ABOUT US

We work with the world's best fireplace makers — from Europe, Africa, Asia and the US — hand-picking the pieces that make sense for New Zealand homes, our climate, and our building codes.

Browse our range of contemporary and classic fires, firepits and fireside accessories, and you'll see it: the newest thinking in how fire gets made, controlled and enjoyed.

Got a project in mind? Talk to us. We work with homeowners, architects, designers and builders every day, turning bold ideas into fireplaces people actually build their homes around.

It started in 1980, when Christina Cairns and her husband Peter Rust merged two Auckland businesses — The Prospector and The Fireplace — into one. Word got around fast: this was the place for restoring antique furniture and fireplaces in the city.

Customers kept asking for fireplace solutions nobody local could supply. So Christina and Peter went looking offshore — and found them. That search became the blueprint for what The Fireplace is today: the best fireplace technology from around the world, made to work (and pass code) in New Zealand, sold through a nationwide network of retailers, installers and service agents.

Geoff Dunn and Dave Thompson took over in 2017. Still Kiwi-owned, still Kiwi-run. Today that means the country's largest fireplace showroom, nationwide distribution, a serious digital presence, and a team of consultants and technicians who know fire inside out. Over 40 years in, and we're just getting started.