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Glenview, New Zealand

Coordinates: 37°49′18.92″S 175°17′12.71″E / 37.8219222°S 175.2868639°E / -37.8219222; 175.2868639
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Glenview
Suburb
A neighbourhood in Glenview, Hamilton.
A neighbourhood in Glenview, Hamilton.
Map
CountryNew Zealand
CityHamilton, New Zealand
Electoral wardHamilton West
Established1963
Population
 (2006 Census)
 • Total
5,088

Glenview is a suburb in southern Hamilton in New Zealand. It was named by Bruce Lugton of developers Lugton Lands. He chose Glenview because he felt it depicted the area perfectly. It was defined as a suburb in 1963.[1]

Glenview was the site of New Zealand's first shopping mall in 1969, grocer Erwin Leonard Guy Abel's Big A Plaza.[2] Today Glenview has a small shopping centre, including New World supermarket.[3]

References

  1. ^ Hamilton Street Name Index, Hamilton Public Library
  2. ^ http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=41793
  3. ^ http://www.newworld.co.nz/upper-north-island/waikato/glenview/

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