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- Jens Hansen Nelson / New Zealand / Online
Based in the same Nelson location since 1960, Jens Hansen is a jeweller of handmade rings and fine jewellery, known worldwide as the maker of The One Ring from the Lord of the Rings films. Its custom and collection pieces are sold at the Nelson flagship and through an online store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Karen Walker Auckland / New Zealand / Online
New Zealand's most recognisable fashion brand — Runway Girl motifs, vivid patterns, and BoF 500 ranked. Heritage brand still leading in 2026. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- Ballantynes Cashel Street, City Centre
Founded in 1854, this family-owned Christchurch department store on Cashel Street carries designer fashion, beauty, and homewares across its central premises and a Timaru branch. It rebuilt after the 1947 fire and the 2011 earthquakes to remain one of New Zealand's few surviving independent department stores. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- Atlas Power Coffee Albany, North Shore
Atlas Power Coffee has roasted in Auckland since starting at its Ponsonby café in 1995, now from Albany on the North Shore. It roasts on a Probat L25 drum roaster and blends its coffees after roasting, not before. store page → · open in the atlas → - Chatham Island Food Company Chatham Islands
From the remote Chatham Islands some 800 kilometres east of the New Zealand mainland, this producer harvests and sells wild seafood including blue cod, crayfish, paua and kina, shipped ocean-to-door. An award-winning food business, it turns the archipelago's cold, untouched waters into a national mail-order catalogue. store page → · open in the atlas → - Crushes Karangahape Road / Online
Founded in 2011 by Sarah Firmston and Rose Hope, Crushes grew from a 100% New Zealand-made-and-vintage idea into a three-storey Karangahape Road flagship. It champions independent New Zealand designers, curated vintage clothing, its own Crushes Goods line and regular community events. store page → · open in the atlas → - Devonport Chocolates Devonport, Auckland
Hand-making small-batch chocolates in its Devonport kitchen since 1991, this Auckland chocolatier has more than thirty years of craft behind it. It sells its confections through boutique retail shops. store page → · open in the atlas → - Kokako Organic Coffee Roasters Auckland CBD, Mount Eden
Kokako has roasted organic, Fairtrade-certified coffee in Auckland since 2001, funding conservation for its endangered namesake bird. Its beans are sold at Commercial Bay and its Mount Eden roastery in compostable packaging. store page → · open in the atlas → - Matchetts Music Wellington Place, Belfast
Established in 1936, this family-run Belfast retailer sells guitars, pianos, drums and band instruments. Matchetts has kept the shop in family hands across its long trade. store page → · open in the atlas → - Miann Britomart, Ponsonby
Miann makes chocolate from the bean and hand-crafts plated desserts, petit gateaux and macarons. Its Britomart and Ponsonby sites combine a patisserie, gelateria and chocolate workshop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mountain Jade 1189 & 1288 Fenton Street, Rotorua, New Zealand
Rotorua's largest pounamu and jade retailer keeps a working carving studio on site, where visitors watch artists shape the stone. It sells jewellery, pendants and sculptures in pounamu and jade, takes custom commissions and runs studio tours. store page → · open in the atlas → - Puawai Jade 1174 Whakaue Street, Rotorua, New Zealand (plus Eat Streat)
Led by master carver Niki Nepia, this locally owned gallery-studio works more than 95% New Zealand pounamu into traditional Māori and contemporary designs. Carvers work on site, in view of visitors. store page → · open in the atlas → - Real Groovy Records Auckland CBD
Trading since the 1980s, Real Groovy is billed as New Zealand's largest record shop. The Auckland independent sells vinyl, CDs, music, books and merchandise. store page → · open in the atlas → - Sabato Mount Eden
Family-run since 1993, Sabato imports, distributes and sells artisan Italian, Spanish and French foods. Its Mount Eden store carries oils, truffles, cheese and other European pantry goods. store page → · open in the atlas → - Tatty's Designer Recycle Auckland / New Zealand
Auckland's designer-recycle institution — racks of consigned labels hunted by stylists and students alike, the city's first stop for a second life in good clothes. Retrock precedent: resale done with a curator's eye is atlas soul. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Fantail House Parnell
