A family-run optometry practice at 3 Walters Road in Mount Eden, Auckland, Hunt & Gaunt has been in Mount Eden since 1995 and has a second branch in Titirangi, opened in 2001. The owner is an optometrist who has practised since 1985. The practice offers full eye examinations for children and adults, which take about 45 minutes, and it can do home visits if needed. It also advises on frames and lenses, and it stocks fashionable and functional frames for a range of budgets.
Contact lens fitting is a particular strength. The practice fits soft disposable lenses, two-weekly and monthly lenses, and rigid gas-permeable lenses, and it offers trials for first-time wearers. For children with short-sightedness, it fits MiSight daily disposable lenses, which the website says can slow myopia progression in most children. Children under 16 can be eligible for a subsidy. The practice is not open every Saturday, so the website asks people to phone the Mount Eden branch on (09) 630 3785 before visiting on a Saturday.