Cuisine Market

Fresh food markets

Aotea Square MarketsAotea Square, Auckland City Ph: 09-309 2677 extn 8054 (Gene Jouval)Open: Fridays and SaturdaysParticularly worth noting at this market is the organic fruit and vegetable stall, a mussel stall, some Indian foods, baked potato and coffee and cakes and home-made pickles and jams. Also a wide variety of other eclectic market stalls.

Cuisine Market (unrelated to Cuisine Publications)106 Customs St West, Auckland City Ph: 09-358 3444Open daily until 6pmRapidly growing in popularity, this market is housed in the old city market buildings, is well set up, capably run, and with emphasis on the best of Auckland’s food. Stalls here include Asian goods, a butchery, good bread, wine, delicatessen, organic fruit and vegetables, game, meat, coffee, spices and a café, with more planned to open.

Otara MarketCarpark behind Otara Shopping Centre, South AucklandOpen Saturdays from 6amA colourful market that serves South Auckland’s Polynesian population well. Plenty of fresh vegetables, fruit, seafood and much more, as well as all the usual flea market stalls.

Takapuna MarketCarpark on corner of Lake Rd and Anzac St, TakapunaOpen Sundays from 6am to 12 noon An enormous, sprawling market that attracts up to 30,000 visitors on busy days. Early birds get the best bargains but there’s plenty of fun and action all morning.