Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily. Today on The Spinoff: The Bledisloe Cup of Scrabble, the rebuilding of Fazerdaze, and the intertwined crises of climate change and human rights. But first: To celebrate Canterbury Anniversary Day, Joseph Harper ranks every mall in the Garden City.
“A hairdresser once told my wife that people tend to stick to their suburb in Christchurch, and it’s true. My dad hasn’t even been to the Square since before the earthquakes. Where’s the allure in a munted cathedral when you’ve got a New World on your street and a mall down the road that has Japanese pies and a JB HiFi? If you’re from here, or have been here a while, it’s easy to see why Ōtautahi is a mall town. In 2024, asking Garden City flatlanders which mall they shop at is probably a more telling question than which high school they attended.”
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The malls of Christchurch, ranked
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