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Tisdalls’ Auckland store

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Tisdalls’ Auckland store

In 1889 William Henry Tisdall opened his fishing and hunting store in Lambton Quay, Wellington. The family-run business also set up stores in Auckland and Palmerston North. Tisdalls closed its shops in 2007 due to competition from larger chain retailers such as Kathmandu and Rebel Sport, and the high cost of inner-city leases.

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Carl Walrond, Shops – General stores, bookshops, tobacconists and jewellers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21228/tisdalls-auckland-store (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 6 April 2010, updated 19 February 2026.