This Parnell gift shop carries work from more than 160 New Zealand artisans, including pounamu greenstone jewellery, possum-merino knitwear, native woodcraft, pottery and Kiwiana. Long established, it concentrates on genuinely New Zealand-made goods. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Garden Party Ponsonby / Online
The Garden Party opened in Ponsonby in 1994 after Pam Lim and her daughter Anna set out to sell the family’s hand-painted pottery plates. It grew into an eclectic gift shop that actively champions New Zealand designers, artists and craftspeople, with most of its core ranges made locally. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Poi Room Newmarket, Ponsonby
Since its first gallery opened in 2007, The Poi Room has shown Aotearoa New Zealand-made art objects, artisan jewellery and contemporary wall art. Its Newmarket and Ponsonby spaces showcase New Zealand artists. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Third Eye Karangahape Road / Online
The Third Eye has spent more than 20 years on Auckland’s Karangahape Road, building an eclectic ethical-trading shop around conscious sourcing. Its large in-store range spans jewelry, crystals, incense, clothing, handicrafts, homeware and spiritual goods. store page → · open in the atlas → - Unity Books Auckland High Street, CBD
New Zealand's leading independent bookshop keeps its Auckland store at 19 High Street, with the little Unity children's shop on Vulcan Lane. It has grown into a fixture of the city's literary life. store page → · open in the atlas → - Zambesi Auckland / Wellington / Online
Since 1979 Elisabeth and Neville Findlay's Zambesi has been New Zealand fashion's dark, intelligent heart — sculptural black, local mills, worn like a national secret. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- Aotea Great Barrier Island (Aotea), New Zealand
Aotea handmakes mānuka honey, balms and creams on Great Barrier Island, growing, harvesting and bottling native flora with a local team led by founder Tama Toki. Rooted in Māori herbal tradition, the company funds scholarships for island youth and sells directly online. store page → · open in the atlas → - Stewart Island Botanicals Stewart Island / New Zealand
Stewart Island Botanicals crafts organic skincare and spa products by hand from a shop and workshop at 12 Main Road in Oban, using seaweed harvested from the waters around New Zealand's Stewart Island. The full range, from calendula balms to a seaweed body polish, ships to customers across New Zealand and Australia via the site's online shop. store page → · open in the atlas →
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- 3 Wise Men New Zealand
New Zealand menswear brand founded 2004 — premium 100% cotton business and casual shirts designed for accessibility, worn in boardrooms and workplaces across New Zealand with multi-store presence. store page → · open in the atlas → - Allpress Espresso Auckland (founding roastery)
Founded in Auckland by Michael Allpress, this specialty roaster has been roasting coffee for over three decades. It now operates roasteries internationally while keeping its New Zealand roots. store page → · open in the atlas → - Backyard Ceramics Ōtautahi Christchurch
Backyard Ceramics is a small-batch pottery studio in Ōtautahi Christchurch turning out hand-thrown mugs, bowls, vases, and trinket dishes made for everyday use. The maker also takes custom orders for personalised pieces. store page → · open in the atlas → - Barkers New Zealand
New Zealand menswear retailer founded 1972 in Auckland by Raymond Barker as 'Raymond's'; now trades as Barkers with around 27 stores nationwide, under owners Jamie Whiting and Glenn Cracknell since 2006. store page → · open in the atlas → - Books & Co Otaki Village / New Zealand
Books & Co is an independent bookshop in the heart of Otaki on the Kapiti Coast, with a strong children's selection alongside fiction, non-fiction, puzzles and games. It runs an Odoo web shop for direct online orders and stocks gifts from blankets and mugs to soaps for shoppers in store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Cream Design Otaki Village / New Zealand
Cream Design is an Otaki homewares and gifts destination stocking kitchenware, candles, lighting, cushions, furniture and fashion sourced locally and internationally. Its online store sells the same range for direct orders, mirroring the two-address shop on Otaki's Main Highway and giving customers both online and in-person ways to browse. store page → · open in the atlas → - Creeps Record Parlour Newtown
