7010 Your Local

The best way Claris Jones-White defines 7010 is a “testament to her home town” – made by locals, for locals, with all her favourite things in the one spot. “There is not one
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Little Merchants

Little Merchants is a tiny espresso bar with big aspirations. It’s only been open one year, but this 70-square-metre venue is born into a good family pedigree. Big sister Café Lumes and
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Rocket Espresso Bar

Ten years ago Rocket Espresso was the only venue on Grey Street serving coffee and food. Thanks to the development of Hamilton’s coffee culture, the street is now thriving with coffee shops
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Eighthirty High Street

White canvases are risky business. There’s an element of danger when it comes to splatters of food or red wine, but at Eighthirty Coffee Roasters’ new High Street venue in Auckland, they’re
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Café Lumes

Christchurch coffee lovers have double the reason to step inside Café Lumes’ warehouse-inspired coffee house.
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Flight Coffee Hangar

In the heart of Wellington is a café in full flight. Run by 2013 New Zealand Barista Champion Nick Clark, World Barista Champion Judge Richard Corney, and Matt Graylee, Flight Coffee Hangar is
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Havana Coffee Works

Walking into Havana Coffee Works, visitors will easily forget they are in the heart of Wellington. Instead, guests are transported to a Cuban oasis in the Caribbean, with rustic wooden furnishings and
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Welcome Eatery

To show local residents that the Grafton Road café was under new management, Welcome Eatery General Manager Ralph Jenner found the most obvious way to tell people. “We thought, why not
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Loretta

On a trip to Paris, Marc Weir and his business partners Julie Clark and James Pedersen went to source items for their new venture. But they came back with nothing. Instead, while Marc was recovering
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Black and Gold coffee and eatery

  Unlike its name, Black and Gold is not about shiny, expensive furnishings. Instead, Owner David Hung has taken an organic approach to his new venture. “Ninety per cent of the furniture
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