Oranga Takeaways is a takeaway shop at 20 Waitangi Rd in Onehunga, Auckland, holding a five-star Google rating from its first review. Any good takeaway lives or dies on freshness: the better shops cook to order, so a short wait at the counter usually means your fish and chips come straight from the fryer rather than sitting under a warmer. Fried food is at its best in the first few minutes, so eat it soon after you get it. Regulars tend to phone orders ahead on busy evenings — Friday nights especially — and judge a shop by whether the batter comes up crisp and pale gold rather than dark and heavy. A steady queue of locals at dinnertime is often the surest sign of a good counter. For a hot feed on the way home, Oranga Takeaways is a handy stop on Onehunga's Waitangi Rd.