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# Doina - Guide for Newcomers to New Zealand (Auckland)

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###### Doina - Guide for Newcomers to New Zealand (Auckland)

**Neighborhood Supermarkets:**

**Pak'nSave** – cheap, but it looks a bit industrial. The basic goods are the same as elsewhere, but sometimes it has very good discounts and promotions.

**New World** – owned by the same corporation as Pak'nSave, but they have a wider range of products and the stores look more modern.

**Countdown** – middle-of-the-road supermarket, some are better stocked than others, depending on the area and size.

**Four Square** – owned by the same company as Countdown, but the stores are smaller and have fewer products.

**Costco** – one store in Auckland, located in Westgate. To shop there, an annual membership is required ($60 per household). Prices are good, but the products are large or jumbo-sized (similar to Metro).

**Furniture and Home Products:**

**Farmers** – NZ department store – furniture, electronics, kitchen utensils.

**The Warehouse** – furniture and other useful products at very low prices.

**Briscoes** – kitchen and home products, always having sales.

**Bunnings and Mitre10** – DIY shops with materials, tools, and hardware (similar to Dedeman and Bricostore in Romania).

**Freedom Furniture** – higher quality furniture.

**Spotlight** – home items, materials, haberdashery, pretty much everything you need for the house.

**Harvey Norman** – furniture and appliances, electronics, televisions, etc. Pretty much everything that plugs into the wall.

**Noel Leeming** – home appliances.

**PB Tech** – electronics and everything related to computers.

**Bookstores:**

The largest bookstores are in malls (Whitcoulls, Paper Plus), but they have a more commercial appearance.

**Unity Books** (in the city)

**Time-out Bookstore** (in Mount Eden)

**Lamplight Books** (in Parnell)

Locuri de mers cu copiii (în Akl):

Kelly Tarlton's (acvariu) -[https://www.visitsealife.com/auckland/)](https://www.visitsealife.com/auckland/\)).

Auckland Zoo ([https://www.aucklandzoo.co.nz/)](https://www.aucklandzoo.co.nz/\))

MOTAT (https://www.motat.nz/) - Museum of Transport   
and Technology - foarte interactiv.

Rainbow's End (https://rainbowsend.co.nz/) - parc de   
distracții.

Auckland Museum ([https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/)](https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/\)).

Butterfly Creek (https://www.butterflycreek.co.nz/)

**Gourmet and Specialty Stores:**

**Aussie Butcher** ([https://theaussiebutcher.com/](https://theaussiebutcher.com/)) – a butcher shop with a wide variety of meat products. They have stores in almost all major neighborhoods.

**Farro Fresh** ([https://www.farro.co.nz/](https://www.farro.co.nz/)) – quality goods, above average, including European products, but a bit more expensive. They have several stores in Auckland.

**Skazka** ([https://www.skazka.co.nz/](https://www.skazka.co.nz/)) – an Eastern European store, with products including those from Romania. They have one store in Newmarket.

**Howick Village Grocer** (33 Picton Street, Howick) – fresh vegetables, European products, and a wide variety of cheeses.

**EURODELL Fine Foods Retail Store** ([https://eurodell.co.nz/](https://eurodell.co.nz/)) – a store with high-quality European products.

**Gastronomy** ([https://gastronomy.nz/](https://gastronomy.nz/)) – a Russian store, with all kinds of delicious items (they have their own kitchen and make fresh products every day, such as pies, salads, cakes, etc.).

**Hesari Supermarket** ([https://hesarionline.co.nz/](https://hesarionline.co.nz/)) – Mediterranean & Middle Eastern. Many products we're familiar with, including Ariel detergent. It is located in Wairau Park, North Shore.

**Taste Greece** ([https://tastegreece.co.nz/](https://tastegreece.co.nz/)) – a Greek store in Browns Bay.

**Bin Inn** ([https://www.bininn.co.nz/](https://www.bininn.co.nz/)) – pantry goods: nuts, seeds, spices, flour, corn grits (or polenta), niche items, etc.

**Abella Foods** – 14 Cortina Place, Pakuranga – many Romanian products, including vanilla sugar and zacusca.

**Malls, Shopping:**

Each larger suburb has its own mall, and the most famous ones would be:

**Westfield Newmarket** – by far the nicest mall in Auckland.

**Sylvia Park** – the only one with Zara.

**Smith and Caughey** – department store in the city, on Queen Street (very old, in a historic building), and in Newmarket.

**David Jones** – Australian department store, in the Newmarket mall.

**Market (only on weekends):**

Unfortunately, there is no market like in Romania.

**Matakana Farmers Market**

**Gastromarket Parnell**

**Takapuna Market**

**Howick Market**

**Clevedon Farmers Market**

**Parks and Nature (Day Trips):**

**Cornwall Park** – a special park, it's very large, and you can even see sheep and cows grazing.

**Auckland Domain** (where the Auckland Museum is located).

**Long Bay Regional Park**

**Shakespeare Park**

**Goat Island**

**Piha, Muriwai**

**Rotorua**

**Taupo** (in the center of the North Island)

**Bay of Islands** (in the north)

**Karangahake Gorge** (a gorge through the mountains, with a gold mine, tunnels, and history) – towards the southeast (140 km from central Auckland).

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