Newtown Fruit and Vegetable Market — Attraction in North Island

The best produce market I have ever been to in NZ. I've lived in Auckland and Christchurch so safe to say I thoroughly believe this is a good quality market. It is set on Newtown school grounds on the Saturday, there is paid parking directly across the road on hospital grounds. The stalls are organised, quick and clean. The produce is fresh and beats supermarket prices, I brought a very large Kale for 2$, spring onions/coriander/parsley 1.50$, pumpkin/lettuces/chili packs 3$, persimmons 3.99kg, 3$ a cucumber (if you buy 3) as an example. There are bakery goods, large trays of fresh eggs, coffee carts and an excellent asian grocer for tofu, noodles and buns. If you have cash ready, shopping is a breeze and can be done in 5-10minutes. Bring...

Good Saturday morning fruit and vegetable market with prices at least 25% lower than supermarkets and a much bigger range. Bakery and cheese is also sold. Be aware that the hospital carpark across the street which used to be free is now free for 20 minutes only, and you must get and display a ticket from the machine. Twenty minutes is just long enough if you are only getting a few things and not browsing. Otherwise, you will be pushing the free time. You must prepay for extra time. There are a coupe of guys on duty during the market hours who ruthlessly enforce parking and...

Use to be great cheap and fresh produce with a community feel( one could even forgive the politicians that would use it to market themselves). Now its not. Its got a negative vibe. Everyone( even injected)are forced to wear masks( 100nm gaps for an alleged 60nm virtual virus) and shuffle around a maze, most trying to avoid close contact with each other. The prices have gone up, in some cases only 20 cents less than the supermarket. If there are less people going...