Candles poured in New Zealand, by makers we name.
A small shop of NZ-made candles, gift boxes and a monthly candle club. Every candle tells you who poured it, where, and in what wax.
Our first makers are on the way.
Every candle here will have been poured in New Zealand, and we'll tell you who poured it. Nothing is listed until a wholesale account is signed, the stock is in hand and the maker has confirmed in writing where it was made.
Meet New Zealand's makersThere is no product grid here, on purpose.
A shop with photographs of candles it can't post is just a mood board. When we can pack it and send it, it appears here with the maker, the town, the wax, the maker's own burn time and a real photo — and not a day before.
5 of the 8New Zealand makers we checked say on their own site where their candles are poured. Those are the ones we're approaching first. See the list and the dates we checked.
Gift boxes, packed by us.
Pick a box, add a note, send it straight to them. No prices inside, and more than one New Zealand maker in the same box — which is the part no maker's own shop can do.
See what's comingCandles, and only candles made here
Every item listed with the maker who made it. Fixed contents, no substitutions, and nothing imported slipped in to round out the box.
A note card and a safety card
Your message printed on a card, and a printed card on first burns, wick trimming and not leaving a candle unattended. Candle care and safety.
Three rules, and we'd rather have an empty shop than break one.
Poured in New Zealand
Each maker confirms it in writing before a single candle of theirs is listed.
Named
Maker, town and wax on every candle, in the maker's own words, credited to them.
Packed by us
One parcel, one gift note, no prices inside. We never relabel, decant or repour anything.
A different NZ-made candle every month.
Tell us the scents you love and the ones you don't. Delivery is included in the price, and you can cancel any time from the link in every email. Every candle club we found in New Zealand sends one maker's own candles; this one won't.
How the club worksThere's no price here yet. It gets set from real wholesale costs, packaging and delivery — not from a number that looks about right.
Put your name down for the club
We'll email you once, when it opens. Telling us your scents now helps us choose the first makers.
What we can honestly tell you about delivery today.
Rates aren't set
They come from a real courier account, not a guess. The free-delivery threshold and the rural surcharge are published the day they exist.
New Zealand only, at first
Glass in the post is a solved problem domestically and an expensive one overseas. We ship NZ-wide.
Returns you can read now
Broken in transit, faulty or not as described: replaced or refunded. Delivery and returns.
The things people ask first.
Are all your candles made in New Zealand?
That's the whole rule: we won't list a candle unless its maker confirms in writing that it's poured in New Zealand. The Commerce Commission requires a "Made in New Zealand" claim to be accurate and able to be substantiated, so we ask for it in writing before anything is listed, not after.
Who are the makers?
Nobody yet — we're opening wholesale accounts now, and we won't name a maker as ours until one is signed. In the meantime our makers page lists eight real New Zealand candle makers from their own public pages, with the date we read each one, and links straight to their shops.
How much is delivery?
We don't know yet, and we'd rather say so than invent a number. Rates and the free-delivery threshold are set from a real courier account before the first order, and delivery and returns is updated the day they are.
Can I send it as a gift with a note?
That's the plan: a gift note printed on a card, prices left out of the box, and the parcel addressed to the person receiving it. Nothing is packed yet, so nothing is promised yet.
How does the candle club work, and how do I cancel?
Each month we choose a candle from a different New Zealand maker against the scents you pick, with delivery included. You cancel from a link in every email we send, and it takes effect at the end of the month you've paid for. The club isn't running yet.
What if it arrives broken?
Email us a photo and we replace it or refund it. Glass in the post breaks sometimes; that's our problem, not yours. Your Consumer Guarantees Act rights apply regardless of what any of our terms say.
Everything we know, with the source attached.
Every figure on this site links to the page it came from and the date we read it. Where we couldn't source something, we left it out and said so.
The best NZ-made candles
Eight real New Zealand makers, what their own sites say about wax and origin, and the date we checked.
ReadPillarCandle care and safety
First burns, wick trimming, how long to burn one, and what to do if wax catches.
ReadGuideSoy, coconut, beeswax or paraffin?
What each wax actually is, what NZ makers use, and which claims about them are sourced.
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