Eiderdown New Zealand

Eiderdown New Zealand, bedding made in New Zealand

Eiderdown New Zealand is a bedding company that locally produces duvets, pillows, sheets, blankets and protectors. According to its own presentation, all its duvets and pillows are made in New Zealand with raw materials selected for their quality and finished by specialised staff. The firm operates alongside its sister company Z Land, which makes the Alpaca Four Seasons duvet in Dunedin.

The company presents itself as the only one in New Zealand to use the HDTS system, which allows the exact origin of the Hungarian goose and duck down and feathers it uses to be traced. Its catalogue is organised around four filling families: Hungarian goose down, Hungarian duck down, New Zealand alpaca and New Zealand wool.

Duvets by filling and by season

The duvet range is structured by filling type and by season. In Hungarian goose down and Hungarian duck down, winter, autumn, summer and four seasons versions are sold, as well as a cot model. The alpaca and New Zealand wool ranges also include four seasons duvets.

Four Seasons duvets combine two pieces, one summer weight and one autumn weight, which can be used separately depending on the temperature or joined together for cold nights. Standout models in the catalogue include the Alpaca Four Seasons duvet, the 80% Hungarian Duck Down Four Seasons duvet and the 90% Hungarian Goose Down Four Seasons duvet, all made in New Zealand.

Pillows, blankets and protectors

The pillow section includes Hungarian goose down, Hungarian duck down, and alpaca and wool models, as well as scented pillows and lodge, euro and travel formats. The blankets and accessories line covers goose down blankets, such as the Goose Down Blanket in River Stone, designed to be used as an extra layer in winter or on its own in summer.

The company also sells mattress and pillow protectors, and mattress toppers, including a white goose down topper and a wool topper made in New Zealand.

Sheets and pillowcases

In surface textiles, the catalogue offers 500 thread count 100% cotton sheet sets and 100% cotton pillowcases, both made in New Zealand, as well as linen pillowcases. Available sizes in cotton sheets and pillowcases cover single, long single, king single, double, queen, king, super king and Californian king; pillowcases are offered in standard, lodge and euro formats.

Materials and certifications

The company states that 100% of its alpaca and wool comes from local New Zealand farms, in support of the country's producers. Its down is certified to the Responsible Down Standard, which verifies the origin of the material from source to final product. In its buying guide, the firm notes that natural fillings such as wool, alpaca and Hungarian down offer more comfortable rest than synthetic fibres, which it describes as less breathable.

Online shopping, shipping and warranties

Sales are made through its online store, with free shipping on all orders within New Zealand and shipping options to Australia, the United States and the rest of the world. The company states that its products come with multi-year warranties and runs a loyalty points programme, EiderPoints. The site shows more than 4,400 customer reviews and publishes a duvet buying guide, as well as a blog.

The catalogue reviewed showed an anniversary promotion with 30 to 50% off storewide and double points, applied to items such as the Alpaca Four Seasons duvet, the River Stone goose down blanket, the Hungarian duck down and goose down Four Seasons duvets, the 500 thread count cotton sheet set, the 90% Hungarian goose down pillow and the goose down and wool toppers.

Location and contact

9a Gladstone Road South, Mosgiel, NZ · Phone: +64 3 972 7786 · Email: sales@eiderdown.co.nz