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The best stores to buy tech from in New Zealand 

3 October 2025
Kate

By Kate Harvey

Content Manager | Pou Whakahaere Ihirangi

When you’re buying a piece of technology like a laptop, TV or mobile phone, you’re potentially parting with thousands of dollars. It should be an experience you walk away from feeling happy about how it went. 

On this page

  • Best stores for buying computers 
  • Best stores for buying home technology 
  • Best store for buying mobile phones  
  • Some cheap tech we love

We can help with that. Thanks to the 3,223 Consumer NZ members who told us about their recent shopping experiences, we can see which stores they enjoyed shopping at.

We asked our members to rate how satisfied they were overall – there’s one tech store that shone through with the highest marks here.

However, when we dig into the detail, there’s another nationwide chain people really rate for its customer service when buying tech. Our members told us the staff at this shop also had the best knowledge of tech products.

Best stores for buying computers 

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