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Cue the Macklemore flashbacks. It's clear that thrift shopping—correction, op shopping—is f**kin’ awesome. Especially in Auckland, with the best op shops per capita, so we say. 

Few things in life come close to the excitement of receiving jewellery. The box, the silky lining, the glamour of it all—nothing compares. Here are a few of our favourite jewellers in Tāmaki Makaurau for you to chase that thrill. 

When it comes to finding beautiful gems, trinkets, and treasures, look no further than New Zealand’s best jewellers. From a little to-me-from-me piece to finding the ring for your loved one, there’s a shiny keepsake waiting to be uncovered. 

Easter is fast approaching and for the sweet tooths amongst us (me!), this is pleasing news indeed. After all, what other holiday is celebrated by stuffing your face with as much chocolate as humanly possible?

The warmer weather is here, and that means it’s the season for lavender to bloom. Here are the best farms across New Zealand where you can stroll amongst the fields, take a picture for the gram and pick your own lavender. Hot tip: pop a few flowers into your next glass of champagne.

20 New Zealand-made gins that will turn your typical G&T on its head.

Activewear is the holy grail of the wardrobe. 

To make things easy for you, we’ve created this list of the best places to buy your Christmas tree this year—now you have no reason to procrastinate!

Christmas is indeed the most wonderful time of the year and our fave part of the festivities is decorating the tree. That said, we've searched out the very best Christmas decorations money can buy, and we think you'll be impressed. From pop stars and film characters to pretend treats and treats proper (or at least, baubles filled with them), there's a lot to get excited about.

It’s all about choosing brands based on our own values—not just the dollar value of a product.

We love a good market, especially one with the word 'Christmas' attached! So hop in the car, crank up the Mariah (your secret's safe with us) and head along to one of these incredible Christmas markets coming to Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland this holiday season.

Welcome to 2024, where advent calendars are as big of a deal for adults as they are for children, and filled with so much more than cheap choccy. We're talking beauty products, booze, and even treats for in the bedroom (there's a reason Santa has a naughty list).

From limited edition beer collabs and linen pants to packable day packs, and an edition outdoor oven, check out our hit list of the best Father's Day gifts to shop this year. 

Popping that pretty question can be a nerve-racking time—we get that. What should be a piece of cake, however, is picking out that sparkling little something to seal the deal with. Here’s your definitive list of the best places to shop for engagement rings in New Zealand.

Upgrade everything from picnic dates to love-making with these great gifts.

Summer is finally here and we couldn’t be more ready to frolic in the waves and relax on the beach. We’ve looked high and low to find the most sustainable swimwear labels around, that are ocean-friendly and will have you feeling great all summer long.

Shop our selection of the best Christmas gift ideas this side of the North Pole.

We're here to help you sort the good from the great and to dig up the most unmissable Black Friday sales.

We’ve always been a fan of a pyjama party and, while we’re not a fan of Christmas carols outside of December, we absolutely condone a sneaky transition to festive PJs. Let’s be honest, the festive PJ season really begins at Midwinter Christmas anyway. Here are the best pyjamas to rock around the Christmas tree in this December. 

Who doesn’t like getting surprised with a bunch of blooms? They’re pretty, smell delightful, and make you feel oh-so-loved. 

From statement earrings and sleep-supporting tea to illuminating skincare and cosy knitwear, shop our thoughtfully curated list of Mother's Day gifts.

Shopping sustainably is becoming easier and easier, with more local NZ brands being launched all the time specifically developed to be way better for the environment than their predecessors. We've filled our list with some of the lesser-known brands, so you can support small business while you build your more sustainable life.

As far as baked treats go, cookies are king, and we don't discriminate.

It's no secret we love Christmas and all the glitz and glam that comes with it, from beautifully wrapped gifts beneath pretty trees, to swanky end-of-year parties with fancy food and drink. However we also know that, as the Grinch himself discovered, 'Christmas means a little bit more'. It's about spending time with loved ones, creating special memories and most importantly—helping out those less fortunate than ourselves.

Affordable luxury is one of our favourite gifting categories. For the special person in your life who lives and breathes designer, don't feel you need to drop thousands on the latest It Bag to make them smile. Instead, little luxuries, at a fraction of the cost, are where it's at.

