Tucked away in the old Mount Maunganui Police Station is a hidden treasure that's the first of its kind in Tauranga Moana.
"A lot of people have come in still thinking it's the police station," said owner Marcia Taikato-Whauwhau. "But they like the fact this is here and they've never seen anything like it."
Māori at the Mount is Tauranga's first mahi toi store, featuring artworks by local Māori artists.
"I think it's important for our people to be able to get in there and be able to sell their mahi toi if they choose to.
"We had nothing like this in Tauranga except for tourist shops [selling goods] that are made in China. It's a bit of an audacity for tourists to be buying things that aren't even made in New Zealand, so that's what the whole idea was."