Christmas bargains - TradeMe is the country's largest online auction site. You'll see everything you'd find in a garage sale as well as stuff you'd actually want to buy. Check out the "closing soon" auctions for last-minute purchases.
Trade Me
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Go you geeks - Propeller heads, geeks, nerds,
call them what you will, they have the coolest gear and get the best presents. LED binary watches that tell the time in ones and zeros, T-shirts that proclaim your favourite acronym, remote-control tanks for your office. Not everything can be shipped to New Zealand.
Think Geek
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I want one ... - The Brits have a site that sells champagne-cork parachutes, instant snow in a can, George W. Bush action figures and plenty more. If you've ever thought, "I want one of those", this is the site for you.
I want one of those
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Visit the core - What you really want is an iPod, and for that you need to go to the source. Apple New Zealand offers an online store that's chock full of iPod goodness, including iPod minis, iPod photos, iPod accessories. A G5 Mac will annoy your Microsoft friends.
Apple store
