Ranking Auckland

Welcome to the first part in this series, where I rank all the malls in Auckland! This part will cover all malls in North Auckland (north of the Harbour Bridge), and Western Auckland (west of, and including New Lynn). Part 2 will cover South and East Auckland, with Part 3 covering the Isthmus, as well as an overall ranking of what is truly the best mall in Auckland.  To start this series off, we need to define what really counts as a mall. According to a quick google search, a mall is defined as "a large, often enclosed, commercial building or complex containing various stores, restaurants, and businesses, typically with a shared parking area" . While this is a perfectly adequate definition, there are a few things that could do with more detail. First of all, what really counts as large? While us Aucklanders will refer to Sylvia Park as a large mall (largest in the country even), its approximately 120,00 square meters of retail space pales in comparison to the largest mall in...