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Tracked NZ & AU courier delivery. Free shipping over $99.
Zero loose button batteries — solar, hydraulic, USB-C & timber.
Play & Press tees, mugs & growth charts printed locally to order.
Every WonderCrate toy order includes a free A4 mystery game.
Filter our entire 88-item curated range by age, personality & budget — every pick is safety-screened and backed by our 30-day guarantee.
Choose from 22 school, beach, sport & workshop blanks, pick one of 16 custom-drawn vector crests (or upload a photo of your child's own drawing!), and watch your real product preview update live.
Zero-Lost-Gear Custom School & Sport Mega Pack (5-Piece Personalised Bundle)
Build-Your-Own 3-Piece Matching Custom Kit (Stickers + Bottle + Choice of Gear)
Turn Your Kid's Drawing Into a Heavyweight Organic Cotton Tee
Custom Twin-Zip Neoprene School Pencil & Tech Organiser Case
Custom Laser-Engraved LED Acrylic & Timber Bedroom Night-Light
Custom Thermal Insulated School & Picnic Lunch Cooler Bag
Custom UPF50+ Wide-Brim Sun & Surf Adventure Bucket Hat
Custom Plush 400gsm Hooded Surf & Beach Towel Poncho
Southern Skies Stargazer Bundle (70mm Refractor Telescope + Walnut Moon Lamp + Guide)
Teen Mechanical & Desk Lab Bundle (Marble Coaster + Pixel Speaker + XL Desk Mat)
Case File #13: The Harbour Museum Heist — Teen & Adult Detective Dossier (Printable PDF)
Ultralight Double Parachute Backyard & Camping Tree Hammock + Straps
Family 4-Paddle Fibreglass Honeycomb Driveway & Park Pickleball Set
Rechargeable 175g RGB Starlight Night-Flight Disc
Night-Ops LED Glow Capture-the-Flag Backyard Arena Kit (16-Piece)
Electric Twin-Flywheel Motorized Paper Jet Launcher STEM Kit
Every physical gift pack sits at $99+ — unlocking automatic $0 Tracked NZ & AU Courier Delivery right at checkout.
Every month on the 13th, we drop a brand-new FREE 15-minute printable table mystery for New Zealand & Australian families — plus members unlock Crew Locker personalisation, seasonal drops, and 10% off with code WELCOME10.
Test how our printable escape rooms work! Each number uses A=1, B=2 ... Z=26, shifted forward by +1. Decode the 4-letter launch code below:
Awesome detective work! Use code WELCOME10 for 10% off your order, or click Open & Print November's Free Mini-Mystery to play our full 2-page Lighthouse puzzle at your kitchen table right now.
MISSION BRIEFING: A summer squall is rolling across the Hauraki Gulf, and Keeper Sam's brass lantern key has vanished! He left three quick security puzzles so only true Junior Detectives can find where he hid the spare key before sunset. Solve all three clues below to reveal the hiding spot!
Start on the letter B in the grid below. Follow the Keeper's logbook steps one square at a time to circle 4 letters:
| T | R | O | P |
| S | B | A | L |
| M | O | C | K |
| W | E | T | S |
1. Start on B (Write B) → 2. Move 1 Down (Write ___) → 3. Move 1 Right, 1 Up (Write ___) → 4. Move 1 Up, 1 Left... wait: from A, move 1 Right, 1 Down (Write ___)!
B _ _ _ (Hint: Floats on waves!)The lighthouse flashes short dots (●) and long dashes (▬). Match each flash pattern to the Keeper's Legend:
▬ ● ● = ____● = ____▬ ● ▬ ● = ____▬ ● ▬ = _____ _ _ _Add up the coils of marine rope to unlock the brass chest:
FINAL ANSWER: The spare lantern key is hidden under the [WORD 1] __________ [WORD 2] __________ inside Locker #______!
