PremiumShayne CurrieNZME Editor-at-Large·NZ Herald·1 Sep, 2026 08:51 PM7 mins to read‌Trade Depot's $88.7m acquisition of the Port of Tauranga land in Auckland was announced to the NZX on Wednesday morning. Inset: Trade Depot founder and chairman John Christie. Photo / Dean TaylorIt started from humble retail beginnings as a simple Trade Me marketplace operation and will now boast two of the country’s biggest trade depots.Kiwi-owned retailer Trade Depot has acquired a massive piece of commercial land in Auckland for one of the country’s biggest new trade supply depots.

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