Vic's Butchery is a butcher shop at 154 Upper Broadway in Kaikohe, the Far North's main inland town, carrying a 4.4 Google rating. A good butcher earns their keep at the counter. Tell them what you are cooking — a slow braise, a Sunday roast, sausages for the barbecue — and they can steer you to the right cut: beef shin or chuck that rewards long, gentle cooking, or a lamb shoulder that forgives an uncertain roast cook. Most will cut to order, trim and tie a roast, or mince to your liking, and a small-town counter is the place to ask what came in fresh this week rather than settling for the pre-packed shelf. Regulars tend to order ahead before the busy seasons, when hams and Christmas roasts fill the chiller. Sitting on Kaikohe's main street, Vic's is an easy stop for locals doing the week's meat order and travellers passing through the mid-north.