Mitre 10 New Zealand has partnered with Cityhop, the country’s first car-share company, to provide easier transport choices for their customers.

From this week, Cityhop vans will be located at selected Auckland Mitre 10 Mega Stores for people to ferry their home improvement purchases home.

“We’re always looking for ways to make our customers’ lives easier. Partnering with Cityhop creates easy transport choices – no keys, no paperwork, just a van when they need it. Customers can buy whatever they need and have the confidence they’ll be able to get it home on the day, even if it won’t fit in the car.” Says Mitre 10 COO Andrea Scown.

Ben Carter, GM at Cityhop, says using a Cityhop cargo van by the hour is fast, convenient and easy.

“Partnering with Mitre 10 allows us to provide safe, useful and affordable transport options to their local communities. Plus, every van has a reversing camera, so families won’t have to argue about how to reverse a trailer.”

Here’s what one customer, Krystal Sayer from Eco Society, an online store sourcing plastic-free and waste-free products, had to say about the concept: “Being able to hire a range of vehicles by the hour takes the hassle out of doing huge bulk food and market shops.”

Cityhop vans will be available by the end of this month at Mitre 10 Mega stores at Warkworth, Albany, Glenfield, Westgate, Henderson, New Lynn, Mt Wellington, Botany, Takanini, Manukau and Pukekohe.  The success of the pilot program will guide future expansion into other areas.