Absolute Meats is a butcher at 109 Hakiaha St, Taoroa Junction, in the Rangitikei district, with a perfect 5.0 rating from 37 Google reviews. A good butcher earns their keep at the block rather than the till. Expect to be asked how you plan to cook something before any knife comes out, and to be steered towards a cheaper cut when it will do the job better — chuck that collapses into a braise, lamb shoulder left on the bone, sausages with a high meat content and little else. Most will also trim, portion or bone out to order, whether it's a single roast or a freezer filled for winter. Regulars tend to skip the list and ask what came in this week, and in farming country like the Rangitikei, that conversation is half the point of a local butcher. For Taoroa Junction and the wider Rangitikei, a butcher this well reviewed on Hakiaha St is a genuinely handy neighbour.