Toy Directory is an exciting new website that we are supporting. The Toy Directory (www.toydirectory.co.nz) has been developed to give New Zealanders access to a central point of information on the New Zealand toy industry. There, you will find articles of interest about the NZ toy industry, a complete list of all New Zealand toy shops, a listing of NZ toy wholesalers and manufacturers (useful if you are a toy retailer looking for new products) and also a listing of places where you can hire toys from throughout the country.

One of the exciting things we like about it is the way it is split into regions. So if you are living in Wellington and looking for local toy stores, you simply select the 'Toy Stores' tab at the top of the screen and then select 'Wellington' from the list of regions on the right hand side. Then in the blink of an eye you have a complete list of all Wellington toy shops. The same goes for toy hire companies. You also have the ability to search the entire site by keyword - so if you are looking for an article about the NZ toy awards, just type "toy awards" into the search box.

We hope you enjoy using the toy directory and look forward to getting some feedback about it!

True story from one of our customers...

It’s actually a pretty funny story, which, fortunately, has a happy ending. It’s a bit involved, but it’s worth reading...

"Living on the beach, we get pretty regular sea breezes. We have a foot mat outside our front door which is fairly heavy. When I was digging out the Christmas decorations, I found a Christmas mat we had from previous years. Liz tried putting it outside, but then brought it inside, telling me that she was concerned that it would blow away. Around that time, our regular mat was placed on its side to the side of the front door (leaning almost vertically against the wall). I saw this and assumed that Liz had put it there while she was experimenting with putting the Christmas mat out. Tonight, over dinner, somehow the topic of the mat came up and Liz asked me why the mat was on its side. I told her I assumed she had done it—she told me she assumed I had done it. We had a bit of an enigma here!
So tonight, when I took out the trash, I removed the mat to put it flat in front of the door where it belonged. What I found behind it was Julie’s Christmas gift! Apparently, we weren’t home when the delivery took place, and the delivery person very carefully concealed the gift behind the mat! He did a good job—we passed by it a dozen times without even recognizing that something was behind it.
So, our enigma is resolved and Julie will have her gift in time for Christmas! This is a magical time of year!
Please pass along my apologies to the place you ordered the gift from!
Merry Christmas!
Chip"