Malu is a fish and chips shop at 22A Kamara Road in Mangakura, Rodney, carrying a 5.0 Google rating.
Good fish and chips come down to timing and oil: fish cooked to order so the batter sets thin and crisp rather than soggy, and chips fried in clean, hot fat, fluffy inside and golden out. The tells of a good shop are steady turnover and parcels handed straight from the fryer, so eat soon and eat from the paper while the crunch lasts. In New Zealand the classic counter runs wider than fish, with potato fritters and hot dogs sharing the menu, and in quiet rural districts the local fish shop often doubles as the neighbourhood meeting point.
For a scattered corner of Rodney like Mangakura, a five-star fish and chips on Kamara Road looks like just the sort of fixture worth calling in on.