most of us want to eat a healthier diet at some point in our lives. The dream of growing your own food is often the domain of only the serious and seasoned gardeners out there.

If you use a Tunnel House to grow your food the whole process involved in putting food on the table is faster, easier and becomes quite addictive. You can easily go from seed to harvest in a matter of weeks. It becomes a much more absorbing pastime when you can micro-manage a relatively small space with such a large variety of produce on the go! Tunnel Houses have been popular for many years in the horticultural world because they offer a cost effective and very efficient way of growing produce and extending the growing season. They also allow gardeners the chance to grow plants from, hotter climates with great success such as sweet peppers, capsicums, chilli peppers and melons for example.

There are many other advantages to Tunnel House growing;

- Plants grow much faster and bigger
- Plants are protected from the weather & wildlife
- A fascinating enviroment to experiment and learn
- Seeds are easier to germinate
- Your growing area is concentrated and easily managed
- A great place to work when the weather is raining

The ‘greengrower’ Tunnel House is a little different from the normal stretched tight polytunnels you may see. Using a proven system found in many commercial nurseries we fix our growing polythene in a less tensioned way with over and under hoops.This also makes the assembly process much easier. This system allows the growing cover to expand and contract with less stress. Our design is able handle strong winds better. The engineered structure is available in a 4 standard sizes that will feed just about any family. Built to last and able to deal with all weather types this building looks at home in rural settings and creates another point of interest in the garden. Clever design and quality componentry ensures that the Tunnel House is straightforward to assemble by any semi competent DIY person.

I have been using & developing tunnel houses for over 5 years now after being hooked into it when a close friend of mine built his own based on the classic 'Kerikeri Nursery' design and began growing beautiful produce and I now offer my design to the keen grower.

We offer raised beds as an option, these are not essential, you can grow your crops straight in the ground and cultivate the soil. If you have bad soil or hard clay the raised beds make life easier.


The product that we manufacture uses a commercial growing grade UV stabilized 200 Micron heavy duty Agphane cover which produces a lot of growing power. The whole product has been designed to combine quality materials with well thought out durable features. Features developed from having a few years experience growing in Tunnel Houses in the North of New Zealand. Have a look through this web site and let me know if you have any questions and hopefully we can help you create your own growing sanctuary. We can supply different sizes if needed to suit your requirements if our standard sizes are not suitable. We can offer a competitive price on installation in Northland. Please contact me to discuss this, or if you would like to view our 'Show Tunnel'.


Pete Gotzl
Whangaroa Tunnel Houses