{"id":601750,"date":"2026-09-16T04:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T04:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/601750\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T04:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T04:14:13","slug":"construction-set-to-start-on-rebuild-of-fire-hit-auckland-new-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/601750\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction set to start on rebuild of fire-hit Auckland New World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Work to rebuild New World Victoria Park \u2013 heavily damaged in a fire last year \u2013 is due to start soon, with the new store set to open late next year. <\/p>\n

A huge blaze gutted the central Auckland supermarket<\/a> in June 2025. Extensive damage<\/a> meant the building was unable to be salvaged and was subsequently demolished. <\/p>\n

Today, New World owner Foodstuffs confirmed that resource consent for the store’s rebuild had been approved, and construction was set to begin. The new supermarket was expected to reopen in December 2027. <\/p>\n

New World Victoria Park owner-operator Steve Purton called it a “significant moment”. <\/p>\n

\"Firefighters<\/p>\n

Firefighters spray water on the New World near Victoria Park. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s been a huge amount of work behind the scenes over the past year to get to this point, and we\u2019re incredibly grateful for the support and patience of our customers, neighbours and the wider Victoria Park community,” he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs a local owner, I\u2019m incredibly proud to be investing in the future of this store and the community we\u2019ve been part of for so long. <\/p>\n

“We know how much Victoria Park means to our customers, and we\u2019re looking forward to bringing the store back and creating a modern supermarket that will serve local families and businesses for decades to come.” <\/p>\n

The new design<\/a> would largely keep the original building’s footprint. <\/p>\n

Foodstuffs has promised the new supermarket will have a modern design, improved customer flow and accessibility, more efficient back-of-house operations, a more sustainable building, and a better shopping experience. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Work to rebuild New World Victoria Park \u2013 heavily damaged in a fire last year \u2013 is due…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[51,138,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-601750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-auckland","tag-business","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}