Ten years of op shops, markets, and knowing what's worth keeping.
Long before Lost & Found existed, Noah and Nita were regulars at op shops and clothing markets across Auckland. What started as a shared hobby turned into a genuine expertise — an eye for quality, an understanding of what sells, and a frustration with how much good clothing gets thrown away.
That shared history is the foundation of everything we do. Every collection we assess, every piece we pull out and say "this is worth something" — that instinct comes from years of doing it for fun before we ever did it for business.
Years in surf and skate retail — knowing what moves and what lasts.
Noah spent years working in surf and skate fashion retail, building a hands-on understanding of what makes clothing valuable: the brands that hold their worth, the silhouettes that stay relevant, the quality markers that separate a piece worth reselling from one that isn't.
That retail experience shapes how we grade every collection — particularly men's premium pieces like hoodies, fleeces, jackets, and anything surf, skate, or vintage. It's not guesswork; it's pattern recognition built over years on the shop floor.
Lost & Found — and The Arkhives.
Lost & Found is our free collection service — we come to you, assess your clothing on the spot, pay you for what we can rehome, and donate the rest to Dove Hospice in Glenn Innes and Pakuranga.
Quality pieces we collect find their second life through The Arkhives, our vintage resell store. It's a closed loop: your old clothing goes from your wardrobe to someone who'll genuinely wear it — and nothing ends up in landfill along the way.