Wellington, New Zealand record shop opened in 2019 by owner Apa, known online as 'Boss Dude.' The stock spans garage, punk, kraut, and psych rock, plus an expanding world-music section. store page → · open in the atlas → - Fehu Forge Bladesmiths Hikurangi / New Zealand
Fehu Forge Bladesmiths is run by Caleb Smit from a forge on Clark Street in Hikurangi, a small Northland town north of Whangarei; the company was formally incorporated in New Zealand in April 2020. store page → · open in the atlas → - Flamedaisy Glass Design Nelson / New Zealand
Artist Anthony Genet has hand-blown glass and made neon sculpture for over 35 years at his Flamedaisy gallery and studio on Trafalgar Square West in Nelson. Visitors can watch him work and buy or commission pieces, with insured shipping for purchases. store page → · open in the atlas → - Frances Nation The Arts Centre, Worcester Boulevard
Opened in 2017 by Tessa Peach at the Arts Centre on Worcester Boulevard, the shop curates well-made New Zealand goods from hand-thrown ceramics and wool blankets to pantry staples, skincare, and spirits. An adjoining café shares the ground floor of the historic Boys' High building. store page → · open in the atlas → - Frank's Corner Queenstown / New Zealand
Frank's Corner gathers authentic New Zealand-made goods from more than 90 independent makers, from merino wool and hand-thrown pottery to stone jewellery and natural soaps. The Queenstown shop on Camp Street (with a sister location in Glenorchy) doubles as an online store and ships internationally. store page → · open in the atlas → - Garth Wilson Jade & Pounamu Paroa, Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand
Carver Garth Wilson works pounamu at his studio on the road to Shantytown near Paroa, drawing on customary rights to gather jade from local rivers and mountains. Every piece is carved by hand, with a seasonal gallery and a year-round online shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Goldfields Jewellers Queenstown / New Zealand
Led by jeweller Trond Johansson at the workbench, Goldfields Jewellers makes engagement rings, pounamu, opal, and Lord of the Rings-licensed pieces from its shop in the Queenstown Mall on Ballarat Street. Customers can browse the online catalog before visiting the store for a personalized fitting or repair. store page → · open in the atlas → - Hallenstein Brothers New Zealand
New Zealand’s menswear stalwart since 1873 — sharp, affordable tailoring and casualwear from Dunedin gold-rush roots to every Kiwi high street. store page → · open in the atlas → - HAPA The Tannery & BNZ Centre
Trading from The Tannery and the BNZ Centre, HAPA is a Toi Iho–accredited store representing more than 300 local designers with a focus on Māori and indigenous design. Stock ranges from handcrafted jewellery and ceramics to prints, kiwiana, and homeware. store page → · open in the atlas → - Hogarth Chocolate Nelson / New Zealand / Online
Hogarth Craft Chocolate makes bean-to-bar chocolate by hand in its small Nelson factory, using slave-free cacao sourced directly from growers. Its flavored and single-origin bars are sold through a Shopify store with international shipping. store page → · open in the atlas → - Honey Centre Warkworth / New Zealand
Honey Centre bottles manuka and other New Zealand honeys at its Warkworth facility on Perry Road, where a shop, tours, and the Hive Cafe are open seven days a week. Beyond the tasting room, the full range of honey, comb, and skincare products ships through the company's online store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Höglund Art Glass Nelson / New Zealand
At their Nelson glassblowing studio, Ola Hoglund and Marie Simberg-Hoglund create hand-blown glass and glass jewelry, including collector pieces made with Ariel, Graal and Sommerso techniques. The on-site gallery is open daily and displays glassblowing and educational exhibits. store page → · open in the atlas → - Industria Store The Colombo, Sydenham
At The Colombo in Sydenham and a second store in Rolleston, Industria gathers homeware, furniture, art, and jewellery from around fifty New Zealand creatives. Shelves mix ceramics, candles, lamps, and children's goods with work by local artists. store page → · open in the atlas → - L'affare Coffee Roasters Wellington / New Zealand
