Ponderosa Dairy Shop is a neighbourhood dairy at 167 Hall Avenue in Favona, Manukau, holding a 3.9 rating from 22 Google reviews, several of which mention counter service that can be distracted. Dairies are the corner shops New Zealand neighbourhoods run on: milk, bread, ice creams, lollies and the odds and ends you need tonight rather than on a weekly supermarket run. Expect small aisles, counter service and prices a step above the supermarket, because what you are paying for is distance and opening hours rather than bargains. A good dairy lives on its regulars, so how the counter is run, from a greeting to serving people in turn, counts for as much as the stock on the shelves. For Favona locals, this is the walk-up shop on Hall Avenue for when the milk runs out.