Thoresen's Butchery is a supermarket on the High Street in Dannevirke, Tararua, holding a 3.0 Google rating from two reviews.
A good small-town butchery lives or dies by its meat cabinet: the beef and lamb are often grown on farms just over the hill, and the person behind the counter can usually tell you what came in this week. Regulars ask for cuts trimmed or sliced to order, watch for house-made sausages and bacon, and shop early on a Saturday before the popular pieces go. In towns the size of Dannevirke, the butchery and the supermarket are often one and the same — fresh meat up front, pantry staples down the aisle, and a bit of a chat while it's wrapped.
Thoresen's Butchery sits on Dannevirke's High Street, in the heart of Tararua's sheep-and-beef country — precisely the sort of town where a butcher's name on the awning still counts for something.