Our online service makes life easy.

Order online- we wrap, write your card and away she goes. Simple.
No hassles, no time wasted. Nice gifts too.

I thought i'd load a few top selling gift ideas ....We have -Winter warmers by Seam

 Handmade vintage bibs instore.
The perfect gift for a new baby.

Easy to post cool retro kiwiana design clocks. Always in stock.

Winter hours FRI, SUN 9.30 till 3.30

SAT 8.30 till 3.30

Located in the historic original Matakana Dairy Factory, 1 hour north of Auckland. The Cream of Matakana is an eclectic design store with a huge selection of unique, New Zealand made, hand made one off design, affordable gifts & useful pieces. Whether purchasing for yourself or others you will find, amidst the thriving hustle and bustle of the Saturday Farmers Market, a fabulous collection of jewellery, children's & infants gifts & practical items. Useful household items, beautiful handcrafted additions for your home or gifts. Our selection of recycled/upcycled clothing and accessories is truly fabulous.

At Cream we specialise in unique hand made in New Zealand items that make wonderful gifts.

We're open seven days a week during Summer (Sept - May); 9:30 till 3:30 and later on Saturdays.

We source all the well priced, beautiful items we can, made locally & Made in New Zealand. These are complimented with  reasonably priced, functional pieces from overseas.

Our focus is on New Zealand designed & made items including;

• Handmade soaps and body products from Nellie Tier and Blue Earth.  
• Holistic shampoo, conditioner & hair therapy from Holistic Hair.
• Organic dog shampoo from Ecopet.
  
• Organic soaps from Go Native
• Childrenswear from Bobux, Mercot, and Thunderpants 
• And we exclusively sell Alison Love & Mark Lewingtons brand ONLY.
• Sarah Smith- wicked handmade clothing.
• Vanilla Design, functional pieces for the house.
• F3 design's breadbored, guywire and more.
• Stone Arrow jewellery.
• Claudia Jaffe jewellery and handmade lights
  

We stock toys, games & childrenswear from places such as Germany, Denmark, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand. We have gorgeous merino clothing perfect for winter. NOO NOO comforters from Plush toys are  a specialty- the most beautiful gift for a new baby. Nature baby, Bobux and Nurtured  by Nature.

All the time we are looking for other great products to surprise & delight our customers. We focus on quality & affordable price. All items we stock we take home & try out so we can offer real advice on their usefulness & offer more than an empty sales pitch.

We back our products 100%. If you are not totally impressed with their usefulness, function, construction or indulgent purpose we will refund or replace their value.

We sell reuseable bags by Envirosax, kitchenware, select furniture,
children's linen, jewellery, handmade lighting by Claudia Jaffe, Resin & paua pieces by Chan Andreassend, NZ made Moth Bags, cushions & purses, Ocho, & handmade NZ items like the wahine angel by Sue McPherson.

One of our best sellers is our Mr Four Square merchandise - tea towels, tees, badges & bags. We also stock Matakana Tees made by Zoe Cooper. Fantastic hats, bags & tea towels by Dishy - NZ designed & made.

We find that alot of what people buy is gifts for others & we believe it is because we source bright, funky, colourful items that make great gifts.

All our products come beautifully wrapped in gorgeous paper with lovely ribbon & will have a hand written card when this option is selected by the purchaser online.

We hope you find what you are looking for, something indulgent, creative, quirky or a little bit shiny & bright.

Enjoy your shopping at our design store & please contact us with your feedback so we can use it to go forward. We are always looking to improve our selection & service, our business & pleasure.

See you there | 30 Matakana Valley Rd | Phone 09 423 0274.