Pakuranga Bakery is a neighbourhood bakery at 107 Ti Rakau Drive in Pakuranga, Auckland, rated 4.5 from 251 Google reviews. A good neighbourhood bakery is judged by what comes out of the oven that morning, so timing matters: bread and pies are at their best soon after baking, and the popular lines are often gone by mid-afternoon. The pie warmer is a fair guide — steady turnover means nothing sits around long — and in New Zealand the mince and cheese pie is the classic test of a bakery's craft. Sausage rolls, cream buns and lamingtons are the other staples that keep locals coming back through the week. Regulars tend to order what the person ahead of them in the queue is having, and to ask what came out fresh today. For a hot pie or a fresh loaf in east Auckland, this Ti Rakau Drive address is a handy local stop.