A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO OUR MAKEOVER CREW ! IT TAKES A VILLAGE !!

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Irene Hundleby

A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO OUR MAKEOVER CREW !

WE WANT TO SAY A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE and especially to our extended Relics crew/whānau - Tony, Lew, Glenn & Chris who made the renovations a labour of love, and set the positive vibes and energy and passion at #165GeorgeSt from day dot !

We started renovations at the end of June 2025 - there was a huge huge amount to do - but all of these people came to the party ...

IT TRULY TAKES A VILLAGE !

These fabulous people helped us to problem solve and sort solutions to transform this historic space !!

Without them, the new RELICS would not be the stunning place it now is...

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU !

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Building / Fabrication our (actual) brother TONY HUNDLEBY !

Chur bro for all the early HARRRD YARDS, long days and nights, creating the listening room, solving building enigmas & creating Bebe's beautiful jewellery cabinet - you are the best ! xx

TONY & sis IRENE

TONY & sis CORINNE

Painting / Decoration - our old friend LEWIS WALSH ! & the amazing JESS !

The cavern is no longer calling your name !! 😆 You persevered with the massive painting mission & wallpapering wonders, plastering & alcove preservation. Thanks heaps for the MONTHS of mahi, the crazy stories and all the laughs !

Electrical / Heatpumps / Lighting / Data / Cable Meister - GLENN EDWARDS and little LEIA of WIREFOX

Sorry the to-do-list grew so long 😬 😬 thanks for always staying so positive and upbeat, and for your attention to detail eye !! We're super grateful for all the cabling, lighting & the heatpump warmth !! We miss little Leia's four paws scuttling about too...

Building / Fabrication & problem solver CHRIS AUGHTERLONY !!

Wow Chris, whatever we threw at you, you took in your stride, from soundproofing the listening room, to hanging tvs & art, making speaker mounts, creating joinery and the stunning pressed tin counter front !! So appreciate your problem solving, thinking & all the fun laughs through the challenges. Thanks heaps !!

Concrete wonder bros OLI and LOTU !!

Our front room floors were a mess, and OLI & LOTU helped us get this section in so much better shape. So grateful for your super-focused work and no-fuss attitude !! Malo, thank you !!! 🌺🌺

Help with the IT thinking - RAOUL HOBBS

Thanks so much for being so generous with your time and 100 questions & helping us get the cameras sorted when Irene's brain was so tired it could no longer compute 🤣 appreciate you !!

HOME PLUS - Richard, Adam & Frazer for the superb security gate and window screens !! Cheers !

CARE 4 MOVERS - who were insanely strong, efficient and heaps of fun !!! Thanks Josh & the team - nothing short of an epic movement, no questioning the team work ethic! Chur !

We have so many amazing suppliers to thank, that have helped us with imagining the new Relics 2.0 ...

STEVE SEQUE - SOUL TO SOLE AUDIO !!

Always a friend we can count on - not only did you deliver in person a VAN LOAD of gear for opening, including our glass cabinet, but you helped us with MOVING crates and boxes on moving day, documented the move and the early days of #165GeorgeSt !! epic you are! a massive THANK YOU !

TEX TONES SPEAKER CREATOR - TEX HOUSTON !!

Thanks Tex for making such amazing speakers - and your guidance and encouragement - so happy to have the Classic Minis as our in-store speakers too - how lucky are we ~ thank you !!!

MARK WATSON - from TELFERS for the fab FOCAL speaker set-ups and all the cameras and bits and bobs, can't thank you enough for ALWAYS having our back and supporting us !! Onwards and upwards !!

KEVIN O'HAGAN & CAREY DIXON - Connected Media

Thanks for troubleshooting all of our digital connectivity things and always being there supporting us with whatever we want to do - amazing duo !!

ANDRÉ KEEFE - Panasonic & Technics

Thanks for all the AV setup & turntable expertise and for answering the many questions... So appreciated !

PHIL SAWYER & MICHAEL IBBOTSON - SYNERGY AUDIO

Thanks for all the visits and we very much appreciate all the support getting fun audio into the new store !

THANK YOU to all of these great people & businesses toooooo...

NEIL & JAYNE at WEIRS FURNITURE
ANDREW at AEC Security
BLAZE at BEGGS Security Locksmiths
TRACEE & the team at THE CARPET STORE
MIKE & the team at SPEEDY SIGNS
MISS VINTAGE LIGHTING, Invercargill
ARTHUR'S ANTIQUES, Oamaru

LAST BUT NOT LEAST - amazing thanks to ALL OF OUR RELICS CREW - who were diligent, patient, super hard-working and passionate about creating this new community space !!

Thanks especially to CORINNE HUNDLEBY for the incredible lei making & all the hard yards helping to keep the new Relics shop ship shape and clean and tidy throughout the renovations and moving process, and sorting the old ones too !! So grateful for you sis xx

FREYA BATES, ANDREW McGREGOR, ALAN HAIG, TIM HAWLEY - YOU ARE AAAAAMAZING !! Thanks for being incredible people and super hard workers with such passion for music & audio !! We love you all xxx

ARLO JAMES, BEBE JAMES - FOR ALL THE EXTRA LIFTING, MAKING & DESIGN & PLANT EYES, love you xxx