Port Hills Minimart is a dairy on Port Hills Road in Heathcote, Christchurch, carrying a 4.2 Google rating. A good dairy is a neighbourhood's quiet workhorse: somewhere to walk to when the bread runs out, the kids want an ice block, or dinner turns out to be one ingredient short. In hillside suburbs like Heathcote, where the shops sit down the valley and the supermarket is a proper drive, that corner-store role matters more than it does in the flat. Prices usually run a little above the chains — the trade-off for minutes instead of miles — and the shelves lean towards the essentials: milk, bread, snacks and cold drinks. Regulars tend to judge a dairy on the small things: how early the milk lands, how cold the fridge runs, and the greeting at the counter. For homes tucked under the Port Hills, Port Hills Minimart is that dependable walk-around-the-corner shop.