Dove Hospice Shop, Newmarket: fundraising among Broadway's boutiques

Broadway is Newmarket's main retail spine, lined with fashion chains, cafes and the Westfield mall a block over — one of Auckland's busiest shopping strips outside the CBD. Amid the bigger retailers sits this Dove Hospice shop, part of a small network of stores that fund Dove Hospice's palliative and wellness care services for west and central Auckland.

Like other Dove Hospice shops around the city, it takes donated clothing, homewares and books from the surrounding community and turns them over for sale, with proceeds going straight back into hospice care rather than into a head office.

This particular branch doesn't show up much in online reviews — there's no meaningful rating or feedback trail for the Newmarket store specifically, so it's genuinely hard to say what the in-store experience is like beyond the basics. Other Dove Hospice locations have a reputation for good pricing and tidy presentation, but that shouldn't be assumed to carry over automatically.

No set hours are listed for this location, so it's worth calling 09 972 9082 ahead of a visit, especially if you're making a special trip to Broadway for it.