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Haywrights

Haywrights was a New Zealand department store chain that was founded in 1929 and eventually grew to be one of the largest department store chains in New Zealand.[1]

History

The store opened on 13 December 1929 as Hay's. It was founded by businessman and philanthropist James Hay.[2]

In 1968, the chain merged with Wright Stephenson (retail division) to form Hay's-Wright Stephenson, with the merger the chain expanded into the North Island.[2][3] On 1 August 1970 Hay's-Wright Stephenson became Haywrights after confusion among customers about the name.[3]

In January 1976 Haywrights purchased Milne & Choyce a department store chain based in Auckland, in an effort to expand further into the North Island. A total of 30–40 employees were laid off at the Mount Roskill Warehouse and at the Downtown Shopping Centre store Milne & Choyce stores.[4]

The company was taken over by the Farmers Co-operative Association in 1980 and integrated into a chain of department stores with all stores from Farmers and Haywrights being rebranded to Farmers & Haywrights (commonly written as Farmers-Haywrights or Farmers Haywrights or Farmers/Haywrights).[5] In 1982 Bunting & Co. acquired the company and sold 13 stores of Farmers & Haywrights stores to Farmers Trading Company (FTC) and a distribution centre in Christchurch for $12 million along with this the other stores were closed.[6] With this sale Farmers & Haywrights stores became part of FTC.[5]

Stores

Date opened is when the store became a Hay's, Haywrights or Farmers & Haywrights, if known opening date as its previous incarnation will be stated.

Gallery

References

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  16. ^ "Furniture Showroom , Furniture Showroom". Timaru Herald. 19 May 1938. p. 8. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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  30. ^ "Retail Merger Brings Country-wide Chain". The Press. 15 August 1969. p. 17.
  31. ^ "Page 22". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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  35. ^ "Haywrights will move carefully". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  36. ^ "Haywrights closes Auckland Downtown shopping centre". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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  41. ^ a b c "Haywrights sells Rotorua store". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  42. ^ a b "Haywrights to sell two North Island stores". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  43. ^ "Commercial BUOYANT RESULT BY HAYWRIGHTS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  44. ^ "Haywrights expects profit increase". The Press. Vol. 114, no. 33, 689. 12 November 1974. p. 36.