5 stores · curated ORBIS register
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.
Best for New Zealand-made homeware and provisions
Cuba Street
Wellington Apothecary handcrafts plant-based skincare, herbal teas, and tonics in Wellington, New Zealand. Founded by herbalists Jemma Scott, Laura Jansen, and Chantal Cropp in 2014, it also runs a naturopathy clinic and workshops.
Best for Wellington Apothecary handcrafts plant-based skincare, herbal teas, and tonics in Wellington
Wellington Apothecary began in 2014, when herbalists Jemma Scott, Laura Jansen, and Chantal Cropp decided Wellington needed a source of plant medicine actually made by people trained in it. Over a decade later, the trio still formulates the shop's skincare, herbal teas, tonics, and aromatherapy blends by hand, drawing on both Western herbalism and, in products like their Kawakawa Balm, native New Zealand plants. The range spans facial oils and creams — the Restore Facial Oil and Calendula Rose Soothing Skin Cream are among the bestsellers — through to sleep and stress blends like the Sleep Roll On, plus a full apothecary of loose-leaf herbal teas and tonics sold both online and from the Wellington shop. The business has grown into more than a retail counter: it now houses a naturopathy and holistic-therapies clinic offering facials, massage, and counselling, alongside bespoke tea-blending sessions and workshops where customers learn to make their own remedies. It's a model built on the idea that wellness products work better when the people selling them can also explain, in clinical detail, why a calendula cream or a kawakawa balm does what it does.
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.
Best for Manuka honey and native botanical skincare
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.
Best for Beyond the tasting room, the full range of honey, comb
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.
Best for Beauty & wellness, organic skincare, seaweed spa range
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