Ranking Auckland

Welcome to part two in this series, where I am on a quest to find the best mall in Auckland! This part will cover all malls in South Auckland (south of the Isthmus), and East Auckland (east of the Tamaki River). Malls in North and West Auckland were covered in Part 1 ( link here ), and Part 3 will feature all malls in Central Auckland and an overall ranking of all malls in Auckland. As discussed in Part 1, for the purpose of these rankings, a mall is any enclosed, commercial building or complex with multiple stores and food outlets, a shared parking area, and an anchor tenant. This definition is a modified version of the definition found in a quick Google search, as it is hard to define "large" in a smaller country such as New Zealand, especially when compared to malls overseas. Under this definition (and an exception), there are 9 malls in South & East Auckland. Each mall is ranked out of 5 on transport (ease of access without  a car), variety (how much does it have to o...

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...