South Island's biggest supermarket opens its doors

14/10/2025 2 min
South Island's biggest supermarket opens its doors

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There were eager shoppers as far as the eye could see at the opening of the South Island's biggest supermarket on the outskirts of Christchurch today. The $40 million development in Rolleston will serve the more than 30,000 people who live in what was once a small rural township. But as Keiller MacDuff reports, not everyone's excited about the mega store.