I can thoroughly recommend The Custard Pie in Paraparaumu, on the corner of Mazengarb Road and Realm Drive. As the name suggests, there is a good selection of custard pies and cream doughnuts. I had the boysenberry cream doughnut and Kate had the passionfruit custard doughnut. Both delicious.
Our friends Helen and John met us there and we went to their place for lunch; pizza and doughnuts — a perfect combination unless you can’t eat fat or cream (which would be very sad).