Okay, so this store has pretty much every bloody kitchen appliance you could ever want in your…read morewhole entire life. If you like homeware or you're my mom, you'll be able to spend hours in this joint. Hours and dollars. The Home Store stocks pretty fancy kitchenware - KitchenAid, Le Creuset etc. Basically, if you need a gift for someone who likes to cook or bake or entertain, this is the place to go. You literally will not be able to leave this store without finding something to buy someone for their wedding, or for your aunt or your sister. There are other home accessories as well as kitchenware - straws and cookie cutters, teapots and porcelain and pegs. Another plus: their gift wrapping service is on point, so that's a bonus.

This store is one awesome store. The Home Store has the good stuff. Not to name drop but they sell…read morethe likes of Cuisine Art, Kitchen Aid appliances, Le Creuset, Villeroy and Boch. If you love baking, they have an massive selection of cupcake and cookie things as well as anything you could possibly need to decorate a cake. This would be the place to come if you are really into entertaining, no matter what the occasion you'd entertain in style. The Home Store also stocks cute things like pretty coloured paper straws, little glass milk bottles, ice cream cups, popcorn bags which would be great for kids birthday parties or baby showers. The Home Store has a great range of high quality brands, a great store to find gifts for others and things for your home that make every day chores more fun, such as pretty coloured pegs and peg baskets and the Joseph & Joseph range. The merchandising in this store is equally fantastic and they do have a gift wrapping service and wedding gift registry services.

Noel Leeming in Newmarket is a spacious store, that stocks a wide range of technology/gaming and…read moreelectrical appliances and/or equipment. I had a great experience recently, when I popped into the Noel Leeming store, trying to find a XBOX 360 game, having sold out in other outlets and they had one!!! All the staff were helpful, ascertained where the product was, communicated really well and then offered to get the item for me, while I wait! Fantastic customer service! They are a 'one stop shop' really selling smart phones, tablets, TVs, DVDs, fridges, kitchen appliances, everything I think. Great sales too!

Always come back to this place for appliances. They are so…read morenegotiable on there prices. Good service and friendly staff when you get chatting.

The Appliance Shed is a huge bright yellow building that boasts heavily discounted prices on…read morefactory seconds and showroom demo's, but half the stock was missing prices. The other half you could find new in another appliance store at the same price, if you shopped around. This may not always be true but none of the staff spoke to or acknowledged me to disprove this fact. Perhaps their garish yellow uniforms had caused some sort of irreparable blindness or corneal damage. Two staff members obliviously strolled past while another popped bubble wrap 5 meters from where I puzzled over my purchase. Because I was using the company card, I offered the bubble-popper a chance to up-sell me, taking the cheapest product and the one I was considering to the counter and asking what the difference was. And here again I would like to mention the uniforms. Perhaps it was supposed I had also suffered some sort of temporal blindness from the bright yellow shirts because the staff member obtusely replied "They're different brands". It carried on from there in this manner for some time before I gave up but lets just say that I'm glad I wasn't looking for any helpful service or an appliance bigger than a desk phone.

As a keen amateur cook, I adore kitchen shops and this one is pretty good. I go in to worship the…read moreLe Crueset cookware and usually ending up leaving with something much more moderately priced. Tucked away down in Queens Arcade, you wouldn't necessarily come across it unless you were looking, and I'm telling you: look! It's definitely worth a visit. It's at the mid-to-upper price range (think of the kind of kitchen implements they sell at Nosh, only with a zillion more options). They do kitchen applicances, utensils, crockery, and in fact pretty much anything you can imagine needing for your kitchen, minus the kitchen sink of course.

As my kitchen is currently devoid of all useful objects having been plundered by my ex flatmate, I…read moreneeded to go on the hunt for new stuff, so the The Kitchen Shop was a good port of call. I regularly wander through Queens Arcade so I had noticed it on my travels before. It's absolutely jam packed and crammed to bursting point with random kitchen utensils which is pretty helpful for a place called 'The Kitchen Shop'. I managed to find everything I was after with help from the kindly shop assistant and even discovered the most amazing array of specially shaped cake tins ever! So if you're an amateur baker this is the place to come. From love heart shaped ones to fire-trucks and tweety birds, there were cake tins for Africa!

Absolutely dreadful. I took my Dyson vac stick in as it wasn't working. They replaced both filter…read moreand battery with another brand and charged more than Dyson would have for the Dyson authentic. I had to wait over 3 weeks to get it back. Charged an exorbitant price. I went to Dyson as it still wasn't working properly and Dyson has fixed it all for me without charge because of Clive Dicks poor service.

