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Parnell Village Shops Auckland

3 Reviews Höglund Glass is one of the top quality New Zealand items you may like to purchase on your visit down here. Of course transporting this medium home can be a mission, however the shop will organise...

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the 4 main Shopping Malls Christchurch

7 Reviews This is Christchurch’s and – nearly logical – the South Island’s biggest shopping mall. You have a choice of 150 shops, and especially if you are looking for shoes this is the place to go. Sometimes I...

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The Merchant of Tirau Tirau

1 Review This may not be a shop for travellers, but it could be. Especially if you are looking for some cuisine from home. There is a very interesting array of wine here and lots of other goodies to go with...

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Newmarket Auckland

2 Reviews Here is a chance for New Zealanders and travellers to purchase this quality French lavender produce imported from Provence, Sth France. This range of creams, oils and such are well known and liked all...

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Artcenter Market Christchurch

7 Reviews UPDATE - unfortunately this has been closed since the February 2011 earthquakes. Located in the back of the Art Center building, the Fudge Cottage is a small yet fully stocked sweets outlet....

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The Christmas Heirloom Company Tirau

1 Review The Christmas Heirloom Company sells Christmas decorations all year round. They have the most incredible selection of trees and themed decorations - some traditional stuff, and more quirky ideas too....

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Zarbo Delicatessen & Café. Auckland

1 Review This place is the whole experience. You can have lunch and or you can shop for food and kitchen items not normally found in NZ shops. The ambience is busy and I found it too noisy, but it's a lively...

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Useful Tips Christchurch

2 Reviews The Malls around Christchurch are some of the best places to go looking for most of the items you need. You can get around them quite easily via the Orbiter Bus which has its route going past...

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Kathmandu Christchurch

1 Review Standing at corner of Lichfield St and Colombo St, you have a selection of stores at your fingertips practically in all directions: Bivouac/Outdoors, Kathmandu, The Great Outdoors, High Country, Snow...

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The Warehouse: A lot but not everything is a Bargain

by Kakapo2

When new in New Zealand one of the first things I learnt from TV was the trademark melody of The Warehouse – where everyone gets a bargain LOL Now I mostly go there and look for plants and garden stuff (and pretzels because for strange reasons they are not always available at the supermarkets).However, not everything is cheap at The Warehouse, you still have to compare prices if you buy sweets, or toiletery articles. On other items they often have great specials and prices that are hard to beat – of course, only because so many things are cheaply made in China, like great quality cool-dry sports shirts, or socks, underwear and such things. I would not buy my wardrobe there but everyday clothes for house and garden. And if you have lost your luggage or did not bring enough warm clothes (or clothes for hot weather…) you can get something at a bargain price for your holiday. However, it can...

next to shades of jade: Pahua 'N' Pounamu

by wrldtravler

Located right next door to shades of jade and a lot cheaper than shades of jade too. The sore is run by mauri's and almost their artist's are local mauri's. You just feel a little better purchasing from locals. We had already spent a ton of money buying gifts etc from shades of jade. but once we came in here we felt a little cheated since the prices were much lower and the variety much greater.Well anyways we still bought some more stuff for gifting purposes. Abalone shell and Jade jewelery, local arts & crafts!

Pak 'N' Save: New Zealands own walmart

by wrldtravler

Pak ' N' Save is the Kiwi answer to Waldbaums, Lucky's and Wal-Marts. There's at least one in each major town in NZ (north or south island). A great place to pick up necessaries and luxuries. They have just about everything from insect repellent to blue cheese. Much cheaper than the local corner stores (which are quite expensive, guess no economies of scale at work here).

Shades of Jade: Pounamu

by wrldtravler

Located in pounamu (Jade) country, this little shop comes highly recommended. The artists run the shop and the pounamu is guaranteed to be from new zealand. Some sellers have been buying jade on the foreign market and passing it off as NZ jade. Which is richer in iron deposit and considered to have special powers in local mauri tradition. There are a variety of jade products from earrings to cuffs. With all the regulars chains, bracelets etc etc. you can get an un-carved stone (random shapes) for around 20NZ$ the greater the sculpting work the more expensive it gets.

Victoria Market, Auckland

by wctan72

Overall, I think this is a good place to pop by if you are looking for bargains. Not a big place but worth the stop if you are in Auckland. Many shops with local stuffs available here. Souvenirs, cheap apparels and some local products. NZ$50

Do your shopping before you arrive.

by StephanB

Maybe this is a general tip, but we found almost all items (clothing, sports gear, travel equipment) to be either really high end (and outrageously expensive), or really poor quality goods. There is no in between. Think island prices. Nothing More than at home

Shopenzed.com: Best place to get souvenirs in New Zealand

by LoveNZ

Be careful where you buy your souvenirs in New Zealand. It is worth shopping around, and buying souvenirs in towns outside the real touristy areas, like Rotorua, Queenstown or Auckland City. Instead, shop at smaller towns close to the tourist areas, as retailers there will probably work on lower overheads and that is usually reflected in their pricing.For instance, Shopenzed.com is a cute little gift/souvenir store in Ngunguru, near Whangarei ( North Island), where you can buy quality mementos of your trip to New Zealand, but without the hefty tourist-town price tags. If your travel bags can't fit another item, they will gladly ship your purchases back home for you too. Shopenzed.com is also a great place to shop from when you get back home and think " I wish I had bought that when I was there" cos you'll probably find it online at www.shopenzed.com and if not, they will search New...

Aotearoa - online or in shops: Unique silver ferns as earrings and pendants

by Kakapo2

The Fronz range of Aotearoa.co.nz is absolutely unique, and since I had got my first pair of pendants my love for them has not diminished. I now have golden and silver ones, and a pendant for a necklace.The name Fronz comes from fronds - which means fern leaf. As the silver fern is one of New Zealand's national symbols it is only logic that fern shaped jewellery has been created. But at Aotearoa they have done something absolutely unique: They have deloped a technology thanks to which they can encapsule fern leaves in gold and silver and the leaves keeping their shapes and surface definition. This leaves every single piece of jewellery unique, not even the two pendants of earrings are absolutely identical, although, of course, they try to match two very similar ones as a pair. One of the silver ferns has even made it to a New Zealand $2 stamp!They also encapsule other objects, like...

Jade jewellery: The green stones from the rivers

by Kakapo2

Jade firms under many different names in New Zealand: pounamu, as the Maori call it, greenstone or NZ nephrite.Although jade carvings in traditional and fantasy shapes as well as in Maori symbols are available throughout the country, the jade capital is Hokitika on the West Coast of the South Island, where most of the greenstone is found. There are a lot of shops specialised in this trade, and so there is a very big choice and competition. If you want something unique you would also want to look there and not in the souvenir shops.Also www.aotearoa.co.nz in Devonport (Auckland) has fantastic jade jewellery.

Most souvenir shops: Unique paua shells and jewellery

by Kakapo2

You will see the unique paua shells, New Zealand's member of the abalone family, in every souvenir shop - and at any price between NZ$10 and $25... ;-) They are not only beautiful as the polished original shell, shimmering in all colours from green to turquoise and purple, but also as the adornment of silver jewellery. And the best: this jewellery is really cheap, be it earrings, bracelets, brooches, necklaces or hair decoration. Depending on the age of the one who wears it you can go for classic shapes or dolphins and - real NZ-like - kiwis.You can also buy little packets of paua pieces to create your own jewellery.Also wooden picture frames made of rimu and a paua inlay lines come out quite nicely.Lately I have seen cheese knives and salad spoons with paua decorated handles, which is a matter of personal taste, like everything. Available at Aquisitions, other homestyle and souvenir...

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