Dunedin’s only Mad Butcher store will close before the end of the month. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSONDunedin's Mad Butcher store is to close after a fruitless year-long hunt for new premises. Mad Butcher had been looking for somewhere else to go, but nothing had been available. "We’ve been looking for close to a year to try and find something else in South Dunedin. He said the zoning was wrong in South Dunedin for a shop like the Mad Butcher, but he wanted to stay in the area.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 16, 2026 21:13 UTC