Butchers meet demand

Meat lovers once again have the chance to buy steaks, sausages and smallgoods from their local community butchers, following a government decision to allow independent butchers, bakers and greengrocers to make home deliveries during lockdown.

While their shops must remain closed, most local meat purveyors have jumped at the chance to resume some sort of service and supply customers direct, using phone or email orders, online shopping and contactless delivery.

The following butchers are those advertising a delivery service and/or we could make contact with as of Wednesday, April 8. If there are others, please let us know.

Warkworth Butchery

• Order methods – Phone or website
• Delivery area – Flexible; throughout Warkworth and surrounding areas, including Snells Beach, Matakana, Kaipara Flats and Wellsford, but also further afield – phone for details
• Delivery charge – Free for deliveries over $50, negotiable for others – if there is enough demand from an outlying area, there may be no charge
• Delivery frequency – From every other day to weekly, depending on demand and area
• Product range – Much as before lockdown, hoping to be near full strength by next week
• Payment – Via online banking
• Info and orders: Call 425 9947 or visit www.warkworthbutchery.co.nz for orders, or visit Warkworth Butchery on Facebook for information

Matakana Village Butchery

• Order methods – Website
• Delivery area – Omaha, Point Wells, Matakana, Sandspit, Whangateau, Leigh, Pakiri, Tawharanui Peninsula, Warkworth, Snells Beach, Algies/Martins Bay, Kaipara Flats, Whangaripo Valley Delivery charge – $5 to $10, depending on location
• Delivery frequency – weekly, on Saturdays or Mondays, depending on demand. Order must be placed before 11.59pm each Thursday.
• Product range – Only basic products at this stage and some may be limited over Easter
• Payment – Via website (minimum spend $50, and one order per household, per week)
• Info and orders: www.matakanavillagebutchery.co.nz for orders, or visit Matakana Village Butchery on Facebook for information

Mangawhai Meat Shop

• Order methods – Email
• Delivery area – Mangawhai, Kaiwaka, surrounding area – email for details
• Delivery charge – None
• Delivery frequency – Mangawhai area Tuesdays and Wednesdays, out of town Thursdays and Fridays. Order deadline Monday, 12 noon
• Product range – A range of meat packs and extra items
• Payment – Details sent once orders have been placed
• Info and orders: Email mangawhai.meats@gmail.com for orders, or visit Mangawhai Meats on Facebook for more information

Waipu

• Order methods – Email
• Delivery area – Waipu, Waipu Cove/Langs Beach, Ruakaka/One Tree Point. Possibly further afield, if demand is there.
• Delivery charge – Discretionary, according to demand, frequency, etc.
• Delivery frequency – aiming for “two-ish” days from order to delivery in Waipu, twice a week elsewhere, with cut-off days – see Facebook page for details
• Product range – some products limited, otherwise a variety of different meat packs and sundries
• Payment – Details sent once orders have been placed.
• Info and orders: Email millersmeatsorder@gmail.com or text 027 293 0175 for orders, or visit Millers Meats Waipu on Facebook for information.

Maungaturoto

• Order methods – Phone
• Delivery area – Maungaturoto, Paparoa and Ruawai
• Delivery charge – No
• Delivery frequency – Orders will be taken on Tuesdays, with deliveries on Wednesdays
• Product range – Only basic cuts of beef, pork and lamb, plus beef mince and beef, pork and spicy sausages
• Payment – Via online banking
• Info and orders: Call 09 431 8061 on Tuesdays, or see Maungaturoto Butchery on Facebook for information