Forget choosing between naughty and nice this Christmas (it’s far too binary anyway) and dive into the pleasuredome with earth-shatteringly good sex toys for solo or two plus person play.

Double double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble. The most frightful night of the year approaches—it’s time to get spooky with these actually good Halloween costume ideas. 

Get dreaming up those cheese boards and melty, cheese-laiden winter dishes—here are the best cheese delivery services in New Zealand. 

Drinks delivered to your doorstep. What a wonderful concept. Unfortunately (or fortunately) it's become a bit of a necessity in recent times, but we're here to tell you if your bar cart is running dry New Zealand has plenty of options to top you up. 

Receiving gifts never gets old, but when you're the one trying to come up with something new and exciting to give—it kinda can. Enter the following companies, who together offer a slew of unique and thoughtful goodies to show that someone spesh that you care.

Whether you’re saying congratulations, happy birthday, or just a simple I love you, a beautiful bouquet is always a good idea.

Game Of Thrones might be done and dusted but winter is coming (again) so it’s time to level up your wardrobe. To help you out we’ve hunted high and low for knitwear that delivers on warmth, supports conscious local and international brands and is kind to the environment.  

Paradise is open and you'll be surprised how easy it is to travel there, provided you can remember where your passport is buried. Here are 15 things you'll want to pack for the perfect holiday in Fiji paradise. 

From trusty pies to tarts, slices, cakes and even the odd dumpling, here are the tried and true, best banoffee pies in Auckland.

While the rest of us are settling into the new norm of an already strange 2022, luxe skincare brand Emma Lewisham has been busy proving itself a sustainability powerhouse once again by recently gaining a B-Corp certification. This means the brand is now recognised as meeting the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, joining the ranks of a global community of businesses that balance profit and purpose. Talk about a guilt-free shelfie. 

After two-ish years of sweatpants (mostly) all day every day, the ‘home couture’ game is strong but sweats and sand don’t mix so we went looking for the best dresses to salute the sun in this summer.

Oh, home isolation. So much free time, so little motivation. Whether you’ve ended up feeling under the weather or you’re just starting to get stir-crazy, we’ve put together some affordable additions to make life stuck at home more bearable.

We all know how important good sleep is, just like we know how important quality bedding is for obtaining that sleep nirvana. Since it can feel a little daunting to navigate the many options on the market right now, we’re here to help. Whether it’s cotton or silk that tickles your fancy, we’ve got something for you!

Whether it's a big ol' bowl of dumplings, a decent coffee and a slice of cake, or a juicy burger with all the trimmings, we're beyond stoked to get our hands on some takeaways at Alert Level 3.

Blessing users with soft, tangle-free hair and smooth, nourished skin, switching to a silk pillowcase is like investing in a long-term spa treatment. Lucky for you, we’ve got the buzz on where to find the best ones available in NZ. Kiss your bedhead goodbye, you’ll be waking up feeling pampered in no time!

If bread, pastry or just carbs in general are your thing, have we got news for you. A number of top bakeries are continuing to share their dough-liciousness with us throughout the lockdown, and the best bit is, you don't even need to leave home to get some (cya later, supermarket).

We all know the struggle of trying to find the right pillow. Getting a good night’s sleep is essential for a healthy lifestyle, so we’re here to guide you in the comfiest direction.  

Start cleaning out your make-up drawer, because Charlotte Tilbury’s makeup and skincare range is finally launching in Australian and New Zealand stores.

Get ready to give houseparty an entirely new meaning, here’s how to celebrate your birthday in isolation during lockdown.

With the city’s most beloved bakers now offering contactless delivery, you can keep supporting local from the comfort of your own home and stock your kitchen with boxes of doughnuts. Here’s the list of those making level 3 a little sweeter.

Making beautiful soaps with natural, plant-based ingredients only, this small Kiwi business is doing its bit to help to address the world’s big packaging problem by delivering bulk packs of soap to your door.

So we’re locked down and you’re pretty confident you have all you need. But what’s this? The repeat prescription you got six months ago is dwindling and you’re definitely not keen on joining the queues at the pharmacy. Fear not, for a whole raft of pharmacies are now offering to deliver their products and prescriptions direct to your door, anywhere in New Zealand.

