We bought my engagement ring and our wedding rings from David and it was the most wonderful…read moreexperience. David and his team provide customer service with a capital C! We are pretty indecisive people at the best of times and it's always hard when you're buying something you would like to wear everyday for the rest of your life but David made the experience so easy and really made us feel like valued customers. When we finally chose our rings, David and his team boxed them up in front of us and sent them off to the airport so we could collect them duty free. He also gave us a bottle of bubbles to celebrate with. I don't think I would want to go anywhere else to buy jewelry now!

Got my ears pierced here, 10/10 lovely people and very well done - I'm a complete wimp but felt 0…read morepain. Also beautiful hand made jewellery, recommend it for gifts!

Being a boy, jewellery doesn't really appeal to me all that much. But being someone who appreciates…read moredesign flair and technical proficiency, New Jewellery very much appeals. They have jewellery from local designers and do a good job of promoting this fact, with the pieces organised by who created them, and with a profile of the artist on display. I was particularly taken with some stuff by John Walters, who makes intricately detailed pop-culture icons out of silver. They also have a good range of goth stuff (skulls, scorpions, those weird pointy finger-armour things that Marilyn Manson wears sometimes) which didn't appeal to me but no doubt will to some people. The prices range, so although you'll pay quite a bit if you want a big piece, you can get smaller things like earrings for less than thirty bucks. The lady behind the counter was friendly, and was happy to let us try anything on if we wanted.

I love shopping for whanau and friends have done since they were in Kingsland I will we in next…read moreThursday our neice engagement in 3weeks in Brisbane so our perfect gift will be of the two pieces of double half greenstone hearts, also our sister also living in Brisbane since she was 22yrs will be. celebrating her 65th birthday not sure on a gift but I am sure I will find somethink special for her also. I would recommended any person looking for somethink special you will not be disappointed.

Wonderful selection of greenstones, including special pieces by local artists! Can't wait to wear…read moremy new piece!

Flying Saucers is such a cool little gift store. In the midst of all the crap you can buy in a mall…read moreit's a place with really high quality novelty gifts and some nice jewelry too. But it does come with a price. It's quite an expensive store and even things that are kind of disposable (like novelty bachelorette/bachelor night stuff etc) are sold at a premium price. But it's actually one of the very few places where you can find different, fun stuff. I really like their greeting cards too, there are quite a few funny novelty ones and they're always a bit of a laugh to look through. If you're trying to find a fun gift for someone who's hard to shop for or one of those people who kind of have everything they need, this is the shop to go to.

Wow... nice to hear the previous reviewer had a good experience. I've found them to be too pushy…read moreand patronising. When one of the staff exaggerated the quality and value to me of one of their rings, and I corrected her, she got really shitty. My family have all worked in the jewellery industry for years. I know the mark up on jewellery is astounding. It would shock unwitting buyers. You only need to look at the price of second hand diamond rings on trade me to get a picture of what jewellery is really worth.So, yeah I'm a bit wary with Michael Hill's pushy sales tactics and lack of sincerity. If you are buying high priced jewellery do your homework. Look on trade me and eBay too. Don't trust what they tell you in jewellery shops. The mark up is 250% plus. Valuations are not to be taken as gospel either. MHJ in St Luke's may be friendly but only if they think you don't know any better.

The staff in this store are very friendly, helpful, and a real asset to their employer…read more I've had several opportunities to deal with them and I always am extremely happy with the service. Today I asked a jeweler across the way how much it would cost to resize my Medic Alert bracelet, and I was told it would be $60. When I asked at Micheal Hill's, they said it was free. Can't find a better example than that.

Royal Jewellery Studio is located in the old Royal Theatre building. It's a beautiful piece of…read morearchitecture and a fitting place for incredible bespoke NZ-made jewellery. If I'm honest many of the incredible pieces here are far outside my budget, but it doesn't stop me from stopping in a couple of times a month to see the interesting new things they have. It's as much an art gallery as it is a shop. Benjamin Flynn, who runs the place, has some amazing rings on display and there are dozens of other local artists with new stuff coming in all the time. Ditch the horrible jewellery chains and see where it's really at.

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It was great going to this place and learning about different types of rocks and jewels. They have…read morereally high-quality, beautiful jewelry here for just about anyone sold for decent prizes and the staff definitely knows what they're doing. They are all super friendly and they are knowledgable about everything when it comes to where these jewels originated or other details about the jewels.

I wasn't sure whether I could buy Jade for myself or not so I ducked into their Auckland shop over…read moremy lunch break. I was browsing around taking in the various necklace designs, and the lady behind the counter was very helpful without being intrusive. I learnt more about Jade in 5 minutes than I thought possible! If you're looking for a cool jewellery piece for yourself or as a gift, check them out.

Dianna and Bruce have a great deal of knowledge and experience with jewellery and gold soveriegns…read moreand other types of collectibles. They are also very trust worthy

I found Abbey Antiques the best place to come to when the girls and I were looking for 21st…read morebirthday gifts for our friends. These vintage pieces are just so stunning and classic, they're never going to date and they're something stunning you can have with you for years to come. They have a large range of beautiful jewelry and watches; they also have some antique furniture, records, china and much more. It's not a very big store but there is still A LOT to be fascinated by and look at. The prices here range from inexpensive to quite expensive, but that's what you need to expect from gorgeous vintage pieces. If you're looking for something a little different from your usual mainstream items, pop in here and check it out, there are some real beauties.

I popped in here today to grab a gift for a friend. I didn't actually find anything that would suit…read moreher, but that's totally fine. They had some cute stuff available, and I could imagine popping in here for a gift for someone else. However, one thing I will say is that the service is AMAZING. I went back to the Vault after finding the required present because I saw the Vault had a very good collection of gift cards. Because some of my present wasn't wrapped, I asked if I could buy some tissue paper from there with the card. The woman told me she couldn't sell me any, but would give me some. She gave me white tissue paper, pink tissue paper as well as ribbon. I was only buying a $6.50 card and she did all of that for me. What a gem.

The Vault is a bit of a New Zealand institution and perhaps that's why my expectations of it are so…read morehigh. Or perhaps it's the anticipation of decending the stairs that always gets my hopes up. I feel like it's not the exciting, artsy place to shop that it used to be. It's seems to have become much more mainstream. Still, it's definitely worth a look if you're after a nice present, especially for a housewarming or to send overseas, as lots of the stuff they sell is made and/or designed in New Zealand, which is cool. I wish they still had the incredible range of jewellery that they used to though, and would focus a bit less on kiwiana.

This store has been on Ponsonby Rd forever, I can remember coming in here as young as 10 years old…read moreand marveling at all their jewellery. It's a cool shop, really big and separated into two levels. My favourite section is just at the front where they have all of their silver rings on display. They have some extremely on trend styles that you would pay heaps for in other store things like the peace ring or the love written in linky writing and all of them are so cheap, $40 is the most you would pay. If you are into quirky or tribal style jewellery you will definitely find it here, everything is displayed with similar styles so you can walk around the store, find what style suits you and then browse to your hearts content. Parking can be hard on Ponsonby Rd but there are street parks outside as well as some side roads nearby.