Philips Hue White & Colour Starter Kit (3 bulbs + bridge)
The premium smart lighting standard. Expensive, and the one that never randomly stops working.
What it costs in New Zealand today
No verified NZ prices yet
We only publish a price once a human has checked it against the retailer's own listing. This product is in the queue. Indicative RRP is $299 — our own estimate, not a checked retail price.
Price history
Price history starts building from the first verified check. Come back in a few weeks — or get an alert the moment it drops.
Source·Our own recorded checks — no third-party history·Reviewed AUG 2026·Method
How we check this price
- A person opens the retailer's own product page. No scraper, no feed, no reseller listing — the price is read off the page a buyer would land on.
- The price is recorded with the date it was read. That date is printed beside the price everywhere it appears on this site, in the mono type you can see above.
- Rows are sorted by price, and by nothing else. The sort function receives a price and no other argument, so there is no position to sell.
- A check older than 14 days is flagged; older than 60 days is deleted. We would rather show you fewer prices than one we no longer stand behind.
publishable(row) = has price AND has check date AND (today − check date) < 60 days
Full specifications
| Bulbs | 3× E27 colour |
|---|---|
| Hub | Hue Bridge included |
| Protocol | Zigbee |
| Ecosystems | Alexa, Google, HomeKit, Matter |
| Brightness | 1100 lumens |
| Colours | 16 million + tunable white |
| RRP (indicative) | $299 our estimate, not a verified retail price |
Source·Manufacturer specification sheets·Reviewed AUG 2026·Method
The honest read
What's good
- Most reliable smart lighting available
- Works with every major ecosystem
- Huge accessory range
What's not
- Costs several times what Tapo does
- Bridge takes an ethernet port
Common questions
What does the Philips Hue White & Colour Starter Kit (3 bulbs + bridge) cost in New Zealand?
We have no verified New Zealand retail price for it yet. Our indicative RRP estimate is $299, which is our own figure and not a price any retailer has confirmed. We publish a price only once a person has read it off the retailer's own listing, with the date attached.
How often is the Philips Hue White & Colour Starter Kit (3 bulbs + bridge) price checked?
A person re-reads each retailer's own listing on a schedule. A price older than 14 days is flagged on its row, and a price older than 60 days is removed from the table rather than shown to you as if it were current.
Where to go next
You have one model's price. The category page ranks every smart home & lighting we track by its cheapest checked price, so you can see whether this one is good value or just well marketed.
Data AUG 2026 Drops we watched happenIf this price still feels high, the deals page lists only products that are cheaper today than the highest price we recorded ourselves — never a discount measured against an RRP.
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