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Story: Shops

Page 10. All images & media

From page 1 - Early shops

From page 2 - Chain stores

From page 3 - Small-town and suburban shopping

From page 4 - Shopkeepers and shoppers

From page 5 - Unions, pay and working hours

From page 6 - General stores, bookshops, tobacconists and jewellers

From page 7 - Drapers and haberdashers, pharmacies and confectioners

From page 8 - Contemporary retailing

How to cite this page

Carl Walrond, Shops, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/98454/media (accessed 4 June 2026).

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