Shop Kiwiana

The largest souvenir shop in the South Island, the Farmers Corner Ashburton complex is also home to a restaurant so travel and shopping weary tourists can simultaneously top up their energy levels, rest their feet and lighten their foreign currency carrying load. The sheer size of the establishment enables the key clientele of busloads of tourists to be catered for with ease, ensuring that each and every tourist can enjoy the experience without clamouring for space or attention.

Tourists are greeted by an exterior of Harditex joined by COLORSTEEL® coated in Resene Sonyx 101 semi-gloss acrylic, then welcomed inside with paperfaced plasterboard finished in Resene SpaceCote Low Sheen waterborne enamel in hues of Resene Double Napa (toasted brown) and Resene Oilskin (green edged brown) in the restaurant and entranceway, complemented by Resene Soft Amber (soft brown oxide) on internal broadwall areas and Resene Diesel (dark black red) on doors and trims.

The combination of selection, style and comfort, makes keeping bus departures on time a more difficult proposition than normal as tourists linger for one last look.

Architect: The Design Team
Building Contractor: Russell Liley Builders
Painting Contractor: Gerald Diver Specialised Decorating
Resene: Nigel Turner, Christchurch Trade Sales Representative
From the Resene News – issue 1/2005

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