Best Computer Repair Shops in Wellington

We assessed 40 computer repair shops in Wellington and ranked the top 5 on public rating quality, review volume and how recent the reviews are. The businesses listed below hold 3,281 Google reviews between them. No business can pay for a place in these rankings. Last updated 30 October 2026. How we rank

Top 5 Computer Repair Shops in Wellington

The top 5 computer repair shops in Wellington are #1 Geeks on Wheels, #2 Rocket Tech, #3 Village Tech, #4 CSNewtown, and #5 Hutt Computers, ranked by Top5 score. Scroll for our take on each, plus what to ask before you book.

  • 1

    Geeks on Wheels Wellington - Mobile Computer Repairs & Service

    ★ 4.9 1,087 reviews Top5 Score 189
    5★ 988 4★ 76 3★ 3 2★ 4 1★ 16

    Geeks on Wheels sends technicians to your home to fix computer glitches, set up new laptops, install printers and scanners, and sort internet connectivity. Technicians like Justin, Brandon, and Brent are noted for explaining what they are doing at each step, checking in before making changes, and leaving clients confident rather than confused.

    0800 424 335 Map Is this your business?
  • 2

    Rocket Tech Limited

    ★ 5.0 270 reviews Top5 Score 173
    5★ 265 4★ 3 3★ 1 1★ 1

    Rocket Tech turns around console and laptop repairs, including PS5 HDMI ports, water-damaged motherboards, and microsoldering jobs, often within an hour or two. Unusually, they do not charge for diagnostics when they cannot fix the fault, which gives walk-ins a low-risk way to find out what is actually wrong.

    179 High Street, Hutt Central, Lower Hutt

    020 407 70770 Map Is this your business?
  • 3

    Village Tech Solutions Ltd - Mobile phone and laptop repair shop

    ★ 5.0 257 reviews Top5 Score 172
    5★ 254 4★ 2 1★ 1

    Village Tech covers laptop screen replacements, water damage, battery swaps, GPU fan repairs, hard drive recovery, and phone charging ports, often completing jobs the same day or within a few hours. Patrick will open on Saturdays for urgent repairs, writes damage reports for insurance claims, and has a no-fix-no-fee approach that takes the risk out of bringing in a device you are unsure about.

    10/148 Willis Street, Te Aro, Wellington

    027 299 1649 Map Is this your business?
  • 4

    CSNewtown Ltd, Consultancy Services (JJ's)

    ★ 4.8 305 reviews Top5 Score 169
    5★ 287 4★ 5 2★ 1 1★ 12

    CSNewtown fits people dealing with laptop faults, cracked screens, external hard drive failures, and tangled account and password problems across multiple devices. JJ walks customers through the diagnosis, lays out their options before touching anything, and quotes a price upfront so there are no surprises at pickup.

    150 Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington

    027 333 3630 Map Is this your business?
  • 5

    Hutt Computers |Lower Hutt's most trusted repair store since 2015 | iPhone, MacBook, Laptop, Desktop, PlayStation

    ★ 4.8 257 reviews Top5 Score 168
    5★ 237 4★ 10 3★ 3 2★ 3 1★ 4

    Hutt Computers fixes laptops, phones, tablets, MacBooks, Chromebooks, and gaming consoles including PS5 HDMI ports, with many customers returning over several years for both hardware and software problems. Rohit and the team are known for quoting competitive prices upfront, keeping customers updated through the repair, and occasionally sorting a secondary device at no extra charge.

    107 Randwick Road, Moera, Lower Hutt

    04 650 2255 Map Is this your business?

Before you hire

Ask whether there is a diagnostic or call-out fee before the quote, and whether it comes off the repair. For a laptop or MacBook, ask whether the part is genuine or compatible; for data recovery, ask what happens to your files and who can see them. Back up first if the machine still starts. A repair is covered by the Consumer Guarantees Act, which requires it to be done with reasonable care and skill.

Before you book a computer repair shop in Wellington

Drawn from 739 customer reviews collected for this page.

What decides the price of a computer or laptop repair?

A repair price has three main components: a diagnostic or call-out fee, labour, and parts. Ask upfront whether the diagnostic fee is deducted from the final bill if you go ahead.

Software work such as virus removal or a reinstall is charged by the hour, while hardware work adds the cost of the part on top. A MacBook logic board replacement or water damage repair can cost more than the machine is worth, so ask for a written quote before authorising anything.

Genuine parts, authorised repairers, and what protects you if a repair goes wrong?

There is no licensing requirement for computer or phone repairers in New Zealand, so any shop can legally do this work. Apple authorises some repairers as service providers; if your device is still under the manufacturer's warranty, using one of those authorised repairers protects that warranty, but an independent shop is not automatically inferior.

A genuine part comes from the original manufacturer, while a compatible part comes from a third party and is usually cheaper, though quality varies. The Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 requires any repair supplied to a consumer to be carried out with reasonable care and skill, the parts supplied to be of acceptable quality, and the work completed in a reasonable time, sitting alongside any workmanship warranty the shop offers.

What happens to my files during a repair or data recovery?

A repairer working on your machine can see the files on it, and repairs such as a storage drive replacement or operating system reinstall can wipe them entirely. Back up your data before dropping the device off, while it still starts, because recovering files from a dead drive costs significantly more than preventing the loss. Ask the shop whether the repair requires your password, whether the drive will be wiped, how they handle customer data privacy, and, if you need data recovery, whether they do that work in-house or send the drive to a specialist and what they charge if nothing can be recovered.

What are the warning signs of a computer repair shop you should not use?
  • –A diagnostic fee that is not mentioned until you arrive to collect the device, with no written quote given beforehand.
  • –Work carried out beyond the original scope without calling you first for approval, leaving you with an invoice you did not agree to.
  • –The same fault returning within days or weeks of the repair, with the shop unwilling to fix it at no extra cost.
  • –Parts that do not match what was quoted, such as a screen with noticeably worse brightness or a battery that degrades faster than expected.
  • –No updates while the machine is in the shop, leaving you unable to plan around getting it back.
  • –A quote far above the machine's current resale value, with no honest advice about whether the repair is actually worth doing.
What should you ask before booking a computer repair?
  • –Is there a diagnostic or call-out fee, and does it come off the total if you approve the repair?
  • –Will the shop call you before doing any work beyond the original quote, and will that approval be confirmed in writing?
  • –Is the replacement part genuine or compatible, and can you see the part specification before work starts?
  • –Will your files be preserved, or does the repair involve wiping the drive?
  • –What warranty covers both the part and the labour, and how is a comeback job handled?
  • –Given the age and value of the machine, is the repair actually worth the cost?

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About this ranking

What the 10 computer repair shops listed above hold, at the 30 October 2026 check.

1,087
reviews held by the #1 ranked business
257
reviews held by the #5 ranked business
4.5
lowest rating among the 10 listed
2.8%
of their 3,281 reviews are one-star
How are the top computer repair shops in Wellington chosen?

We build this page from Google Maps results for computer repair shops in Wellington. Each one is scored on its public rating and review record, using the same published method on every page. Businesses outside the area, or whose reviews describe a different line of work, are left out. Every category and city is rechecked on a rolling cycle, about every two to three months. See how we rank for how rankings are made and who is left out. On specialist pages like this one, a business's reviews count in proportion to how many of them are about computer repair shops, so a business mostly reviewed for other work cannot win on review volume alone. See the words we look for.

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