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Piercy Christmas opened the first Woolworths store on Cuba Street, Wellington in 1929. It expanded into a chain of stores, initially selling general merchandise. [4] In 1963, Milne & Choyce, Farmers Trading Company and Woolworths formed a joint venture to establish New Zealand's first shopping mall in New Lynn, Auckland. All three companies ...
Quay Park seen from the Sky Tower. Quay Park is a junction on the Auckland railway network in New Zealand. [1] It normally links Waitematā with Newmarket station [clarification needed] for the Western and Southern lines which use a common set of tracks (the Newmarket Line) between Waitematā and Newmarket.
Countdown was an Australian-owned New Zealand full-service supermarket chain and subsidiary of Woolworths New Zealand, itself a subsidiary of Australia's Woolworths Group. It is one of two supermarket chains in New Zealand, the other being Foodstuffs. Until the brand's rebranding, there were 194 Countdown stores, with 61 in Auckland. [1]
Auckland Harbour Board Workshops, 204 Quay Street, 1944-1989, site spread between Lower Hobson St, Customs Street and Quay Street, repair of boats, cranes and other equipment. [22] Port of Auckland, container and trade port on the north side of Quay Street. Auckland City Arena, south side, 2007, sports and entertainment centre.
General Post Office building in 1911, with the entrance to the Queen Street railway station to the right. Waitematā railway station, formerly known as Britomart Transport Centre, is the public transport hub in the central business district of Auckland and the northern terminus of the North Island Main Trunk railway line.
Princes Wharf as seen from Quay Street. The two 'ship's prows' of the wharf as seen from Waitematā Harbour. Loading at the old Princes Wharf in 1924. Princes Wharf is a former commercial wharf on the Auckland waterfront, in Auckland, New Zealand, which has been redeveloped into a multi-story high-class mixed-use development and cruise ship terminal.
A future third main line is under construction as part of the Wiri to Quay Park project announced in 2017; work started in 2020 and is to be completed by 2025. [1] It is expected to ease congestion on Auckland rail lines by allowing "through" trains to pass stationary trains at stations, improve rail freight access from the Port of Auckland to the Westfield yards and allow more frequent ...
The Auckland Central Business District (CBD), or Auckland city centre, [4] is the geographical and economic heart of the Auckland metropolitan area.It is the area in which Auckland was established in 1840, by William Hobson on land gifted by mana whenua hapū Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.