Habitat for Humanity ReStore, Panmure: furniture finds with a mixed reception
Auckland · 131 Pilkington Road, Panmure, Auckland, 1072
Hours: Mon: 9:00am - 5:00pm; Tue: 9:00am - 5:00pm; Wed: 9:00am - 5:00pm; Thu: 9:00am - 5:00pm; Fri: 9:00am - 5:00pm; Sat: 9:00am - 3:00pm; Sun: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Second.nz Editorial · 8/16/2026
Panmure sits at a busy transport junction in East Auckland, with the train station, bus interchange and Panmure Basin all nearby — plenty of passing traffic for a shop like this to pick up casual visitors alongside regulars. The Habitat for Humanity ReStore on Pilkington Road is one of the larger secondhand options in the area.
As with other ReStores, everything sold here funds Habitat for Humanity Auckland's work building and repairing homes for local families, so browsing the furniture and homewares aisles supports that programme directly.
Reviews here are genuinely mixed rather than uniformly glowing. A good number of shoppers praise the tidy, well-organised layout, friendly staff and unusual finds — one reviewer mentioned picking up an antique West German barometer. Others have had less positive experiences, citing rude staff interactions and prices on certain items that felt high for an op shop, so it's worth going in with reasonable expectations either way.
It's open every day of the week — 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm Saturday and 9am to 4pm Sunday — making it one of the more flexible options in East Auckland for a weekend browse.