It feels like I’ve spent a reasonable chunk of my year going to POP up stores, and this weekend there’s another two opening – for a limited time only. When I investigated POP up’s earlier in the year I found that New Zealanders, while slow to pick up the trend have embraced it wholeheartedly during the recession. It makes sense to use a temporary space to sell excess stock, cutting down rent costs and waste. Ive been to so many this year I can barely keep track, each individual and exciting. My favorites were Macaroni Penguin and Pinkies.