L'affare has roasted specialty coffee at its Te Aro flagship since 1990, one of the pioneers of Wellington's café culture. The 145-seat roastery-cafe sells beans, grinders, and espresso machines, including a limited-edition Chocca blend of Peruvian and Indian coffee. store page → · open in the atlas → - La Petite Chocolate Wellington / New Zealand
La Petite is a chocolaterie in Wellington's Thorndon neighbourhood, hand-making organic, fairtrade, single-origin chocolate bars, bonbons, and drinking chocolate wrapped in compostable packaging. Everything is made and packed in-store at 277 Tinakori Road, with the full range also sold through the shop's online store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Maggie Marilyn Auckland / New Zealand / Online
B-Corp certified New Zealand brand — expertly crafted menswear and womenswear with continuous sustainability standards. Timeless and responsible. store page → · open in the atlas → - Mahurangi Honey Warkworth / New Zealand
This small Warkworth-area operation harvests raw pohutukawa, manuka, and kanuka honey from hives across the Mahurangi West peninsula and Puhoi, bottling it by hand each summer with no heating involved. Beyond selling at local farmers markets, the beekeepers ship honey, beeswax balms, and candles nationwide through their online shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Marc Bendall Christchurch
Marc Bendall designs and handcrafts fine jewellery from his Christchurch workshop, taking bespoke commissions and remodelling heirloom pieces. Work spans engagement rings, diamond settings, and contemporary designs. store page → · open in the atlas → - McGlashen Pottery Nelson / New Zealand / Online
Established in 1980 and now under new owners, McGlashen Pottery hand-makes functional stoneware tableware and shell-inspired bowls in Brightwater, just south of Nelson. Its wares sell through a Shopify store and an on-site gallery that also carries one-off pieces. store page → · open in the atlas → - Milford Galleries Queenstown Queenstown / New Zealand
Milford Galleries Queenstown presents up to twenty solo and curated group exhibitions a year, showing painting, photography, cast glass and large-scale sculpture from artists across Aotearoa New Zealand. In 2025 the gallery moved into a purpose-built space on Gorge Road with three exhibition rooms, and staff also arrange valuations, commissions and worldwide shipping for collectors. store page → · open in the atlas → - Moore Wilson's Te Aro
A locally rooted gourmet destination in the city. A family-owned Wellington food and kitchenware institution. Established 1918. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nelson Merino Nelson / New Zealand / Online
A family-owned business in Stoke, Nelson, Nelson Merino designs and produces New Zealand-made merino knitwear and accessories for men, women and children. Garments are sold through its online store and at the Nelson and Motueka weekend markets. store page → · open in the atlas → - Nin's Bin State Highway 1, north of Kaikoura
A roadside crayfish caravan on State Highway 1 north of Kaikoura, started by Ronald Clark in 1977 and now run by his grandson Johnny Clark, a working commercial fisherman. Crayfish is cooked to order with nothing but mineral water, lemon and garlic butter, following the stand's original method. store page → · open in the atlas → - Ocean Arts Kaikoura West End, Kaikoura
A West End gallery and shop on Kaikoura's main street pairing local painter Jane Riley's work with ocean-themed candles, seashells and jewellery from other regional makers. It operates as a small hub for the town's arts community, stocking pieces made and sourced along the surrounding coast. store page → · open in the atlas → - Of Hand & Heart Warkworth / New Zealand
Rick Urban, a potter, and his wife Mio Endo run this Warkworth gallery representing more than fifty New Zealand and international pottery, ceramic, painting, and jewellery artists. The gallery, tucked down an alley off Queen Street, sells both in person and through its online shop, with new work added regularly. store page → · open in the atlas → - Pacific Jewels – Southern Paua Kaikoura
A family-run paua shell workshop founded in 1987 by Brian and Lisa O'Connor, who moved the business from Riverton to Kaikoura in 1998 to be closer to the coast and its tourist trade. The factory cuts and polishes South Island paua alongside black pearl and mother-of-pearl into necklaces, earrings, buttons and beads on site. store page → · open in the atlas → - Page & Blackmore Booksellers Nelson / New Zealand
