Otumoetai's Cherrywood Variety Store is set to pick up postal and over-the-counter banking services in the coming months.

New Zealand Post announced today that the store will run these services in the Tauranga suburb on its behalf from July 27.

The Cherrywood Post Shop. Photo: Google Earth.

The store will also move to the PostShop's existing site at 32 Cherrywood Drive, Otumoetai.

Last May, NZ Post told its staff, its customers and the local community that it intended to find a local business to operate services on its behalf.

This is in response to the changing way its customers are using its services and in order to remain in good shape for the future.

New Zealand Post general manager for retail distribution Tracey Berry says the Cherrywood Variety Store will offer customers a convenient mix of services from a familiar location.

'Our customers in Cherrywood will be able to access all of the over-the-counter banking, postal, courier and bill payment services they do today,” says Tracey.

'The PO Boxes and the Kiwibank ATM will remain in Cherrywood.

'For more complex banking services, like applying for a home loan or opening a new bank account, customers can visit our Brookfield PostShop at 81 Bellevue Road, our Tauranga PostShop at 17 Grey Street, or use the telephone or internet banking.”

Tracey says NZ Post will have a banking consultant onsite ahead of the move to help its banking customers sign up for these services.

Cherrywood Variety Store owner Renu Duggal is looking forward to offering a new range of services at the existing PostShop site.

'I am a people person and love to interact with the community,” says Renu. 'I am looking forward to the increased foot traffic that postal and banking services will bring, for business as well as for me personally.”

NZ Post is also working closely with its PostShop team in Cherrywood.

'We are committed to supporting our team through this change,” adds Tracey. 'We appreciate this is an uncertain time for them.”

The current PostShop will close at 5pm on July 24. Cherrywood Variety Store will begin delivering NZ Post and Kiwibank services from that location from July 27.

There is currently two post centres within 2km of the Cherrywood PostShop, with the Tauranga PostShop 3.4km away.