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“The sign over the entrance of the Johnsonville Shopping Centre has a stain on it. Huge, brown-green streaks of mould no one has bothered to wash off. The logo underneath the stain is a 90s-era art deco depiction of a rising sun, in orange and turquoise. It’s not flashy, but it’s friendly and warm. There was a time when this mall represented hope, excitement, a new dawn for the northern suburbs of Wellington – but that time has long passed. The inside of the mall also shows signs of neglect. The lightbulbs in the low-slung ceiling seem to have given up. They’ve grown dull, and flicker from time to time. By my count, there are 19 empty shops, compared to 31 still open. The brightness has been turned down on the remaining shops, like they’re afraid of being above their station. ‘It’s a dead mall. The quietest mall in New Zealand,’ says one former retail tenant.”
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Who killed the Johnsonville mall?
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