Prime Homekills is a home kill butcher on Depot Street in Mangakakahi, Rotorua, with a perfect 5.0 rating from nine Google reviews. Customers praise the sausages and beer sticks, spotless premises, and meat packaged to a high standard, with Tony and Troy noted for friendly service, even on unannounced calls with small jobs.
Home kill butchery is a distinctly New Zealand trade: farmers and lifestylers bring their own livestock to be slaughtered, dressed and returned as freezer-ready cuts, since home-killed meat is for the owner's own use rather than for resale. A good home kill butcher handles the whole job, from humane killing and ageing to cutting to your instructions and turning trim into sausages and smoked sticks, all labelled and packed to keep well. Regulars book ahead, particularly in autumn, and settle sausage recipes and smoking options early.
For Rotorua locals wanting their own animals handled cleanly and carefully, Prime Homekills comes warmly recommended by those who use it.