JB Hi-Fi always sucks me in. I love buying CDs and DVDs (strictly television seasons), and they're…read morealways conveniently having a promotion or sale when I'm conveniently at odds as to whether or not I can justify my purchase. In this case I'm not sure if its a good thing that I've never experienced buyer's remorse after making a purchase here, as it explains why I keep coming back. There's something at JB Hi-Fi for everyone from games to computer programs to movies, and all at great retail prices too. Now and then they also have one-off sales where everything in-store is cost price + GST- so always good to keep your ears pinned for that one. It's not the biggest JB Hi-Fi branch but I know my way around. The staff here are quite reliable and the last time I went looking for an HDMI cable, the guy there told me about every single one they had, including the advantages and disadvantages. You don't get a lot of great service in retail these days so I take what I can get, and I was very impressed. Even the security at the store here always make a note to say hello and goodbye to all the customers- a little recognition goes a long way.

This JB Hi Fi is my favourite of all the stores. Why? They have amazing staff. One in particular…read moreknows absolutely everything about Anime and recommends which ones are best if you ask him. I can't remember his name, but flip, he is the best! They are always super helpful and have a great selection of DVDs. If I'm on the hunt for something in particular, they are the most likely store to stock it. (bar one time I was looking for Shutter Island - found it on Queen St) The only department in this store that I dislike is the electronics section. One guy tried to sell me an SD TV as an HD one. Fortunately, I was not the stupid woman he supposed, but a film maker who knows the difference. I smiled at him politely, and walked off. I hope he was just ignorant and not really a con man.

I would never recommend this company I have a half finished house after wanting 5 lights installed…read more- yes 5 lights for a feature - 24 hours later they have spent at my house working a turtle speed I have nothing completed and have given up on them and gone to another company My house is a mess - nothing is done - apart from one light that actually won't turn off at all - and for the privilege I have taken two days off work - absolute worst company I have ever dealt with - don't use this company - this review is for the publics good vs a review of services

From the owner: Rankin McManus Electrical Ltd are well respected Master Electricians who complete domestic,…read morecommercial and industrial electrical work Auckland wide. Our friendly, experienced electricians are all NZ registered, and work closely with our customers to find the best solutions for their needs. We also repair commercial catering equipment and portable appliances at our workshops at 758 Dominion Road, Mt Eden and 8A Constellation Drive, Rosedale. We are service agents for Kitchenaid, Vitamix, Optimum, Delonghi, Kenwood, Belling, Breville, Magimix, Dualit, Robot Coupe, Sammic, Hotmix Pro, Nemox, Musso, Pacojet, Laurastar, Sunbeam and Sharp, Bonn, Menumaster, Panasonic & Smeg microwaves.

Have electrical equipment, will need fixing! In this…read moredisposable world we live in it is nice to know that I have a local store who can fix things, for a small fee, and have the item up and running in no time. I'm talking vacuum cleaners, TVs, DVDs and the like. The store is also jam packed with second hand electrical appliances that have been reconditioned so are in great condition and should keep on keeping on. Choose from a near new vacuum cleaner, television, stereo system, speakers, the list goes on. They have a box of vinyl LPs which is worth a flick through if you are a collector. I also come here for my disposable vacuum cleaner bags, guitar strings and other odds and bobs.

I had a squiz at this garden centre when I stopped to get a coffee at Cigana which is just 50…read moremetres away from it. I'm not much of a gardener but I do appreciate a good stroll around a good garden centre. There's always a bit of a serenity about it. And this is exactly what the Sunhill Garden Centre is like. As soon as I walked in the shop assistant asked me how I was going and if I needed anything. The other staff member was busy helping a man with the best plants for his garden. She obviously was so knowledgeable plants and had so much information for him. There were loads of different plants and a cute gift shop too. I really love my fresh herbs and I was delighted to see they sell three herb punnets for $10! That's so cheap and they smelt amazing. Basil pasta here I come!

For being located on such a busy road, Sunhill Garden Centre is surprisingly peaceful. Perhaps it…read moreis the tree-bound setting combined with the trickle of the water features that distracts you from the sound of traffic, I don't know. But what I do know is that Sunhill Garden Center has a really great wide range of plants, from perennials and succulents to dwarf shrubs and citrus, which are all clearly labelled and well organised in the garden out the back. You can also pick up Oakdale Organics vegetable and herb seedlings starting from 3.99 each or 3 for 10, which seems to be a good deal. Inside you will find all sorts of gardening supplies and also plenty of gifts, such as potted plants, ornaments and various gardening accessories. And if you have a little one with you, then Sunhill has arranged for that too, with a small playground at the back overlooking the Apirana Reserve.