Levonia Store

20/06/2025

19/06/2025

We are open tomorrow!

However, we will be closing at 1pm followed by the opening of the Black Cart for some yummy kai to purchase instead ✨

18/06/2025

What can you do to celebrate Matariki? 💜

Every year there are many events that take place in throughout the country and Tāmaki honouring Matariki! There are many ways you can acknowledge the Māori New Year and observe the rising of Matariki at home.

⭐️Get up early in the morning and head outside to view Matariki before sunrise.

⭐️ Take time to remember loved ones who are no longer here. You might like to sit around a fire
sharing memories of these people.

⭐️ Give thanks for the year that has passed.

⭐️ Learn about the maramataka (Māori Calendar) and the phases of the moon.

⭐️ Have a feast - share food, recipes and love.

⭐️ Plan and create some goals for the year ahead.

⭐️ Plan and plant a garden.

⭐️ Spend time with family and friends

Celebrate in a way that feels right for you! ✨

Matariki is a time to remember those who have passed away, celebrate the present, and plan for the future. It is a time to come together, acknowledge the significance of the event, and embrace the spirit of Matariki in whatever way feels appropriate for you and your whānau 💜

18/06/2025

Celebrating Matariki
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The appearance of Matariki in the morning sky in mid-winter marks the Māori New Year, or Te Mātahi o te Tau. Matariki is the star cluster that is known in other
cultures as Pleiades or M45.

The arrival of Matariki is a sign for people to gather to honour the dead, celebrate the present, and plan for the future, hence the phrase ‘Matariki hunga nui,’ meaning the many people of Matariki.

For our tūpuna, our Māori ancestors, astronomy was interwoven into all facets of life. Meticulous observations of the movements of the stars and planets, the changing position of the sun, the phases of the moon, and the appearance of anomalies such as comets and meteors were recorded and handed down from generation to generation as part of Māori oratory tradition.

This knowledge was connected to seasonal activities such as planting and harvesting, the flowering of plants, the spawning of fish, and the natural cycles of the environment. This astronomical knowledge sits at the heart of our many regional ecological calendar systems that guide Māori from season to season.

Learn more about Matariki with these free educational resources from Te Wānanga O Aotearoa ❤️

https://matariki.twoa.ac.nz/resources-and-activities/

17/06/2025

WHAKANUIA TE MĀTAHI O TE TAU ✨
Bring your friends, your whānau and your pets to Levonia Store for some fresh, hot and nourishing kai.
(The shop will be closed fromm 1pm)
HANGI Includes - Pork, Lamb, Chicken, Potato, Kūmara, Pumpkin, Cabbage, Stuffing with fried bread⭐️

Seafood Chowder tub with fried bread⭐️

Small container of Steamed Pudding ⭐️

$2 Drinks and other treats available for sale ⭐️

12/06/2025

Next Friday (20th June) we’re selling plates again down at the dairy as part of our beloved Street Eats series. This time it’s to celebrate Matariki, unity and delicious kai! We are cooking up a storm so that you don’t have to.

Your hangi will include:

Pork
Lamb
Chicken
Potato
Kūmara
Pumpkin
Cabbage
Stuffing
And a fried bread 🥹

DM us if you’d like to pre-order, otherwise — we’ll see you next Friday with your whanau and friends 🥰

08/03/2025

Such a shame with the rain but we’re still going strong! We’ve moved the hot kai inside, we’ll be making fresh Butter Chicken on Chips or Rice until closing. Just inquire inside 🤍

If you miss out, come through tomorrow! ⭐️

08/03/2025

Come down and see us after you head to Pasifika - just 800m from the park on Levonia Street! 🤍

Get a bargain on clothes, accessories, shoe charms and grab some butter chicken on rice/chips 🥰

06/02/2025

Yes! We are open til late, 11pm tonight. See you for pies and jams later 🎶💃

Hope you’re having an awesome Waitangi ❤️

05/01/2025

We normally wouldn’t post this on here but New Year, New Us. We will not tolerate anymore disrespect.

While we have been fortunate enough to reach 2025 with no robberies or hold-ups, we are no stranger to the odd petty theft.

As a dairy, we do not discriminate and treat everyone fairly. As we should be.

& As a whanau, we are big enough to protect each other. However, when our kaumatua are constantly being targeted by these teens who we know are not long-time locals - That is where you are in deep waters.

We acknowledge that a lot of the youth aren’t dealt a good hand and empathise from our observations being the local corner store. If it’s anything this dairy will give you; it’s grace.

Please do not mistake our kindness for weakness.

16/11/2024

The pies at Levonia Store? are wayyyyyyy better 😆

03/11/2024

Usually we wouldn’t celebrate something so random, but we thought this would be a good opportunity to let you know ....

tldr; ALL CANDY ON SALE NOV 4TH, new products announcement.

From 4th November, ALL candy will be on sale! (excludes: chocolate blocks, chocolate bars, large confectionery packets, $1/$2 lolly bags and gum.)

Since our cigarette and v**e removal; we added single muesli bars, protein sachets and bars, school lunch additions and more.

To fuel our mission of serving the community BETTER, we believe we should offer snacks and treats that ≠ sugar-covered sugar.

Once these novelty candies sell out, it will make way for the newer products we have ready.

We’re not telling our customers what to eat or what to buy and we know how businesses profit off temptation and impulse.

We are simply offering alternatives to things like pies, chips, sherbert straws, gummy pizzas and cookies as snacks.

We hope you can be onboard and consider our efforts to make a more health-conscious, less-impulsive and overall happier and healthier next few generations.

With love for our community,

Levonia Store