SUPERB SHOPPING AND FREE PARKING!
Specialty Stores
Pukekohe boasts an excellent, upmarket, diverse range of retail stores and service centres with over 200 businesses located in the centre of town and free parking directly outside most stores. From designer wear and accessories to fabulous homewares, exquisite fabrics and educational products, Pukekohe has something for everyone.
A short drive from the centre of town, Manukau Road provides another prime retail experience with over 100 businesses offering top quality products and services. Manukau Road is also where the renowned Pukekohe Park Raceway is located.
Main street shopping – park and walk!
If you park in the centre of town, all shops are easily accessible on foot and as you walk, take the time to enjoy the ambience of Pukekohe's artistic street lights, seats and bollards all depicting elements of the unique growing community that is part of Pukekohe's heritage. Footpaths are pedestrian friendly and super-wide with smooth street access points for push chairs and wheel chairs.
If you need a break from shopping, you can revive yourself with superb food from top cafes and restaurants or take a walk to Pukekohe's Town Square, the buses also arrive and depart from across the square. Walk through to Massey Avenue to the new Frankin: The Centre. Mocca Cafe is there along with FACT Art Shop and the New Zealand Steel Art Gallery.
Further help and information and free street guides are available from the iSite in Franklin: The Centre. Trains can be caught at Pukekohe's Railway station (see map).
Toilet facilities are clearly sign-posted and located on the edge of the Town Square and throughout the centre of town.
Must visits!
King St
Manukau Road
Franklin Market (operates on Saturday mornings)