Stephenie Meyer

Take Note Westport – in The Denniston Rose territory

There has been a bookshop at 106 Palmerston Road in Westport for over 100 years. Then it was Parkhouse Stationery, today the store is Take Note Westport, owned for 18 months by Lisa Hankey and Trish Casey.

The book store building could probably tell a story as engrossing as that of Jenny Pattrick’s fictional Denniston Rose...

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Pennys': 31 successful years in Hamilton’s Chartwell Mall

How to remember when you bought your bookstore business? “Our third daughter, Natasha, was only eight weeks old

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Whitcoulls Palmerston North: refreshed store in renewed Plaza

In September last year, Whitcoulls The Plaza, Palmerston North was re fitted as a new generation Whitcoulls store. At the time The Plaza shopping centre, sited on city landmark the Square, was itself in the final stages of a major two year renovation completed with a flourish and a celebration in March 2010.

Whitcoulls Plaza manager, William Brunn, is particularly proud of the wide frontage to the store, which can comfortably accommodate three of the new-style nesting tables. They are a great focus to display product right on to the mall to attract customers, Brunn says.

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