Te Awa The Base

I was at Hamilton's largest mall today in support of my youth with intellectual disability who wanted to buy a suit for the school ball.  The Te Awa Retail Shopping Centre area used to be a military camp, hence the term The Base.  This covered shopping centre has a large selection of fashion and major brands like Farmers, Witchery, Wild Pair, Michael Hill, Dunkin' Donuts and many more, plus Hoyts Flagship Cinema featuring the largest silver screen in NZ.  The architectural design took into consideration Waikato Tainui's rich cultural history.

One selling factor of the place is the over 3,000 FREE parking space that easily attracts a sizable crowd specially on weekends.  In any shopping centre there is always a food court that is always packed with people eating, talking and bonding with the family.  There are other amenities to make your stay as enjoyable as possible: an outdoor children's playground, baby changing facilities, free wheelchairs and prams.  There is even free shopping shuttle to take you and your bags back to your car.

I guess the rent for places like this must be high because the suit we wanted was well out of the price range of my high school student.  At the end of the day, we decided to go further down the road to a place called SaveMart where we got all that was needed at an affordable price.  Te Awa will still be the place to go to for quality and durability.