Zaks Barber Shop is a barber on Trafford Street in Harewood, Christchurch, and its customers rate it 4.9 on Google. It sits in the city's north, handy for locals in Harewood and the surrounding streets. A good barber cuts for how your hair actually behaves — cowlicks, growth patterns, the way a fade grows out over the weeks — and the best ones ask how you wear it at home before picking up the scissors. Regulars tend to stay with one barber for years, because it's the second and third cuts where the precision shows: the neckline holds its edge longer and the shape sits right between visits. When trying someone new, judge the finishing around the ears and edges, where care or its absence is easiest to spot. For Harewood locals, a neighbourhood barber with that kind of steady rating just around the corner is exactly what you want.