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EXCLUSIVE: THE WAREHOUSE AT PAKURANGA PLAZA IS CLOSING (Times, November 7):
Self-checkout is not for everyone. I couldn’t understand it, so stopped shopping there.
I have been told ages ago this was happening. Panda Mart is going to take over. It’s a pretty sad mall these days. Still breaks the heart. Grew up going here lived local. Now it’s op shops and pop-up stores. Empty shops full of Panda Mart stock. That Warehouse has always been good. Sad for the old people that can’t drive or won’t got too far this was their little hub, the Plaza.
Most probably an Auckland Transport doing. They seem to have a knack for making things difficult for people then getting the property for next to nothing.
It’s a nightmare getting in and out with all the roadworks and changes! It’s no wonder people have given up and going elsewhere.
With all the uncertainty how can businesses continue to run. I feel sorry for those with lack of transportation. If they cannot keep going what hope is there for others.
Very sad to see this having grown up in Pakuranga Heights and spent most of my life shopping at the Pakuranga Town Centre and then The Plaza. The transport builds must have contributed, but sadly all the community will get for all the expenditure and upheaval is a bus route, not a Meadowlands to Panmure rail link which would actually have added value and allowed people in the east to commute to town using one integrated service.
