Buy Christchurch Made

One year on from that devastaing earthquake, and there is still so much hardship.

Many businesses received 'Business Interruption Cover' from their insurers, but this normally lasts only one year. So that will be ending now, meaning that year two could be much tougher.

We can help in practical way by supporting our Christchurch manufacturers.

We encourage everyone to help out by  promoting and purchasing Christchurch made goods.

Here is a selection of our Christchurch made gifts:

Pewter Kina Trinket Box

Pewter Wine Stopper

Hand blown glass Koru - Email us for details

Rimu Koru Clock

Boxed Rimu Koru Clock

Oilskin Toiletry Bag

Oilskin & Leather Folding Travel Bag

Manuka Honey

Native Honey Gift Pack

Wooden Fly fishing landing net

The Knives are out

The Knives are out....of the box and onto the website!

The diversity of products made in New Zealand can be a little suprising....did you know we had a fantastic Pewter manufacturer tucked away in the South Island.

And new on the site from them, are these fantastic knives, which make superb slim light gifts, that are easy to carry or post.

 Pewter & Stainless Pate Knife in Pewter Design

A lovely little butter knife or pate knife, is a great little 'hostess' gift. Last  year one of our corporate clients teamed it up with a large end grain board to make a great antipasto set.

For our business and Corporate customers the Paper Knife in a green suede-like pouch is a practical gift. (But please not for Asian recipients, where you will be inadvertently indicating you wish to 'sever the relationship').

Pewter & Stainless Paper Knife

Modern pewter which these are made from,  does not include lead as a component, so is safe to handle. The knives have imported  'Sheffield' stainless steel blades. Both feature a lovely scroll Koru design. We are delighted to add these to our selection of NZ gifts online.

Star Quality Savar Travel set

Every so often we come across a new product range with star quality. The Savar range of skincare is one of those.

The Savar Travel Skincare set

Sophisticated NZ made products which we think you will be hearing a lot about. Simply beautiful natural and organic skincare products. We love the Travellers set, which includes:

• Advanced Hand Repair
• Energising Body Wash
• Multi Toner
• Nourishing Body Lotion
• Luxury Face Wash

With travellers firmly in mind, these are presented in 30ml bottles, which are an airline friendly size. Even more thought has gone into the simple locking cap, which prevents "ooze" during flight or rough baggage handling.

This set is worth $89.00, but now is on an introductory offer of $69.00

Simple stylish Travel Set packaging

While the Travellers Set is a niche part of their range, remember the name 'Savar'; we think you will be hearing a lot more about them.

The Folding Travel Bag

A folding travel bag has to be one of the most useful travel accessories for a travelling shopaholic.

This oilskin and leather bag is one of our most popular NZ made products. It starts off  deceptively small bag, and unfolds into a weekender size bag, perfect for overflow luggage. It is rugged enough to be used as a piece of luggage. Made from oilskin with leather trim, it has a masculine appeal, (although we sell many to women too).

Folding Travel Bag

The 'Travel Gadget' column of the NZ Herald had this to say about it : "It's the traveller's curse to be constantly falling over exciting purchases that you know will never fit into the already bulging suitcase. However, help is at hand"..."the bag folds up into a compact handbag size which is easily carried or packed. When opened its dimensions are a whopping 53x29x23cms...The oilskin gives it a tough, outdoorsy look"





For the complete gift set, consider teaming it up with a matching mens toiletry bag.

Oilskin & Leather Toiletry Bag

Feather weight gifts to send to faraway friends

This time of year the wallet starts to take a hammering. Here is our pick of some of the new and lovely gifts, along with some old favourites, which will not cost an arm and a leg to post. So you get to spend your money on the gift and not the postage.

Don't forget, we will gift wrap beautifully, and hand write a greeting card for no extra cost, so you can get the whole job done with a few clicks of your mouse.

Delightful 'Fairy on Kina' Trinket Box

Elegant NZ greenstone drop earrings

Award winning Bennetts of Mangawhai chocolates

Quirky NZ candles in tins

Craig Potton CD Size desk Calendars

Hand Woven Flax Fibre Kiwi

Oilskin & Leather Toiletry bag

Cowhide & Lambswool Slippers

Cute little wooden boxes

Set of Paua magnets

Keyring - just in case they forgot who won!

