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Kōrero: Department stores and shopping malls

Leisure shopping

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In this 1998 television news item, David Robertson and Grant Hirst discuss the importance of adding attractions such as cinemas to malls, to draw in more shoppers. While internet shopping was a growing part of the retail sector at the time, malls were seen as competitive because they offered people another leisure activity.

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Helen Laurenson, Department stores and shopping malls – Mall and department store culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/22236/leisure-shopping (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Helen Laurenson, i tāngia i te 4 February 2010.