Story: Department stores and shopping malls

Hi-5 at the mall

Young fans pack Auckland’s WestCity shopping mall to see Australian television performers Hi-5 in 2007. Like the department stores of the past with their Santa parades and roof gardens, malls look for opportunities to welcome children.

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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/en/photograph/22237/hi-5-at-the-mall (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Helen Laurenson, published 4 February 2010.