$100m Pak'nSave Takapuna: Foodstuffs North Island wins consent for New Zealand's biggest new supermarket
Foodstuffs North Island has won approval to build New Zealand's largest new supermarket.
A $100 million Pak'nSave of more than half a hectare is allowed at Takapuna with 197 carparking spaces near the motorway on- and off-ramps near Esmonde Rd.
An Auckland Council spokeswoman said today that consent sought on
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