Western News: July 12, 2016

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Business boost for The Hub
• By Annabelle Dick
THE EXPANSION of The Hub
Hornby is set to grow the local
economy and create more job
opportunities.
Stage two of the mall redevelopment
is due to open on
Thursday after four years of
work on the extension.
The $75 million refurbishment
will see the centre grow
from 1200 sq m to 6000 sq m.
The Hub Hornby centre manager
Jason Marsden said dozens
of outlets will be introduced
growing the number of retailers
to nearly 100.
“We’ll end up with a mall
that’s a true regional centre so
that means it will have a really
broad offering of food and
fashion to service the growing
community,” he said.
Mr Marsden said the mall
has been the main outlet for
residents in outlying satellite
towns and western suburbs
since before and following the
earthquakes.
But the centre has seen the
number of people they service
increase by 52 per cent due to
the influx of residents moving
to the area.
“We’re really playing catch up
with the growth,” Mr Marsden
said.
EXPANSION: A $75 million refurbishment is nearly
completed at The Hub Hornby.
Developers are aiming to bring
vibrancy to the west and complement
retailers already in the area.
Mr Marsden said the mall
development will increase
business locally with the Dress-
Smart outlet, the Horn by
Working Men’s Club new retail
precinct and the former Mitre
10 site all nearby.
He also says the introduction
of the multi-million dollar centre
will create a number of jobs
for those in the community.
“At the end of the day all
those shops are going to be
looking for staff and even
throughout the build process
we’ve had many contractors so
that’s already bought money
into the local area.”
Developers will then spend
the next three months completing
the northern entrance way
as part of the final stage of the
refurbishment.
BILINGUAL: Amiria and Matakaea Tikao helped supermarket
customers celebrate Maori Language Week. ​
Pupils teach Te Reo
TWO PUPILS – one from Shirley
Intermediate and the other from
St Albans School – were the
voices behind a supermarket
initiative to celebrate Maori
Language Week.
Amiria Tikao, 12, and her
younger sister Matakaea, 9,
had their voices professionally
recorded in a sound studio to
help SuperValue and FreshChoice
customers better understand the
Maori language.
The sisters were recorded pronouncing
items such as apples,
mushrooms, fish, milk, meat,
kiwifruit and cheese, along with
many others.
Amiria said it was a fun project
to be involved with.
“It was really cool. It took about
45mins, so not very long . . . we
got most of the words first time,
which was good,” she said.
Local SuperValue and Fresh-
Choice supermarkets then put
posters up around their stores,
with a QR code that customers
could scan with their cell phone.
The code led to a website where
they could hear the two pupils
correctly pronounce the word.
Amiria said she had not yet
tested out the posters, but she
would think about going in later.
SuperValue and FreshChoice
brands manager Liz de Lange
said that when the campaign was
run last year, the QR codes were
used thousands of times.
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