So what is the reason for having our suburb in Shipping page.

I think this is related to searching L

Do you have a phone / App? You can try it yourself. 

When I search for something (on the App, not the Desktop) it comes up with a bunch of "listings near me." as a suggestion from my search. The suburb location will be required so it can do this. I guess it's not clever enough to get rid of items that don't offer pick-up. 

This is a fairly obvious nod to Facebook Marketplace, which does the same thing on their search. 

Hi Callum. Thank you. No I don't use the app.

A few of us asked what this was about a few weeks ago. It was causing relisting problems. Michelle stated it was to be removed but we never got an explanation what is was for. It would have been nice to hear from trade me as to why is was there. And of course, as you can see, it hasn't been removed. :)

Kia ora L, the suburb field is only asked for if you are allowing pick ups, we did remove it as a requirement back in April. It should just be giving the district by default for listings with no pick ups, for example Wellington city for no pick ups, Te Aro (suburb, asked for) if offering pick ups. The suburb option is there so that users can list their items in a different location to their registered address if they need, and also show closer pick up information if they want to. If you're being required to give a suburb for a no pick up listing, can you send me some screenshots, the category you're listing in, browser and version. Also I'd try the usual cookie and cache clear. 

Thanks Michelle, appreciate the info and explanation. If I create a new listing and strike any issues I'll let you know.