Light & Beautifully boxed coasters

Set of 3 Pohutukawa tiles in woven box

 

 

 

 

 

Doing Santa's work

Unless you are aged under 10, no-one really wants to know how many sleeps there are until Christmas. All us adults want to know is come Christmas morning, is that we haven't forgotten anyone, and the gifts have been received.

New Zealand Post wants to make sure your gifts arrive in plenty of time and has published the following lists of dates:

                                                                           FOR CHRISTMAS 2011
                                                    Australia          South Pacific, East Asia      Rest of World

                                                                                North America, UK

                                                                                          Europe

International Economy           Fri 2 Dec                 Fri 25 Nov                          Mon 21 Nov

Air International                      Fri 9 Dec                Fri 2 Dec                             Mon 28 Nov

Economy Courier                   Wed 14 Dec            Fri 9 Dec                             N/A

Express Courier                      Fri 16 Dec               Wed 14 Dec                       Mon 12 Dec

We use Air International. And remember when purchasing our NZ gifts online anything we send overseas for you will be exempt of GST, so you get to save the GST.

Santa will be pleased!

These make me smile just looking at them...

Candles in tins

These little NZ candles in tins are just gorgeous.

Fun quirky illustrations by Timo Rinnali means the tins will be kept long after the Pohutukawa fragrance has gone.

The range includes all our favourite places (Mt Maunganui, Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch & Milford Sound) plus our other great love Rugby, and of course the patriotic flag and anthem design.

We think a few of these will be winging themselves around the world as cheerful little New Zealand Souvenirs.

New Daily deals on NZ gifts online

 

NZ nature wall art tiles

With the silly season fast aproaching, we have brought back daily deals on our gorgeous New Zealand gifts. Every single day in November we will have a product on a fantastic deal. But each deal lasts for one day only, or until stock is sold out. Today we have 33% off these fantasic wall art tiles. 

In the last few days we have had half price deals on other terrific products as below. You will need to check our homepage or facebook page daily to keep up with the play. And remember, when you buy NZ gifts online and ask us to deliver them overseas, you will save yourself the GST too.

Paua Magnets

Coast Outdoor Weekender Bag

Cheese Board inlaid with paua & Cheese knife

Rugby Art and Auckland Art by Rowan Forbes

Our 'Pop-up' store is full of some gorgeous pieces of art. Included is a selection of Rugby Art by Auckland artist, print maker and sculptor Rowan Forbes. His original art includes a piece names 'Haka' (no prizes for guessing the subject of that one), but he has captured the energy of that time honoured tradition. The fiercely contested matches between Australia and New Zealand teams are depicted in a larger piece, 'Try Time'.

European rugby fans will love the smaller painting in our window called 'England vs Italy'. These are one off original paintings, available for just a few weeks via our pop-up store, and would make a truly special reminder of time spent in Auckland during the Rugby World Cup.

Rowan's bold use of colour has also been put to superb effect in his prints  which show 'Auckland - City of Sails' in full colour regatta. His depiction of New Zealand crams all the memories of a trip around NZ into one colourful poster, and is a fantastic momento for any child's bedroom.

You will find our mini rugby art gallery at 2 Queen St,  (between the Britomart Train Station and the RWC Fan Base until October 23rd. After that we are back to  our online home base, www.newzealandshowcase.com.

We have "popped up"

Art Glass Platter, wall tiles and a bronze creepy crawly

Our all time favourite possum and merino wool scarf

We have popped up! Yes we have temporarily  joined the real world of bricks and motar retail. If you are not familiar with the term 'pop-up' shop, it is one of the latest retail trends, where a vacant retail space temporarily becomes a shop. So here we are "popped-up" in a great space in down town Auckland.

Gorgeous platters, and designer Kiwiana tea towels

With a speedy paint job of the walls, and a fast and furious set up, it is a wonderful opportunity to view our beautiful NZ made products in the gallery-like setting they deserve.

Gourmet NZ made products

With the main fan base of the Rugby World Cup just a hop, skip and jump from our door, we are enjoying the buskers, and being a part of all the energy this world class event brings to Auckland. And of course the visitors from around the world are enjoying our terrific New Zealand souvenirs.

Set of three dipping bowls

So if you are in Auckland, you will find us between the Britomart train station and the Cloud Fan Base, but not for long. After that, like any great event , we will just be left with our memories, and the photos.