TopmaQ on Main South Road in Hornby is the Christchurch branch of a five-store New Zealand network built around one practical idea: equipping whatever the job demands. This is a big, hands-on store for people who build, fix, grow and make — tradespeople picking up cordless drills and fasteners, farmers sorting fencing and tractor gear, loggers kitting out for the bush, and homeowners tackling the garage, garden or a long-overdue project.
The range is unusually broad. It spans power tools and hand tools, fasteners and electrical supplies, generators, lawnmowers and garden power gear, chainsaws and log splitters, water and fuel pumps, concrete equipment, hydraulic and automotive workshop kit, trailers, and storage solutions from tool boxes to lockers. Add camping gear, garden sheds, sprayers, spa pool accessories, dehumidifiers and material handling equipment, and it's the kind of place where a single trip can serve half a dozen projects at once.
The TopmaQ website mirrors the store's breadth with clearly organised categories, a Deals section for current specials and a New section for recent arrivals, so you can shortlist before heading to Hornby. Whether you're a professional after dependable site gear or a weekend maker chasing the right tool for the task, this is a store set up around getting things done.
On Main South Road in Hornby, TopmaQ's Christchurch store does what its name suggests on a grand scale: it keeps the tools, machines and hardware flowing to the people who need them. As one of five TopmaQ stores across New Zealand, the Hornby branch brings one of the country's most extensive equipment catalogues to local tradespeople, farmers, loggers and hands-on homeowners — a single destination where a builder, a lifestyle blocker and a weekend renovator could all shop the same aisles and each leave with exactly what they came for.
The first thing visitors notice is sheer breadth. The Tools range alone spans power tools — drills and drivers, cordless ranges, saws and cutting gear, grinders, polishers and sanders — plus every accessory category you'd expect, from grinding discs and blades to router bits and brushes. Hand tools run from spanners, socket sets and screwdrivers through hammers, pliers, chisels, clamps, punches, riveters and tap and die sets, with metal detectors and inspection tools covering the more specialist corners.
Fasteners get their own department — nuts, bolts, screws, washers, seals and O-rings, springs, pins and electrical components — alongside a proper electrical section with testing equipment, insulated hand tools, fuses, terminals, shrink wrap, cables and plugs. Petrol and electric engines and motors, and the oil to keep them running, sit within reach of nearly every department.
Home and garden shoppers have plenty of ground to cover: generators, gate openers and garage doors; garden hand and power tools; lawnmowers and leaf blowers and vacuums; weed control, sprayers and sprinklers; spa pool accessories, home electronics, camping gear, garden sheds and trolleys and carts.
For farming and lifestyle blocks the range steps up to PTO and tractor equipment, ATV gear, fencing and gates, machinery, spreaders, livestock management equipment, trailers, and fuel pumps and tanks with matching hoses and fittings. Construction needs are answered with ladders, scaffolds and supports, compactors, excavators and diggers, earthmoving and lifting equipment, brick and tile tools, and a full concrete lineup — mixers, vibrators, cutting and grinding gear, floats and screeds.
The automotive and workshop section is a destination in its own right: air compressors, air tools, abrasive blasting and spraying equipment; workshop cranes and hoists, presses and parts washers; jacks, stands and dollies, tyre equipment, ramps, winches, and battery chargers and testers. Hydraulic kit covers benders, crimpers, cutters, jacks, presses, pumps, rams and gear pullers, with trailer parts, cargo carriers and tarpaulins close by.
Logging is treated as a full discipline rather than an afterthought — chainsaws, conveyors, log handlers and tools, log saws and splitters, log storage, oils and sharpening equipment. The pump range is one of the broadest parts of the catalogue: fuel pumps and tanks, plus water pumps spanning 12V, booster, deep well, general purpose, petrol powered, pool, pressure tank, submersible and firefighting setups, with tanks, hoses and fittings to match.
Material handling rounds things out with forklifts and attachments, pallet trucks, trolleys, hoists, cranes, scissor lifts, load skates and weigh scales, while storage solutions stretch from tool boxes and cabinets to workshop benches, storage bins, vehicle storage including aluminium ute boxes and bike racks, display counters, safety cabinets and lockers. Heating and ventilation is covered too, with dehumidifiers, carpet dryers and ducting.
TopmaQ's website organises all of this into clearly browsable categories, with a Deals section for current specials and a New section highlighting the latest arrivals — handy for shortlisting before a visit to the Hornby store. A store locator lists all five New Zealand locations for shoppers further afield.
For Christchurch locals, the appeal is straightforward: one trip, one roof, and a range that stretches from a replacement drill bit to a concrete vibrator or a firefighting pump. Whether the job is a fence line, a workshop bench, a firewood pile or a full build, Hornby's TopmaQ is set up to send you home with the right gear for it.