The Dusty Apron is a bakery at 163H Marua Road in Mount Marua, Upper Hutt, holding a perfect 5.0 rating on Google. Small suburban bakeries live by their mornings: most bake before dawn, so the shelves are fullest and the bread still warm early in the day, and the best loaves and pies are often gone by mid-afternoon. The tell of a good one is what runs out first, and regulars learn that rhythm quickly, timing their visits around it. It always pays to ask what is baked on the premises rather than brought in, since most bakeries do some of both and the difference shows in the crust. For anyone out Mount Marua way, a five-star local bakery is a good reason to time the errands around a fresh-baked run.