If Macklemore taught us anything during his brief but incontestable reign over the radio, it’s that thrift shopping—correction, op shopping—is f**kin’ awesome.

With Plastic Free July coming to an end and Conservation Week on the horizon, being mindful of our consuming habits should be our way of life. With the average Kiwi consuming 31kg of plastic per year (yikes), reducing our environmental footprint is something we need to consciously strive for every day.

If you've yet to be introduced to the deliciousness that is the Cookie Dough Collective, you're in in for a real treat—especially as they've just launched a decadent new brownie flavour (available for a limited time only), but more on that in a mo.

If you've ever laid awake at night, pondering life's greatest question—what in the world could be better than a Krispy Kreme doughnut—we think we have the answer. And what might that be, exactly? Krispy Kreme-inspired cookies, that's what, and they're winging their way to us courtesy of Aussie biscuit giant, Arnott's, from the end of the month.

These beauties have now been made a permanent addition to the menu and they're available for your face-stuffing pleasure right NOW.

There are few partnerships in life sweeter than peanut butter and jelly, and the fine folk at Whittaker's are clearly in agreement because they've just dropped an incredible new choccy block inspired by the powerhouse duo.

Nine New Zealand-made gins that will turn your typical G&T on its head.

Is it a donut or doughnut? For the sake of this pun, we highly recommend that you donut miss the chance to claim your FREE doughnut this Friday, at Krispy Kreme.

Little else compares to the feeling of drinking a coffee when you so desperately need one. As you’re sipping on your daily fuel, it might not occur to you that coffee directly contributes to environmental degradation in a myriad of depressing ways.

They've given us Jelly Tip chocolate, Hundreds & Thousands chocolate, even K Bar chocolate (remember that?). Now the legends at Whittaker's have whipped up two new choccy flavours for us to demolish (and demolish we shall!).

Check out our picks of Auckland’s best health food stores and get set to overhaul your pantry.

If you thought that the curtain had closed on Snifters, think again, because the iconic peppermint lolly—which has been forever in our hearts since it was pulled from shelves permanently by Pascall in 2009—has been reimagined as a choccy block by the legends at Cadbury, and we cannot contain our excite-mint (sorry not sorry!).

From combining pure, organic oils and creating divine signature scent combinations to making classy recyclable packaging, Becca Project has reimagined essential oil use through a range of covetable products.

If you were thinking of giving healthy eating a go this week, think again. Because cult cookie brand, Moustache Milk & Cookie Bar have just launched a Giant Caramilk Cookie Pie that feeds up to 12 people and that, friends, is a deal that's simply too sweet to resist.

Krispy Kreme, you are offically the maker of dreams. Because hot off the back of your Easter doughnuts (which were just heavenly, thank you) comes another range of drop dead delicious treats for us to drool over, dubbed Perfect Partners—and we reckon they're some of your best yet.

If you're a Kiwi of a certain age, chances are your childhood birthday parties consisted of three main treats—cheerios, sausage rolls and fairy bread. Now Shake Out is bringing you right on back to the days of pass-the-parcel and pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey, with a magical Fairy Bread Shake that's a legit party in the mouth.

Prepare to have your mind blown, because one of the country's favourite lollies now comes in ice cream form.

Krispy Kreme, you've done it again—you've come up with an incredible collab that has us drooling over our computer screens and frantically scrolling for our nearest stockist.

Level 3, here we go again... but at least we can still get our sugar fix, right?

Great news, your week just got off to a sweet start thanks to the good people at Pascall, who have bought together two of their most-loved lollies in one seriously scrumptious treat—Milkshakes Flavour Lumps.

We're pretty blessed here in NZ to get groceries—and even alcohol—delivered direct to our door, despite being in the midst of a nationwide lockdown. But after a bit of digging, we've discovered there's actually a number of other sweet products you can score online, that aren't milk, bread... or gin.

Oh Lewis Road, how your flavoured milks make our hearts sing! Especially your latest offering, which combines the deliciousness of banana and caramel in a drink that tastes just like banoffee pie.

Whittaker's Hundreds & Thousands choccy block is back, baby! That's right, the brand's most requested flavour of all time is returning after a seven-year hiatus, and it's just the kinda news we Kiwis need this week.

