Dukes Midway Lodge is a lodge at 4 Vagus Place in Royal Oak, Auckland, with a Google rating of 3.6 from 132 reviews. The website describes a comfortable stay between the city centre and the airport.
The website says the rooms have been renovated and offer free Wi-Fi, large smart TVs and air-conditioning, with friendly staff. Royal Oak Mall and the local supermarket are listed as about two minutes away, and One Tree Hill Domain, Stardome Observatory and Cornwall Park as about five. Auckland Airport is given as around thirteen minutes. With a rating of 3.6, recent reviews are worth reading to see how the rooms have held up since the renovation.
For a practical base between the city centre and the airport, it is a lodge in Royal Oak worth comparing before you book.