Nor'West News: October 08, 2019
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8 Tuesday <strong>October</strong> 8 <strong>2019</strong><br />
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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />
LOCALLY OWNED<br />
SINCE 1964<br />
Smiths Mitre 10 all started in 1964, when Reg Smith<br />
began trading as a coal merchant at 3 Waimairi Rd.<br />
Over time Reg expanded these humble beginnings<br />
into a complete hardware store, joining the Mitre 10<br />
group in 1981.<br />
Reg opened a second store in Farrington Ave,<br />
Bishopdale in 1983. The store expanded a couple of<br />
times on the same site, before moving into an old<br />
supermarket site at 135 Farrington Ave in 1988. It<br />
didn’t take long for this store to become over flowing<br />
with products, so it was excellent timing when in<br />
1998 the old Farmers building next door became<br />
available, tripling the size of the store.<br />
The Smiths were looking for a larger site again when<br />
the earthquakes badly damaged the Sanitarium<br />
buildings, leading to a shortage of Marmite.<br />
Sanitarium and Smiths came up with an agreement to<br />
share the site for a number of years, so Marmite could<br />
be continued to be made and a MEGA store built. In<br />
2017 the production of Marmite in Christchurch had<br />
discontinued and the space now became available<br />
for the existing Mitre 10 Mega store to develop larger.<br />
<strong>October</strong> <strong>2019</strong> saw the expansion complete on the<br />
existing site. The retail hall has increased by 30% with<br />
6,850 additional products, the outdoor garden area<br />
has doubled. Also having a fully functional Columbus<br />
café installed means 54 Harewood road is even more<br />
MEGA than ever and we are all really excited to show<br />
you the new store, after 36 years in the making.<br />
Papanui Mega is the sister store to Mitre 10 Mega<br />
Hornby and Mitre 10 Beckenham.<br />
FIRST OPENED 1983<br />
OLD FARMERS<br />
BUILDING 1998<br />
REG SMITH IN 1977<br />
MOVED INTO OLD<br />
SUPERVALUE 1988<br />
JOIN US<br />
COME CELEBRATE<br />
PAPANUI MEGA<br />
is even more<br />
MEGA<br />
Community Fun Days<br />
<strong>October</strong> 12th & 13th | 10am-3pm<br />
Bouncy castles, ice cream, FREE<br />
sausage sizzle, scavenger hunts,<br />
face painting, candy floss & more<br />
*If you find a<br />
lower price on an<br />
identical stocked<br />
product locally we<br />
will beat it by 15%<br />
Mitre10 MEGA Papanui<br />
54 Harewood Road - Ph: 03 359 5443<br />
*If you find the same product cheaper from another Mitre 10 store or Mitre 10 website we’ll match that price. Excludes trade and special quotes, stock liquidations and<br />
commercial quantities. The in-store price may be lower than that advertised.
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