Kohi Fresh Fish & Takeaways is a fish and chip shop on Melanesia Road in Saint Heliers, on Auckland's eastern bays, with a 4.7 rating on Google. Its menu is listed online. Good takeaway fish lives or dies on freshness: fish fried to order rather than sitting under a warmer, batter that comes out crisp rather than soggy, chips with a proper golden crust and a fluffy middle. The habit regulars learn is to ask what's freshest that day rather than ordering blindly off the board, and to expect a short wait at teatime when everything is cooked on the spot. In a seaside suburb the real test is simple: whether the parcel is still worth eating by the time you've carried it to the water. A short stroll from the Saint Heliers waterfront, this is a handy stop for a paper-wrapped dinner by the sea.