New Zealand - Auckland
- Cars parked outside in Westfield, near Otahuhu - Westfield freezing works in background...
- 1968
- Photographer: National Publicity Studios
Westfield Group
- An Australian shopping centre company that existed from 1960 to 2014, when it split into two independent companies: Scentre Group, which now owns and operates the Australian and New Zealand Westfield shopping centre portfolio; and Westfield Corporation, which continued to own and operate the American and European center portfolio.
- Westfield Group undertook ownership, development, design, construction, funds/asset management, property management, leasing, and marketing activities.
- The multinational company was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and had interests in and operated one of the world's largest shopping centre portfolios with investment interests in 103 shopping centres across Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Italy, Croatia, Poland, Czech Republic, and Brazil, encompassing around 23,000 retail outlets and total assets under management in excess of A$63 billion.
(Reference: Wikipedia)
Ōtāhuhu
- A suburb of Auckland
- The suburb's name is taken from the Māori-language name of a volcanic cone also known as Mount Richmond.
- The name refers to "the place of Tāhuhu"—an ancestor, Tāhuhu-nui-a-Rangi, who settled the area. In colloquial speech, locals sometimes shorten the name to "Otahu".
(Reference: Wikipedia)
Image source: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 895-A82889
Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
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