Kindred Road is a homewares and furniture store with a café, at the corner of Queen Street East and Karamu Road in Hastings. It sits in the old Tribune Complex at 201 Queen Street East, once the newsroom and printing plant for the Hawke's Bay Tribune, and the flagship store is set in a building that the website says is full of natural light.
The store sells modern furniture and homewares from local, domestic and international makers, with most homewares made by local or Pacific artists. The café serves coffee roasted locally, with ceramic cups made in Auckland, and the lemonade is made from scratch. The website says at least 75 per cent of its products come from Hawke's Bay or New Zealand businesses. Visitors can browse the store, sit down for coffee or lunch, and see the pieces in person. Our view is that it is a relaxed place to browse and have a coffee in Hastings.