Port Chalmers · Dunedin
Port Chalmers Light Co
Boutique
Dunedin harbour-front shop devoted entirely to candles. Long-burn, cold-climate range.
The shop.
Port Chalmers Light Co is the only NZ shop the directory has found that sells candles and only candles. The owner stocks deeply (twenty-plus SKUs at any time) but narrow — Kauri & Cold Fire makes up roughly half the floor, with Tannery Wax Co tapers and visiting South Island makers filling the rest.
What makes it worth visiting
Candles-only shop with deep range from one local maker
Visit tip
Open Wednesday to Sunday; closed Mondays and Tuesdays
Makers carried.
3 makers on the shelf.
North Dunedin · Dunedin
Kauri & Cold Fire
Peat-smoke, kauri resin, vetiver — cold-climate longburn
Rapeseed wax · from $58 →
Woolston · Christchurch
Tannery Wax Co
Pure beeswax, lightly-scented beeswax-soy blends
Beeswax · from $28 →
Sydenham · Christchurch
South Light Candles
Wax-blend experimentation, kawakawa-eucalyptus, cold-climate florals
Soy-coconut blend · from $56 →