Kiwi Plaza Souvenir Hypermart Northcote Shop is the North Auckland branch of Kiwi Plaza, a souvenir and gift retailer founded in 1993. It's one of four Kiwi Plaza stores in Auckland, alongside the City head shop, the East Auckland Meadowland shop, and the Highland Park shop.
Kiwi Plaza is dedicated to a full range of New Zealand products, including health products, deer products, skin care products, wool and sheepskin products, jewelry and Maori carvings. The company has operated for more than twenty years with strong support from New Zealand's Chinese community, and describes itself as one of the most popular souvenir shops in Auckland.
Kiwi Plaza also acts as the agent for a number of brands. Best Health and Altair are its agent brands for health food, covering more than 300 products that are 100% New Zealand made. NewIcon, Eden Garden, Just Beauty, Progenic and AEON are its agent brands for skin care and beauty products. The company's stated business concept is offering the highest quality at the lowest price with the best service, alongside an online store for shopping from anywhere.
Kiwi Plaza Souvenir Hypermart's Northcote Shop is part of a four-store Auckland network run by Kiwi Plaza, a souvenir and gift retailer founded in 1993. Alongside Northcote, Kiwi Plaza operates a City head shop, an East Auckland Meadowland shop, and a Highland Park shop.
Kiwi Plaza has been trading for more than twenty years, built up with strong support from New Zealand's Chinese community, and describes itself as one of Auckland's most popular souvenir shops. The company's stated approach centres on keeping costs and advertising spend low so it can offer competitive retail prices, aiming for a cycle where lower prices bring in more customers, which in turn brings down purchasing costs further.
The Northcote store, like Kiwi Plaza's other locations, stocks a wide spread of New Zealand-made and New Zealand-sourced goods: health products, deer products, skin care products, wool and sheepskin products, jewelry, and Maori carvings. It's a catalogue built to cover both practical New Zealand specialty items and gift-shop souvenirs under one roof.
Kiwi Plaza acts as the New Zealand agent for a handful of specific brands. Best Health and Altair cover health food, together spanning more than 300 products that are 100% made in New Zealand, developed and produced using advanced manufacturing, filling and packaging techniques. On the skincare side, NewIcon, Eden Garden, Just Beauty, Progenic and AEON are all agent brands Kiwi Plaza has represented for between three and ten years, each focused on beauty and skin care products.
Beyond its physical Auckland stores, Kiwi Plaza also runs an online shop, giving customers the option to browse and buy from anywhere rather than needing to visit one of the four locations in person.
Kiwi Plaza sums up its approach simply: the highest quality with the lowest price and the best service. It's a philosophy the company says has let it maintain a positive cycle over two decades - larger sales volumes bringing down purchase costs, which get passed on as lower retail prices, which in turn draw more customers.
Kiwi Plaza's Northcote Shop is located at 17 Pearn Place, Northcote Shopping Centre, Northcote, Auckland. Specific opening hours aren't published in the content available for this listing, so anyone planning a visit is best to call ahead and confirm current hours. For New Zealand souvenirs, health products, skincare, wool and sheepskin goods, jewelry or Maori carvings in North Auckland, the Northcote store offers the same full Kiwi Plaza range found across the company's other Auckland locations.