About Us
RELICS Music & Hifi
Relics is a salute to record store culture of the past,
A space to connect with one another - our music community!
A place to find favourite things & support the artists we love...
- We source NEW and 2ND HAND music & film, VINYL (RECORDS, LPs) CDs, DVDs, BLURAYS
- We love music & film related things too
- We'll match quality HIFI gear to your needs & the formats you love.
- You'll find music & audio to fit your budget and your specific style!
- Fun sound / AV at all price points ~ visit in store to experience superb sound.
Our Background
RELICS MUSIC was established in 2013.
RELICS HIFI the audio department was established in August 2020.
On 21 September 2025, after 12 years on St Andrew Street (Dunedin), we combined both of our music and hifi stores, and relocated RELICS MUSIC & HIFI to the main street of Dunedin.
165 George Street is a place for people to meet, to relax, to be immersed in sound & listen to wonderful audio. Find the albums you love... the films & books you love...
Relics is a place to remember the goodness in life, where you can discover new pieces of art to experience over and over again in your own home !
We opened RELICS simply because we love MUSIC, and well actually ALL the arts...
Owners are Dave James - who has over 35 years of music retail experience in New Zealand (remember Corner Records? ... Echo, Marbecks), and wife Irene Hundleby, an ethnomusicologist (music, culture, people researcher) with over 30 years of retail/service experience.
In-store you'll also meet Alan, Freya, Tim, George, Jakira and Corinne. All of our staff are passionate about music and the arts - many of us play instruments, are recorded artists, musicians, music degree graduates, previous record store owners or specialists in sound.
At Relics we pride ourselves on personalised customer service and care. Simply ASK and we will do our best to connect you to whatever kinds of music or audio you are looking for!
info@relicsmusic.co.nz or hifi@relicsmusic.co.nz
165 George Street
Dunedin 9016, NEW ZEALAND
VISIT us online
www.relicsmusic.co.nz
RELICS in the PRESS
RELICS Record Store Day with Independent Records NZ: Video footage - 19 April 2014
Relics x Independent Records NZ | Record Store Day 2014 from Independent Records NZ on Vimeo.
On April 19th 2014, two independently owned & run music businesses came together to celebrate Record Store Day. Relics invited the Independent Records NZ crew down to their store to host two live performances in-store as well as the exclusive release of Independent's 'Ir 77' compilation CD.
Video & Editing | John Bollen
Music | Greenslade & Paul Cathro
AudioCulture article by Simon Grigg - January 2015
Trawling through the crates - the lost record stores of inner Auckland
Dave's 1980s-1990s store Corner Records gets a mention.
Rip It Up Magazine online article by Mark Kendrick - 28 May 2015
Mark Kendrick's Record Store Profiles - Relics Dunedin
Radio New Zealand - Record Store Day interview - April 2016
The Register - Record Store Day interview - April 2017
Dunedinsound.com - Record Store Day Interview & Video - April 2018
Record Store Day article - Otago Daily Times by Fraser Thompson - April 2018
Down In Edin Magazine Issue 18 - Music to my Ears pp.134-147 by Caroline Davies - September 2019
New Relics HIFI store article - Otago Daily Times by John Gibb - August 2020
Dunedin in Focus OAR FM Podcast - Interview by Jeff Harford - September 2020
Morning Show - OAR FM Podcast - Dave James - Interview by Jeff Harford - January 2022
Stuff article - Relics' new shop article by Hamish McNeilly - 24 July 2025
ODT article - 'George Street retail excites Investor by Tim Scott - 29 July 2025
Dave James in Corner Records, Lorne Street, Auckland, c.1996.
Dave & Irene, Relics - 86 St Andrew Street, Dunedin, Feb 2018. Image courtesy of Caroline Davies.
