NZ Post received requests from 26 stores to review its decisions, with 10 stores successful.
Post shops in Masterton, Paekākāriki, Christchurch, Ashburton, Oamaru, Pāpāmoa, New Plymouth, Ōpua, and Pukekohe were successful, alongside the Wellington shop.
However, not all postal services will be offered at these stores, with some not offering parcel collection or lockboxes.
An NZ Post spokesperson said the reviews considered feedback and information against its criteria.
“In a small number of cases (10), new information materially changed the store’s position and we have been able to offer retaining some or all NZ Post services,” they told the Herald.
“As some of this information is commercially sensitive, we’re not able to go into specifics.”
Marsden Books operates as a post shop and bookstore in Karori, Wellington.
Hogg felt for the stores whose review was unsuccessful, saying her only advice is to get community support, which she believed worked in her favour.
“I’ve had quite a few people from other outlets reach out to me today asking, you know, how we did it,” Hogg said.
The Karori community came together to push for the reversal, making submissions to NZ Post directly opposing the decision.
Hogg understood her post shop to be the more popular of just two services in Karori, home to 18,000 residents.
The gas station down the road was initially chosen by NZ Post as the only shop in the suburb to keep its postal services.
Sharing the good news on Facebook, locals flooded Hogg’s comment section with praise.
“We just want to say thank you to every single person that made an effort to put a submission in. We’re just incredibly grateful and really thankful that we get to just continue giving that good service,” Hogg told the Herald.
Sammy Carter is a journalist for the New Zealand Herald covering news in the Wellington region. She has previously worked at the Rotorua Daily Post.