‘Blue Murder Motel’ hits the market in Orewa

Image: Colliers A beachfront Orewa motel used as a key filming location for TVNZ’s Blue Murder Motel is up for sale. The property at 387–391 Hibiscus Coast Highway is home to the 16-room Edgewater Motel, which sits directly on Orewa Beach. The property is held in four separate titles. A resource consent was previously granted for a 35-dwelling development on the site. The property was used as a filming location for Blue Murder Motel, a New Zealand murder mystery series produced by Great Southern Television. The series received up to $2.8 million in funding from NZ On Air. Filming for the serie...