The Shepherd Guides

A guide to
good places.

Can’t come here? Don’t want to? Doesn’t matter. These are tyre shops, alignment specialists and operators we would be comfortable sending someone to.

The simple versionThis is not a paid-ranking directory. Businesses cannot purchase inclusion or a better position. We add a place when we have reasonable grounds to believe it does good work and treats people properly.
No paid placementReason for every inclusionRelationships disclosedReviewed and dated
How inclusion works

A recommendation should show its working.

We publish positive inclusions, not a blacklist. Every entry explains what we know, why the place is here and when the information was last reviewed.

01

A real basis

Personally known, independently checked or consistently recommended by people whose judgement we trust.

02

Specific reasons

We say what the operator is good at instead of handing out vague badges or unexplained scores.

03

Visible relationships

Commercial, personal and referral relationships are disclosed plainly on the listing.

04

Open to correction

Operators and readers can provide better information, context, corrections or a right of reply.

The directory

Good operators,
place by place.

Listings will appear below as they are checked. Use the region and service labels on each entry to find the right fit.

Hyper Drive
Chez Parore Te Āwha Chez Parore Te Āwha

Hyper Drive

Hyper Drive helped change how everyday New Zealanders find, compare and buy tyres — and built a fitting model that sends work through more than 250 independent workshop doors.

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