Your guaranteed that just about every village in Auckland has an op shop, and the Matakana Op shop is another store full of old goodies to browse. Run by some elderly volunteers possibly from the next door Anglican Church, they are cheerful group. I actually was in store on a mission to find a cast iron fry pan, my partner and I had been on the lookout for and old school pan to gift to my mum, as she had admired our cool antique one. The shop is full to the brim with all kinds of things; clothes, cutlery, books, videos, music, tea pots, crockery, pots and pans. I didn’t leave with the wanted pan in hand but I did find the perfect pot, which till today still serves us well in the kitchen. This op shop is always worth a stop in when in the village, as you really never can tell what they will be selling, and it’s always a hunt for gold really.
Jayde T.
Rating des Ortes: 4 Auckland, New Zealand
The Matakana Op Shop has been there FOREVER. It’s about the size of a hallway cupboard, and has all the things you’d be likely to find in a hallway cupboard too. Books, clothes, kitchenware, toys… all sorts. People just drop their unwanted goods at the door and you come in and buy them for cheap. The exciting bit is that it’s a lottery. Sometimes you’ll leave empty handed, other times you’ll take home the full ‘Clan of the Cave Bear’ series, a new skirt and a set of tea cups. My favourite thing about the Matakana Op Shop is the smell. Yes it’s a little musty and moth ball smelling(again think your hallway cupboard) but that to me is the smell of treasure hunting, and if you’re lucky enough treasure is what you’ll find!
