Tikipunga, Whangārei
Tikipunga, Whangārei
Locally owned retail and homekill butchery. Whole cuts, value-added cuts, traditional smallgoods and homekill processing, handled by our team on Kiripaka Road.
Favourite butcher in Whangārei.
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Products and services
Locally owned retail and homekill butchery. We sell whole cuts, value-added cuts, traditional smallgoods and homekill processing options, all handled by our team on Kiripaka Road.
Your carcass is delivered to us, you complete our cut sheet, and our butchers carefully cut and package your meat as requested. Boned and rolled, vac packed, mince and sausages, ready for you to pick up.
All wild game, whether pests from your farm or the result of a long-awaited hunting trip, can be processed here. Bring in your recreational catch and we will turn it into steaks, mince, salami and sausage.
Our sausages come in a variety of flavours, alongside smoked bacon, ham, salami, chicken, pastrami and black pudding. Everything is hand-crafted and made in store.
Select from our wide range of value packs cut fresh in store daily by our experienced butchers. We prepare ready-made items for quick, easy meal solutions, and our friendly team can help you choose the best cuts.
Whole cuts sliced thick or thin, a specific-sized roast, sausages for a weekend BBQ or a large event such as a birthday, wedding or tangi. Get in touch and we will prepare what you need.
We are the Whangārei processing partner for Out the Farm Gate and growers including Wild Meadows, Black Silver Wagyu and Little Creak Farms. Order from the farmer and collect from us in Tikipunga.
Homekill cut sheets
Print the sheet for your animal, fill it in and sign it, then bring it in with your carcass or email it to the shop. Not sure what to tick? Ring us and we will talk you through it.
Gallery
The shop, the team and our products, all taken by us in store.
Farm order collection
Out the Farm Gate is a collective of farmers who sell regeneratively farmed animals, with meat inspected at the time of harvest. Because we are their Whangārei processing partner, we can sell this meat through our shop and make collection easy in Tikipunga.
We also work with growers including Wild Meadows, Black Silver Wagyu and Little Creak Farms. If you want some of the best meat you have ever tasted, come and see us in store.
Homekill processing
Guide rates for homekill processing, as published through Out the Farm Gate. All prices include GST.
* These prices are for processing only. They do not include the purchasing of the animal.
Beef processing
$2.50/kgPer kilo of carcass weight.
Lamb, up to 30kg
$60.00Flat fee per lamb.
Lamb, over 30kg
$80.00Flat fee per lamb.
Sausages
from $6.99/kgPlain or flavoured, added to your homekill order.
Boning and rolling, whole carcass work and vacuum packing are priced on the cut sheet when you order. Your final invoice comes off the actual carcass weight and the cuts you tick, so treat the above as a guide and ring the shop for a firm number.
Cut sheets
Beef, sheep and pig cut sheets are ready to download, print and fill in.
The shop
De Bauchery sits on Kiripaka Road in Tikipunga. It is a working shop with carcasses being processed out the back each day. The emphasis has always been on good quality, great service and customer satisfaction.
Nick and the team handle retail butchery, homekill and recreational catch for households and lifestyle blocks right across the Whangārei area, and make the smallgoods in house. If you want to know what is in your sausages, you can ask the person who made them.
Who you deal with
Nick owns and runs the shop. Qualified butchers Corey and Chloe, backed by skilled apprentice Jo, work the cutting bench, while Shannon, Trinity and Liam keep the smallgoods room and front of shop moving.
Owner & head butcher
Owns De Bauchery and has been a butcher for over 15 years. Nick matches customers to the right cut, books homekill, and is excited to make inspected homekill meat available to more people at great prices.
On the block
This is where qualified butchers Corey and Chloe, backed by skilled apprentice Jo, cut down whole carcasses and package them to become cuts for your table.
Smallgoods & counter
Shannon heads the front of shop, backed by Trinity and Liam. They pack and price, serve customers, prepare homekill orders and call you when your collection is ready.
What locals say
Real reviews from our customers, word for word. The Google reviews here were all written this year, since Nick and the team took over the shop.
Massive thanks to the staff for cutting up my meat and giving me thee best sausages ever! This team worked with some horrible meat cuts i gave them and turned them into the most beautiful sausages and mince ive ever tasted. Definitely recommend and the staff are amazing, cheers guys appreciate your hard mahi, bloody legends
This is the only place i buy my meat from, best quality, & quantity for your money, ive brought soft pork bones, watercress, mince, steak, & chops. Im a very happy customer, & staff have never been a problem, great service. & i shall be back today to get more
Favourite butcher in Whangarei. Cheap, yumm and worth it meat, they done our venison well priced and packaged. Highly recommend, always come back for my weekly visits. Thanks guys.
Always helpful. Plenty of choice reasonably priced. Better than supermarkets
LOVE THE WHANAU HERE! So affordable too. Very grateful for this place
First time here & I got some pork bones/water cress & neck chops! Great value for price! Meaty bones definitely will be back!
Good questions
The things people ask us most about homekill, game and the counter. Anything else, give us a call on 09 437 0843.
Ring the shop on 09 437 0843. Tell us what you have, roughly what it weighs and when it will be ready, and we put you in the book so the chiller space is there when your animal arrives. See how homekill works for the full process.
Guide rates are $2.50/kg of carcass weight for beef, $60 for a lamb up to 30kg and $80 for a lamb over 30kg. Sausages start from $6.99/kg. All prices include GST. Boning and rolling, whole carcass work and vacuum packing are priced on the cut sheet, and your final invoice comes off the actual carcass weight and the cuts you choose, so ring the shop for a firm number.
The cut sheet is where you decide everything: steak thickness, roasts, boned and rolled, mince, sausages and vac packing. Download the beef, sheep or pig cut sheet from our website, or ask the team when you book. It has to be completed and signed before we start cutting, and everything comes back labelled.
Yes. Deer, pig, goat and your recreational catch can all be processed here, and we can turn it into steaks, mince, salami and sausage. Ring first so chiller space is ready, and bring it in cool, clean and as soon as you can.
Yes. We are the Whangārei processing partner for Out the Farm Gate and growers including Wild Meadows, Black Silver Wagyu and Little Creak Farms. Order from the farmer and collect from us in Tikipunga.
Yes. Our sausages come in a variety of flavours, alongside smoked bacon, ham, salami, chicken, pastrami and black pudding. Everything is hand-crafted and made in store.
Yes. Whole cuts sliced thick or thin, a specific-sized roast, or sausages for a weekend BBQ or a large event such as a birthday, wedding or tangi. Get in touch and we will prepare what you need.
We ring when it is ready and you collect from 169 Kiripaka Road, Tikipunga. Bring chilly bins or an empty boot, because a half beast takes up more room than people expect.
Give the shop a ring on 09 437 0843 for today's hours, or check the latest on Facebook. After hours, email the shop and we will come back to you.
Find us
Ring the shop to book a homekill, check on an order, or ask what is on the counter today. If it is after hours, flick us an email and we will come back to you.
Two ways to get hold of us. The phone is quickest if you want a date in the book, the email is better if you want to send through what you are after.
The email button opens a pre-filled message with the details we need, so you are not typing it from scratch.
