Hallelujah! You can get KFC, you can get pizza – and you can get books. We present a complete list of bookstores open for business in Level 3.
As from today, bookstores across New Zealand are open for business – via click and collect, or by post and courier – in the brave new age of alert Level 3.
I pinched the following list of nationwide bookshops from the site of the Coalition for Books quango. But the Coalition failed to check whether each and every bookstore will in fact be operating in alert Level 3, so I sought clarification from Dan Slevin at Booksellers NZ.
“Not all booksellers will be able to offer all services,” he said. “But we haven’t heard from anyone who won’t be trading in some fashion. Even if a store doesn’t have a website you can order from (very few now) they will take phone orders, and if they don’t feel like they can do click and collect because of the store setup, they will post/courier/hand deliver.”
The list runs from Kaitaia to Gore. Note: it doesn’t include the many, many PaperPlus stores around New Zealand, but they’re all open (apart from the ones in malls) and ready for business.
NORTHLAND
Moran’s Bookshop, Dargaville
https://www.facebook.com/moransbookshop
09 439 6149
Marston Moor, Kaitaia
https://www.marstonmoor.co.nz
09 408 0350
Storytime, Whangarei
https://www.craniums.co.nz
09 438 4406
AUCKLAND
Campus Books, Albany
https://campusbooks.nz
09 415 0348
Dear Reader, Grey Lynn
http://www.dearreader.co.nz
09 360 0383
Matakana Village Books
http://www.matakanavillagebooks.co.nz
09 423 0315
Paper Power, Browns Bay
http://paperpower.co.nz
09 478 8334
Paradox Books, Devonport
http://www.paradoxbooks.co.nz
09 446 0023
Poppies Howick
https://poppiesbooks.co.nz/
09 532 9642
Take Note, Mairangi Bay
https://www.takenote.co.nz
09 478 5328
The Booklover, Milford
https://www.thebooklover.co.nz
09 489 8836
Dorothy Butler, Ponsonby
https://www.dorothybutler.co.nz
09 376 7283
The Women’s Bookshop, Ponsonby
http://www.womensbookshop.co.nz
09 376 4399
Time Out, Mt Eden
https://www.timeout.co.nz
09 630 3331
Unity Books, Auckland Central
www.unitybooksauckland.co.nz
09 307 0731
BAY OF PLENTY-GISBORNE
McLeods, Rotorua
http://www.mcleodsbooks.co.nz
07 348 5388
Books A Plenty, Tauranga
http://www.booksaplenty.co.nz
07 578 6607
Muirs, Gisborne
https://www.muirsbookshop.co.nz
06 867 9741
WAIKATO
Bennetts, Waikato University
http://www.bennetts.co.nz
07 856 6813
Poppies Hamilton
https://www.poppiesbooks.co.nz
07 839 0020
Take Note, Dinsdale
https://www.takenote.co.nz
07 847 6062
Take Note, Paeroa
https://www.takenote.co.nz
07 862 7213
Carson’s, Thames
http://www.carsonsbookshop.co.nz
07 868 6301
Paper Power, Thames
http://paperpower.co.nz
07 868 6447
HAWKE’S BAY
Plaza Books, Hastings
https://www.plazabooks.co.nz
06 878 4082
Poppies, Havelock North
https://havelocknorth.poppiesbooks.co.nz
06 875 8406
Wardini, Havelock North
https://wardinibooks.circlesoft.net
06 877 7783
Beattie & Forbes, Napier
https://www.beattieandforbes.co.nz
06 835 8968
Wardini Books, Napier
https://wardinibooks.circlesoft.net
06 651 2632
MANAWATU-WHANGANUI
Take Note, Ohakune
https://www.takenote.co.nz