Teen Mechanical & Desk Lab Bundle (Marble Coaster + Pixel Speaker + XL Desk Mat)
Coastal Summer Bach & Beach Family Bundle (Cricket + Paddle-Smash + RGB Disc + PDF)
Build-Your-Own 3-Piece Matching Custom Kit (Stickers + Bottle + Choice of Gear)
The Complete Vault 13 Printable Party & Escape Vault (All 10 Games Mega-Bundle PDF)
Operation Pohutukawa: Summer Christmas Eve Family Clue Hunt (Printable PDF)
The Wizard's Arcane Observatory — Fantasy Home Escape Room Kit (Ages 8–14 PDF)
Case File #13: The Harbour Museum Heist — Teen & Adult Detective Dossier (Printable PDF)
Family 4-Paddle Fibreglass Honeycomb Driveway & Park Pickleball Set
Southern Skies Stargazer Bundle (70mm Refractor Telescope + Walnut Moon Lamp + Guide)
Teen Mechanical & Desk Lab Bundle (Marble Coaster + Pixel Speaker + XL Desk Mat)
Junior Bush & Trail Explorer Pack: 8×21 Binoculars, Brass Compass & Bug Lab
Electric Twin-Flywheel Motorized Paper Jet Launcher STEM Kit
5-Minute Birthday Party-in-a-Box Bundle (Glow Capture-the-Flag + Stomp Rockets + 2 Hunts)
Coastal Summer Bach & Beach Family Bundle (Cricket + Paddle-Smash + RGB Disc + PDF)
Southern Cross Camping, Bach & Holiday-Park Nature Quest Pack (Printable PDF)
Ultralight Double Parachute Backyard & Camping Tree Hammock + Straps
Southern Skies Stargazer Bundle (70mm Refractor Telescope + Walnut Moon Lamp + Guide)
Teen Mechanical & Desk Lab Bundle (Marble Coaster + Pixel Speaker + XL Desk Mat)
Southern Stars & Topographic Contour XL Stitched Maker Desk Mat (900×400mm)
Programmable 16×16 RGB Pixel-Art Bluetooth Desk Speaker & Clock
Coastal Summer Bach & Beach Family Bundle (Cricket + Paddle-Smash + RGB Disc + PDF)
Gamified Family Chore, Reading & Pocket-Money Quest Board System (Printable PDF)
Case File #13: The Harbour Museum Heist — Teen & Adult Detective Dossier (Printable PDF)
Ultralight Double Parachute Backyard & Camping Tree Hammock + Straps
5-Minute Birthday Party-in-a-Box Bundle (Glow Capture-the-Flag + Stomp Rockets + 2 Hunts)
The Complete Vault 13 Printable Party & Escape Vault (All 10 Games Mega-Bundle PDF)
Gamified Family Chore, Reading & Pocket-Money Quest Board System (Printable PDF)
Southern Cross Camping, Bach & Holiday-Park Nature Quest Pack (Printable PDF)
Jurassic Valley Dino-Egg Expedition — Backyard & Lounge Clue Hunt (Ages 4–7 PDF)
Captain Blacktide's Sunken Map — Printable Pirate Treasure Hunt (Ages 4–8 PDF)
Midnight at the Grand Arcade — Tween & Sleepover Escape Mystery (Ages 8–13 PDF)
Operation Pohutukawa: Summer Christmas Eve Family Clue Hunt (Printable PDF)
Store 13 started around our own family workbench in Hobsonville, Auckland. As mechanical designers and parents, we were tired of two things: flimsy plastic toys that snap in twenty minutes, and generic school gear that vanishes into the lost-property bin in week two.
Every item across our eight departments has to earn its spot — whether it's a laser-cut wooden gear coaster for a curious 13-year-old, custom sport shorts printed with your child's own crest, or a 5-minute printable mystery that gets the whole family off screens around the dining table.
Solid birch timber, 304 stainless steel, water hydraulics, magnetic prisms & heavyweight cotton — built for real play, then handed down to younger siblings.
Every illuminated lamp, projector, microscope & glow game is USB-C rechargeable, solar-powered, or screw-locked — never hazardous coin cells.
Our custom vinyl decals, insulated flasks, hooded surf ponchos & UPF50+ bucket hats survive dishwashers, salt water, and muddy Saturday sport.
100% NZ-owned by Thirteenth Element Limited. If anything isn't extraordinary when you open the parcel, write to hello@store13.co.nz and we'll sort it fast.
Need a hand picking an age-appropriate STEM gift or checking a custom name order? Email our Auckland team anytime at hello@store13.co.nz.
Physical WonderCrate kits and locally printed Play & Press items dispatch with tracked courier delivery in 3–6 business days across New Zealand and Australia. Standard tracked shipping is $9.90, or FREE automatically on all orders over $99.
Select the Personalised option on any Play & Press towel, camp mug, framed print, tote bag, or height chart, then click Add a note to your order inside the slide-out cart drawer and type the exact name you'd like printed (for example, "OLIVER" or "THE BROPHY CREW").
Yes. Store 13 enforces a strict zero loose button/coin-cell battery policy across our toy range. Our kits run on water hydraulics, solar panels, sealed USB-C rechargeable packs, or screw-locked standard AA compartments compliant with AS/NZS ISO 8124 guidelines.
Immediately after checkout ($0 shipping!), you'll receive an instant high-resolution A4 PDF download link on screen and by email. Print at home on standard A4 paper in 5 minutes—unlimited reprints for your own household.
We offer a straightforward 30-day unused gift return window plus full protection under the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act. Just email orders@store13.co.nz with your order number and we'll sort it promptly.
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