Get in touch to share your business story this spring/summer.
Thank you to everyone who was brave enough to front the camera and share their COVID-19 lockdown stories in our video series. The videos were well received and our communities really enjoyed seeing the faces behind their local businesses.
We established buylocal.mpdc.nz to help residents find and support local businesses and put money back into the local economy.
What's next for Buy Local? With winter behind us and the hope of spring in the air, we're here to encourage our communities to buy local, dine local and play local, especially in this busy birthday season and in the lead up to Christmas.
Keen to share your Local Business Story with us? We are now looking for people to take part in our spring/summer photo series for us to share across local and social media. Just fill out your details in the form below and we'll be in touch!
They're only one year old but know how to party
As the owners of Good Merchant blow out its first birthday candle, the two sets of two brothers never could've predicted the year that would follow their grand opening on 19 September last year.
With...
Read MoreSpring to your local
With the hope of spring in the air, businesses the district over are flinging open their doors to welcome happy shoppers, eager to buy what they need to plant their garden, get stuck into some...
Read MoreMorrinsville locals discover treasure on mainstreet
Sometimes the best things in life are right under our nose. That’s what Morrinsville locals discovered when the country came out of lockdown and they stopped by Pattison Jewellers on Thames St, instea...
Read MoreAddictions celebrates 10 years in Te Aroha
On September 11, Kylie Hayes celebrated 10 years of her gifts and homewares store Addictions, in Te Aroha.
You’ll know the store by its signature black and white stripes and the owner, by her signatu...
Read MoreBethany finds her feet in Morrinsville
Bethany Miller learned quickly how to ride the waves of COVID-19 when in March she found herself suddenly out of a job, along with hundreds of her co-workers, right before lockdown. When the nation’s ...
Read MoreCraft store trio whip up hundreds of masks
Photo: From left Tina Swallow, Karen Hendl and Lisa Swallow
In a charming little craft store in the heart of Te Aroha’s main street, the sewing machine hasn’t stopped running since...
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