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Ex-Prime Minister Helen Clark tape cutting at one of our shop opening ceremony

A Culture of Success

Kiwi Discovery is best known for its tenacity in a competitive market dominated by multinational players. 

The very first Kiwi Discovery store opened in 1997.  The concept centred around the requirements of Asian travellers, and just months later the Asian economy collapsed.  A new tourism business could be expected to struggle, even collapse.  But Kiwi Discovery not only survived this period, it grew.  We attribute Kiwi Discovery’s success to our positive, proactive commitment to niche cultural marketing and values-based business.


“We will continue to develop Kiwi Discovery Limited as the leading tourism retail business in our market by identifying and meeting unique customer needs in the most thorough way possible.”
Yong Chan Lee, Founding Managing Director, Kiwi Discovery Limited