Support local—it's a term we've all become well accustomed to in 2020 and one we're shining a (bright Christmas) light on one last time, before the year is through. Because when it comes to great gifts, us Kiwis really know how to make 'em—and make 'em good.

From 10am on Saturday 19 December, Wellingtonians will be able to get their hands on the famous yellow-stitched boots at the brand new Dr Martens flagship store on Cuba Street.

Just five days out from Christmas, a slew of the country's most talented artisans will descend on Eden Park for the ultimate festive market. That's right, on Sunday December 20 New Zealand's most famous stadium will be ditching sports in favour of all things festive, with General Collective bringing the goods one final time this Christmas market season. 

Drinks delivered to your doorstep. What a wonderful concept. Unfortunately (or fortunately) it's become a bit of a necessity in recent times, but we're here to tell you if your bar cart is running dry New Zealand has plenty of options to top you up. 

Something delicious has been brewing between Whittaker's and Garage Project and yip, you guessed it—it's choccy-flavoured beer.

When it comes to advent calendars, why should the kid have all the fun? Well they don't, as it turns out—because a growing number of brands are cashing in on the festivities with their very own boujee versions that, quite frankly, are a whole lot better than the choccy numbers of our youth.

What's better than a Mallowpuff? A Mallowpuff stuffed inside another Mallowpuff, duh. And that's exactly what the creative geniuses at Moustache Milk & Cookie Bar are cooking up in store for the next two weeks only.

Just when you thought chocolate collabs couldn't possibly get any better, the one-and-only Karen Walker has gone and teamed up with much-loved chocolatiers, the Wellington Chocolate Factory.

It’s devoured at Easter. It can say thank you, happy birthday, sorry. It can be a simple moment of deliciousness to ourselves. People’s love of chocolate is an age-old one, but what you might not know is that the chocolate industry is actually a bit of a sketchy one. New to the NZ market comes the utterly delicious Tony's Chocolonely, huge blocks of chocolate in colourful wrapping in a variety of flavours. So far, so good.

Much-loved Aussie lolly brand, The Natural Confectionery Co. have just launched their very first vegan-friendly lollies in New Zealand, and we think we're in love.

We at the Urban List don’t play around when it comes to this beautiful form of dairy. Cheese has the ability to bring people together, solve our problems and make us happy. Sliced, grated, melted, whipped, as long as it’s cheese, we are good to go. Luckily for us, Auckland doesn’t fall short when it comes to supplying the goods and we have cracked down a list of the Best Cheese Shops In Auckland.

Calling all home bakers—Hill St have just dropped an exciting new line of baking bases that will have you cooking up a legit culinary storm.

Summer is on the horizon and that can mean only one thing—soaking up the sunshine with an ice-cold bevvy in hand. And top of our list once said season arrives is DB Breweries' brand new beer seltzer—Club Setter—which hits shelves early October.

Big Deck Energy.

First it was Perky Nana, then it was Snifters—now Pascall are teaming up with old mate L&P for their most winning Lumps combo yet. That's right peeps, your fave fizzy from small-town NZ has joined forces with the lolly-making giant to create the Kiwi collab you didn't know you needed—L&P Flavour Lumps.

We chatted with investment platform Sharesies, who revealed the five must-know investing terms that’ll not only give you a new dinner table topic to impress your friends with, but also some tricks to get started. It might just be as rewarding than a morning hazelnut FW from Orphan’s Kitchen.

Remember those epic Caramilk-inspired mallow puffs from our friends at Kookie Haus? Well now you can get your hands on a whole host of other treats made from the same delicious choccy used to coat these incredible cookies.

Do you feel like your skin needs extra love in winter? From dryness to breakouts, winter can make your skin crazy. The solution? Change up your skincare routine. Here’s what to do differently in winter, and which products we think make all the difference.

We love a good mash-up, especially the kind that involves food. Enter Bluebird, who've just dropped a range of one-of-a-kind chippies that will blow your mind (and your tastebuds), including a legendary lamington flavour.

It's crunch time, people! Everyone's favourite golden choccy—Cadbury Caramilk—now comes in a mouthwatering new hokey pokey flavour, and it's hitting shelves from today.