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 If you're a fellow kiwi like me you'd recognize the sign on the front cover of the building on the right. Save Mart to us is a place where you tend to find the best second hand stuff and there are stores scattered all over the country, the best one I've been to was in Tauranga. On this particular day I did stop in there and have a squizz but couldn't find anything to my liking. Also in the photo is a phone box, this one is owned by Spark one of the major phone/internet companies here, usually they have been covered in graffiti or the glass is smashed so to see the one in tact was a surprise.

On the left is a $2 shop as it's known also called "gold coin shops" or "coin and save" or "$2 shops" because our $1 and $2 currencies use to be notes but some years ago they were changed into coins instead much to peoples chagrins (we all know how coins are a pain to have in your purse or wallet).

Just another photo from Kaikohe...

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local alien said…
I'm surprised you still have phone boxes. All ours seem to have disappeared. Everyone has a mobile.
Would love to have a second hand shop to have a squizz around. I remember a huge one in Tauranga, or was it the Mount. I bought loads of second hand clothes last time I was there. My kids loved them too. Amazing bargains.
9 March 2021 at 08:41
Amypie71 said…
There's I think 2 or 3 now in Tauranga, 1 at the mount that we use to go to, 1 in Oropi and 1 I think in Greerton (I could be wrong though about the last one). Everyone here has mobiles too but all of the phone boxes have free internet hot spots too depending on which company someone is a customer of, for instance if you're a customer of spark you can get free internet for a certain amount of time from the spark phone boxes.
9 March 2021 at 08:47
Fun60 said…
I would enjoy having a good browse through Save Mart. In reply to your question we are still very much in lockdown here but the numbers of confirmed cases and deaths are rapidly decreasing. More than two fifths of all adults have had there first jab with many now receiving their 2nd dose. Children returned to school today after 8 weeks of home schooling. If the numbers continue to decrease we will be allowed a little more freedom by the middle of April. I think the govt are looking at June for us to have a small semblance of normality!
9 March 2021 at 09:12
NatureFootstep said…
seems you have a lot of secondhand shops. That´s good :)
9 March 2021 at 09:30
Yogi♪♪♪ said…
An interesting slice of life from your world.
9 March 2021 at 09:58
William Kendall said…
Most of our remaining pay phones are inside buildings.
9 March 2021 at 14:17
Photo Cache said…
Save Mart is a supermarket here in California, maybe other states too.

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9 March 2021 at 16:57
Tigger's Mum said…
F loves second hand shops and auction houses. Most of our furniture was acquired secondhand and she used to buy second hand clothes to remodel and for patchworking. The year my human nana turned 80, we scoured all the secondhand shops in our town (13 we discovered and not counting any in small parades of shops in the outer suburbs!) to buy glasses (the kind you drink out of) for the party. It doesn't seem to be part of the culture here in Piraeus to make good stuff 'do another turn'.
9 March 2021 at 19:34
Tom said…
...it seems that progressive countries around the world are now using coins for lower denomination bills, but not the US! It's interesting to see your local businesses.
9 March 2021 at 23:28
Sharon said…
I love looking around second hand stores. You never know what you will find.
10 March 2021 at 05:03
NCSue said…
I have heard of some good thrift shops here in town and I need to check them out!
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10 March 2021 at 13:16
At Home In New Zealand said…
I've been to several Save Marts, but the Tauranga one would have to be my favourite too :)
10 March 2021 at 17:02
Iris Flavia said…
Somehow people these days just put "pre-loved" things in a box, put it outside and write: "for free" on the lid. Second hand shops are closed anyways,, and I like the outcome of this, did that pre-Corinna often, too.
Slowly shops open up here and maybe we return to such a routine soon, too.
10 March 2021 at 20:41
carol l mck said…
We have 'big box' stores that are discount and the smaller $1 stores ~ stuff we don't need but love buy on sale ~ ^_^

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13 March 2021 at 04:14
PerthDailyPhoto said…
I wonder if Save Mart is a little like our Kmart Amy. People don't use actual money much these days, it's mostly tap and go. It's been a while since I've had a purse full of change 😉
13 March 2021 at 05:40
Amypie71 said…
Oh we have Kmart here too and it's awesome, we love that place. You don't go to Kmart with a list, you go there and let it tell you what you need right?
13 March 2021 at 09:03
betty-NZ said…
Another glimpse of small town NZ life.

Your link is a welcome addition to My Corner of the World' this week!
14 March 2021 at 11:13
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