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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 was 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]
Quay Street is the northernmost street in the Auckland CBD, New Zealand. The Auckland Ferry Terminal , which has ferries running to Devonport , Waiheke Island , and other places in Waitematā Harbour ; the Hilton Auckland hotel; and Ports of Auckland are on the north side of the street.
Foodtown was a New Zealand supermarket chain owned by Progressive Enterprises (now Woolworths New Zealand). [1] As with Woolworths, the Foodtown brand was phased out in the late 2000s, with all stores rebranded as Countdown by the end of 2011. [2]
The First World War Memorial Beacon is a war memorial on Quay Street in Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand. New Zealand's first built World War I memorial, it was first unveiled in 1915, before being lost in the 1960s. It was rediscovered and restored in 1999–2000, at which time it was placed outside the New Zealand Maritime Museum. It ...
On 14 November 2011, the Meadowlands store in Howick, Auckland was rebranded as Countdown, marking the official end of the Woolworths brand. [2] [24] The 21 Woolworths mini-supermarkets at Gull petrol stations were taken over by Night 'n Day from June 2011. [25] Woolworths Bayfair in Mount Maunganui continued to operate under the Woolworths ...
Hobson Street is a major street in Auckland, New Zealand. It lies on the western side of Queen Street . It is a commercial and high-rise residential street, and provides access to the Auckland Northern Motorway going south, and the Northwest Motorway going west.
The terminal is on the Auckland waterfront, at the north end of Queen Street, across Quay Street from the Waitematā railway station, which is the hub for local buses and trains. The ferry terminal is composed of two main elements, a yellow Edwardian Baroque building facing Queen Street and the CBD, and newer wharves and a waiting area building ...
Queens Wharf is a concrete wharf in Auckland, New Zealand, that continues off Queen Street (the main street in central Auckland). It opened in 1913, replacing the Queen Street Wharf, a succession of wooden wharves first built in 1852. Queens Wharf was owned and used by Ports of Auckland until 2010.