A locally owned independent bookshop on Trafalgar Street in Nelson, Page & Blackmore stocks new fiction and non-fiction and runs a loyalty scheme and events. Titles can be browsed in-store or bought through its online shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Paris Georgia Auckland / New Zealand / Online
Contemporary NZ label — luxury, considered pieces grounded in quality and timeless silhouettes. Worn by Emily Ratajkowski and Irina Shayk. store page → · open in the atlas → - Penelope's of Otaki Otaki Village / New Zealand
Penelope's of Otaki is a seven-day women's fashion boutique carrying New Zealand and international labels such as Joseph Ribkoff, Frank Lyman and Lemon Tree. It sells both in store and through its online shop for direct orders, with a strong special-occasion range available to local and remote shoppers. store page → · open in the atlas → - Perriam Wanaka / New Zealand
Perriam is a Central Otago merino label rooted in Bendigo Station, selling knitwear, loungewear, and homeware made from New Zealand wool. The brand runs boutiques in Wanaka and Tarras, both stocked with the same pieces available through its online shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Rakai Jade Rotorua, New Zealand
This Rotorua collective of pounamu carvers handcrafts taonga, Māori treasures shaped from greenstone. An award-winning carver takes bespoke commissions built around each customer's personal story. store page → · open in the atlas → - Rembrandt New Zealand
Wellington-region menswear maker with roots to 1946, when Alex Harrison bought Bert Churchill's Vivian Street tailoring business. The Rembrandt suit brand launched in 1952; renamed Rembrandt Suits Ltd in 1953, now based in Lower Hutt. store page → · open in the atlas → - Rodd & Gunn New Zealand
New Zealand gentleman's outfitter since 1946 — English Pointer crest, premium cotton and merino, leather care and rugged refinement. store page → · open in the atlas → - Rowena Watson Jewellers Christchurch
Rowena Watson Jewellers designs and handcrafts jewellery on site in Christchurch, working with clients from concept through to the finished ring or pendant. The studio specialises in bespoke commissions and reworking older pieces. store page → · open in the atlas → - RUBY Auckland / New Zealand / Online
New Zealand fashion favourite since 2002 — the Matilda Cardigan and Trulli Skirt are viral It pieces. Led by Creative Director Deanna Didovich. store page → · open in the atlas → - Saben Auckland / New Zealand / Online
New Zealand leather bag label for 25 years — pebbled-grain totes and the innovative dipped Reverie release. Designed with the wearer in mind. store page → · open in the atlas → - Shades of Jade Greymouth (Mawhera), West Coast, New Zealand
Catherine and Warren Woollett carve locally sourced pounamu into jewellery and sculpture at their Greymouth studio. They specialise in Flower Jade, a green stone flecked with gold or white markings found near the town. store page → · open in the atlas → - She Universe Riverside Market & Governors Bay
She Universe handcrafts fine chocolate at its kitchens in Ohinetahi, Governors Bay, producing bars, hot chocolate, and vegan and fair-trade ranges. Its chocolateries include a laneway shop at Riverside Market plus outlets in Beckenham and Lyttelton. store page → · open in the atlas → - Slow Boat Records Cuba Street
Slow Boat Records is one of Wellington’s longest-running independent record shops, founded in 1985. The Cuba Street store carries new and used vinyl and CDs across a broad range of genres and remains a practical stop for browsing local as well as international music. store page → · open in the atlas → - Smith's Bookshop Christchurch
Smith's Bookshop is a long-running Christchurch secondhand bookseller carrying a large general stock of used, antiquarian, and rare titles. It is one of the city's established secondhand book destinations. store page → · open in the atlas → - Splendid Photo Wellington
Splendid Photo is an independent New Zealand analog-photography specialist with film processing and scanning services as well as cameras, film and accessories. Its Wellington presence is useful both for buying supplies and for getting film developed. store page → · open in the atlas → - Stitchcraft Nelson / New Zealand
A yarn, fabric and craft-supply shop in the Nelson-Tasman region, Stitchcraft also makes bespoke handmade gifts and offers made-to-measure sewing, repairs and alterations. Its handmade goods and supplies are sold in-store and through a direct online shop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Stolen Girlfriends Club Auckland / New Zealand / Online
