Op shop routes

Train-hop Auckland's Western Line: Mt Albert, New Lynn and Glen Eden op shops, all a short walk from their stations.

All eight Dove Hospice shops across Auckland's eastern suburbs — a trail locals recommend by name, supporting hospice care as you hunt.

Three Harbour Hospice shops — including the retro one locals rave about — plus Sallies, IHC and more, packed into Birkenhead village.

Four op shops in the heart of Browns Bay village, minutes apart — finish with fish and chips on the beach.

A local's loop from Māngere Bridge up Onehunga Mall to Royal Oak — ten op shops, and you're one on-ramp from the airport motorway when you're done.

Four op shops, a secondhand bookshop and a resource recovery treasure shed, all a short stroll from the Devonport ferry. The perfect car-free op shop morning.

Start at the big charity shops in Glen Innes, then work along Remuera Road through the hospice shops and designer recycle boutiques.

Auckland's community recycling centres are the wild frontier of secondhand — tip-shop treasure from Devonport down to Manurewa. Not a stroll; a mission.

Seven op shops packed into two short strips off Wairau Road, Glenfield — Auckland's densest thrift cluster.

Three op shops within a short walk on Great South Road, Takanini.

Don't drive past to Hamilton — locals rate Cambridge's own op shops, from Busy Bees to the hospice shop, all around the town centre.

Sydenham is Christchurch's thrift engine-room — work up Colombo Street through the big charity stores, then cut across to Barbadoes Street.

Student-town thrift at its best — central Dunedin's op shops strung along and just off George Street.

The deep south delivers — Invercargill's charity stores plus Hubbers Emporium, the secondhand institution everyone mentions.

Petone's heritage strip hides a dozen-plus secondhand stops — hospice shops, charity stores and curio dealers end to end along Jackson Street.

Five op shops between the Mount's main drag and Totara Street — do the lot in an afternoon and finish with a hot pool.

Sunny Nelson's op shops in one loop — the big charity stores around the centre plus local one-offs on Vanguard Street.

Op shops and curiosity dealers threaded through Oamaru's whitestone Victorian precinct — steampunk capital, secondhand soul.

The antiques town earns its name — ten op shops and treasure dens up and down the main street. Worth the drive; L&P optional.

The classic Coromandel road-trip stop — eight secondhand doors on and around Pollen Street, including the legendary Seagull Centre.

Te Aro is the country's densest secondhand quarter — charity stalwarts and Cuba Street's legendary vintage rooms in one long wander.

Whanganui punches far above its weight for secondhand — a dozen op shops around the heritage centre, with vintage dealers in between.

Northland's biggest op shop concentration — hospice shops, charity stores and the ReStore, all around central Whangārei.

Everything inside the city grid — Rundle Street's charity shops to the west-end op shops, no car needed.

Sydney Road is a full-day commitment — Savers' giant floor, the charity op shops and Brunswick's vintage heavyweights, block after block.

Melbourne's most storied thrift strip — Sacred Heart to Smith Street Bazaar, with every charity op shop and vintage room in between.

Port-city treasure hunting — Fremantle's op shops from the markets end down to South Freo, all walkable with coffee stops between.

From the CBD up through North Hobart to New Town, ending at the famous South Hobart tip shop — Hobart in eleven secondhand stops.

Locals call it a nice little two-block loop on Marrickville Road — four charity shops side by side, plus UTurn and the Bower for the adventurous.

Sydney's op shop main street — charity classics and vintage dealers the whole length of King Street, spilling into Stanmore.

Op shopping with a designer twist down Chapel Street — Sacred Heart's originals, the charity classics and Prahran's famous bazaar.

Gippsland locals brag about this one — Sale's op shop trail packs eight shops into the town centre at country prices.

A road-tripper favourite on the way up the coast — Wauchope's op shops sit minutes apart in the town centre.