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Kōrero: Stock and station agencies

Levin building, 1954

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Levin building, 1954

Levin & Co. was one of many firms that began as general traders and moved into the stock and station business. Founded in 1841 by Nathaniel Levin, it began by selling drapery, hosiery and haberdashery. The company soon became an importer and exporter, and was active in the wool trade. This is the Levin store in Wellington, decorated for the royal tour of 1954.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, K. E. Niven and Co Collection

Reference: 1/2-209718; F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Hugh Stringleman, Stock and station agencies – The first New Zealand agencies, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17384/levin-building-1954 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Hugh Stringleman, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.