New Zealand punk-rock fashion — eccentric clothing, jewellery, and accessories with a rebellious spirit. store page → · open in the atlas → - The Binding Studio Auckland / New Zealand
The Binding Studio is run by Louise James from her home studio in the Waitakere Ranges west of Auckland. store page → · open in the atlas → - Tom's Emporium Cranford Street, Redwood
Tom's Emporium on Cranford Street in Redwood is an independent variety store stocking fabrics, haberdashery, art and craft supplies, party goods, and household hardware. The shop supplies local school productions with costume and prop materials. store page → · open in the atlas → - Untouched World Christchurch
Grown from Peri Drysdale's Christchurch knitwear company Snowy Peak, Untouched World makes merino and possum-blend clothing manufactured in New Zealand. The brand runs its flagship store and café in Christchurch. store page → · open in the atlas → - Vū Jewellers Queenstown / New Zealand
Vu Jewellers hand-crafts engagement rings and bespoke pieces in its Queenstown workshop using ethically sourced gemstones and Otago gold, selling finished designs like the Hula and Blossom collections through its online shop and in-person consultations. The team welcomes both custom commissions and browsing of ready-made jewelry. store page → · open in the atlas → - Waka Gallery Queenstown / New Zealand
Since opening with a Blue Pearl exhibition in 2011, Waka Gallery has sold opals, Tahitian and New Zealand blue pearls, and pounamu jade sculptures carved on-site by owner Rob Lynes and his team in Queenstown. The Pacific-themed shop doubles as a gallery, with life-size whale sculptures overhead and pounamu carving demonstrated in house. store page → · open in the atlas → - Wellington Chocolate Factory Wellington / New Zealand
New Zealand's original craft chocolate maker, Wellington Chocolate Factory makes bean-to-bar chocolate sourced entirely from Pacific Island growers at its Te Aro retail location on Eva Street. The shop is open Tuesday to Sunday and also runs chocolate-making experiences and ships bars and gifts through its online store. store page → · open in the atlas → - Wild Wheat Auckland / New Zealand
Wild Wheat began in 1999 as a wholesale operation out of a small factory in East Tamaki, Auckland, supplying bread to the city's restaurants and cafes before it ever had a retail counter of its own. store page → · open in the atlas → - Wools of Wanaka Wanaka / New Zealand
This family-owned Wanaka business knits merino wool and possum fur into clothing, accessories, and yarn for men, women, children, and babies. Shoppers can browse the collection at the store on Helwick Street or order online with international shipping. store page → · open in the atlas → - Working Style New Zealand
New Zealand tailoring and menswear retailer operating since 1987, founded by brothers Chris and Tim Dobbs starting from a Parnell Road, Auckland store. Now six stores across Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, offering suits, made-to-measure and casualwear. store page → · open in the atlas → - Wynn Hamlyn Auckland / New Zealand / Online
Auckland-based brand (2015) — plays between playfulness and relaxed silhouettes. Slouchy tailored trousers, fun knitwear, and grey-area design. store page → · open in the atlas → - Yu Mei New Zealand / Online
New Zealand handbag label — South Island Deer Nappa leather, transforming by-products into luxurious, durable staples. Totes, clutches, and top-handle bags. store page → · open in the atlas → - Zambesi Store Ponsonby, Auckland
Zambesi is a New Zealand fashion label (trading as "Zambesi since 79") producing avant-garde women's and men's ready-to-wear, knitwear, footwear and accessories. The Ponsonby store also curates international designers including Comme des Garçons, Dries Van Noten, Rick Owens and Acne Studios. store page → · open in the atlas → - Zealong Tea Estate Hamilton / New Zealand
Zealong began in 1996 when Vincent Chen and his father, convinced the Waikato region's climate could support real tea cultivation, imported 1,500 tea cuttings from leading tea-growing regions across Asia. store page → · open in the atlas → - Ziggurat Cuba Street
Ziggurat has sold vintage fashion on Wellington’s Cuba Street since 1980, alongside selected contemporary labels and consignment. The long-running shop is strongest for one-off clothing and accessories with a more curated edit than a general thrift store. store page → · open in the atlas →