
One of the last remaining stores of its kind in all of New Zealand lies here, in the centre of Hamilton.
It's on Victoria St - or more precisely at 37.78S 175.75 E - but plenty of items inside could help guide you through the maze of gridlines, street names and compass points to get you to The Map and Chart Shop.
In an age where the paper map has given way to the GPS enabled smartphone this cartographic kingdom of carefully folded, gridded print somehow remains.
It’s a specialised repository of the oft forgotten but hard-won knowledge to get you from A to B using the non-electronic. And for those who need such a thing, it’s vital.
Liam Emery, a former orienteer and avid outdoorsman, is one.