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Honest local picks, no paid spots

Helping you find the good ones in NZ.

Honest, independent picks for the best local businesses and places across New Zealand. Nobody pays to be listed.

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Businesses shortlisted
233
Cities & areas
8
Fees to be listed
$0

Where we don't yet have enough verified reviews to rank a list, we list the businesses A to Z instead. 69 licences checked on official government lists. How we rank

How we pick them

  1. 01

    We look at real reviews

    We note each business's Google star rating and how many reviews it has, plus the date we checked.

  2. 02

    We check licences

    Plumbers, electricians and builders only make the list once we've checked their licence on the official government list.

  3. 03

    Everyone is judged the same way

    Every business is scored the same way, and you can read exactly how. Lots of good reviews count for more than a few perfect ones, and a business needs at least 15 reviews to be ranked. Nobody can pay to be listed.

  4. 04

    We keep it up to date

    Every list shows the date we last checked it. If a list goes more than 120 days without a check, we hide it from search until it's updated.

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