Bayfair Shopping Centre


Bayfair Shopping Centre, more commonly known as simply Bayfair, is one of the main shopping malls in Tauranga located in the suburb of Arataki. Bayfair is also known for being the first shopping mall built in Tauranga.
Bayfair is owned by Fisher Funds Management, and is managed by Dexus.

Location

Bayfair Shopping Centre is located on the corner of Maunganui Road and Girven Road. The rear of the shopping centre backs onto Farm Road, and Jackson Street and Harris Street are located to the side of the building. It is across Maunganui Road from Omanu Golf Course, and across Girven Road from Baywave.

Facilities

Bayfair has three anchor stores: Woolworths, Kmart and Farmers. Up until 2018, it was home to New Zealand’s only remaining Woolworths supermarket, which had retained the Australian Woolworths branding rather than rebranding to Countdown due to the presence of an existing Countdown store in Bayfair. In 2023, following a nationwide rebrand by the company, the store was officially renamed Woolworths once again. Farmers is the only part of the shopping centre to be on more than one floor. There is a large foodcourt with around a dozen food retailers.

Development

In December 2017, a $115 million redevelopment began on Bayfair. Included in the development was a new cinema with 1,300 seats, and a new Woolworths supermarket. Over 400 workers worked on the construction.
The first stage of the redevelopment opened in December 2018. There were 30 new stores. The redevelopment was expected to end in 2019, which was expected to have 150 stores once finished. In May 2019, six new restaurants opened at Bayfair.

Buses

Buses stop outside bayfair on Farm Street.
Previous timetabled stopRouteNext timetabled stop
TerminusCT
Crosstown
Ohauiti Road
towards Toi Ohomai
Tauranga Central Station
towards Terminus
02
Papamoa East
Fashion Island
towards Papamoa East
Mt Maunganui
towards Tauranga Central
05
Mt Maunganui
Terminus
Terminus20
Te Puke
Tara Road
towards Te Puke
Mt Maunganui
towards Terminus
21
Mt Maunganui-Papamoa
Papamoa Plaza
towards Terminus
Tauranga Central
towards Tauranga Hospital
143
Whakatane
Papamoa Plaza
towards Te Puke