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Sylvia Park shopping centre

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Sylvia Park shopping centre

Sylvia Park in Mt Wellington is named for the stud farm that once occupied the site. It is now home to New Zealand’s largest shopping mall.

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Margaret McClure, Auckland places – South-eastern suburbs: industrial heartland, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16213/sylvia-park-shopping-centre (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Margaret McClure, published 2 March 2009, updated 5 August 2016.