List of shopping malls in New Zealand

The following is a list of shopping malls in New Zealand.

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Largest by total retail space

Name City First constructed Floors Total retail space Retail stores Anchor tenants Cinema screens Parking spaces Visitors annually Total sales Notes
The Base Hamilton 2005 1 61,594 m² 100+ (pre Stages 2 & 3 of Te Awa) 8 6 (Opens August 2011) 2153 5.7 million (pre Te Awa) ? The next stage of The Base development opens on 29 July 2010. The addition of Stage 1 of "Te Awa" will make The Base New Zealand's largest retail centre by rentable area under one ownership. Further stages of development happening now.
Sylvia Park Auckland 2007 2 60,000 m² 204+ 6 10 4000 6.3 million $300m Sylvia Parks Development has finished
Westfield Riccarton Christchurch 1965 2 55,149 m² 200[1] 7 7 2400 9.8m (2007) $332m (2009) First NZ mall to reach $300m in annual sales (2007)
Westfield Albany Auckland 2007 2 53,154 m² 150 4 8 2300+ ? $281m (2009) 70,000 m² total indoor space includes 17,000 m² of office space[2]
Westfield Queensgate Wellington 2006 2 45,467 m² 174+ 2 9 1855+ 8m+ $203m
Westfield St Lukes Auckland 1971 1 43,000 m² 168 4 8 2000+ 6m ?
Northlands Shopping Centre Christchurch 1967 1 42,159 m² 135+ 5 ? 1700+ ? ? [3][4]
Westfield WestCity Auckland 1974 3 36,921 m² 230 4 8 1492 8m ?
Westfield Manukau City Auckland 1976 2 36,793 m² 197 2 10 1885 7.5m $176m (2006)
The Palms Christchurch 1997 2 34,000 m² 110 3 8 1450+ ? ?

For comparison, the largest mall in Canada, the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Canada has a retail space of 350,000 m². The largest in the United States of America is the 230,000 m² Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. Melbourne's Chadstone Shopping Centre, which has been described as the largest shopping centre in the Southern Hemisphere, has 190,000 m² of retail space.[5]

North Island

Auckland

Hamilton

Kapiti Coast

Levin

New Plymouth

Palmerston North

Rotorua

Tauranga

Wellington

South Island

Christchurch

Proposed Shopping Developments:

NOTE: Several of Christchurch's malls were badly affected by the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and are currently being assessed as to their continued structural viability.

Dunedin

Invercargill

Nelson

Queenstown

Timaru

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