06 385 8645
Bruce McKenzie, Palmerston North
https://bmbooks.co.nz
06 356 9922
Campus Books, Palmerston North
https://campusbooks.nz
06 354 6020
Palmerston North
Paige’s, Whanganui
http://www.paigesbooks.com
06 348 9095
TARANAKI
Bookstop Gallery, New Plymouth
https://www.bookstop.co.nz
06 758 8120
Poppies, New Plymouth
https://poppiesnewplymouth.circlesoft.net
06 769 6990
WELLINGTON
Writer’s Plot, Upper Hutt
writersplotreadersread@outlook.com
Schrödinger’s, Petone
022 0242 301
Almo’s, Carterton
https://www.almobooks.co.nz
06 379 7103
Take Note, Carterton
https://www.takenote.co.nz
06 379 8231
Messines, Featherston
http://www.messinesbooks.com
021 753 920
Martinborough Bookshop
https://www.facebook.com/martybooks/
027 253 5055
Hedleys, Masterton
https://hedleysbooks.co.nz
06 378 2875
The Bookshelf, Waikanae
https://www.facebook.com/TheBookshelfWaikanae/
04 293 6203
Another Chapter, Newtown
https://www.anotherchapter.co.nz
021 0275 0007
Arty Bee’s, Wellington Central
https://www.artybees.co.nz
04 384 5339
Book Haven, Newtown
https://bookhaven.co.nz
04 380 0009
Marsden Books, Karori
http://marsdenbooks.co.nz
04 476 8066
Take Note, Tawa
https://www.takenote.co.nz
04 232 5001
The Children’s Bookshop, Kilbirnie
https://www.thechildrensbookshop.co.nz
04 387 3905
Unity Books, Wellington Central
www.unitybooksonline.co.nz
04 499 4245
Vic Books, Kelburn
https://www.vicbooksandcafe.co.nz
04 463 5515
Vic Books, Pipitea
https://www.vicbooks.co.nz
04 280 6212
MARLBROUGH-TASMAN
Take Note, Picton
https://www.takenote.co.nz
03 573 6107
Page & Blackmore, Nelson
https://www.pageandblackmore.co.nz
03 548 9992
Volume Books, Nelson
https://volume.circlesoft.net
03 970 0073
Take Note, Takaka
https://www.takenote.co.nz
03 525 9702
CANTERBURY
Emma’s at Oxford
https://emmasatoxford.com
03 312 3432
Campus Books, Christchurch
https://campusbooks.nz
03 977 3572
The Children’s Bookshop, Christchurch
https://childrensbookshop.co.nz/
03 366 5274
Paper Tree, Bishopdale
http://paperpower.co.nz
03 359 8207
Paper Tree, Northwood
http://paperpower.co.nz
03 323 5445
Paper Tree, St Martins
http://paperpower.co.nz
03 332 7993
Paper Tree, Tower Junction
https://www.paper-tree.co.nz
03 343 1483
Piccadilly, Avonhead
https://www.piccadillybooks.co.nz
03 358 4835
Scorpio, Christchurch Central
http://www.scorpiobooks.co.nz
03 379 2882
Take Note, Ferrymead
https://www.takenote.co.nz
03 384 2063
The Clocks, Strowan
https://www.theclocksbookshop.co.nz
03 355 0995
University Bookshop, Ilam
http://www.ubscan.co.nz
03 364 2043
Petronella’s, Lake Tekapo
https://petronella.co.nz
021 1541 014
Campus Books, Lincoln University
https://campusbooks.nz
03 222 2468
Paper Tree, Rangiora
http://paperpower.co.nz
03 313 9383
The Twizel Bookshop
http://twizelbookshop.co.nz
027 4645 062
WEST COAST
Take Note, Hokitika
https://www.takenote.co.nz
03 755 8167
OTAGO-SOUTHLAND
Dorothy Brown’s, Arrowtown
03 442 1964
University Book Shop, Dunedin
https://www.unibooks.co.nz
03 477 6976
Take Note, Gore
https://www.takenote.co.nz
03 208 9229
NATIONWIDE
Paper Plus
https://www.paperplus.co.nz/stores
Whitcoulls
https://www.whitcoulls.co.nz/stores
