COUNTDOWN IS ON: Ngai Tawhiri kaumatua Stan Pardoe turns the first sod at the site of Gisborne's new Countdown supermarket, with store manager Jess Stubbs, Countdown development manager Marie Fonua, ...

A technical glitch has seen a New Zealand grocery chain become an overnight social media sensation. The store, known as Countdown, lost its “o” after an apparent electrical fault. The store, located ...

Tuesday 10 Jan 2012: A new supermarket opens today and customers can forget about the need to park their car. Countdown Auckland Metro on Victoria St has done away with car parks and traditional large ...

Countdown is today opening its brand new store in Rototuna one month earlier than planned, with the store initially solely focused on the significant demand for online shopping seen in the wake of the ...

Countdown brand Bone-In New Zealand Free Farmed Half Leg Ham. Photo / Ministry for Primary Industries A Christmas ham has been recalled from one Countdown store by New Zealand Food Safety because of ...

A Countdown store in Dunedin has been described as a "rotten cold" disgrace with staff forced to wear jackets and beanies to keep warm in frigid conditions. A Countdown spokeswoman acknowledged the ...

Trustworthy, accurate and reliable news stories are more important now than ever. Support our newsrooms by making a contribution. Countdown has opened its first Wellington “dark store” – a supermarket ...

A Woolworths-owned store in New Zealand has been forced to shut down after a pair of rats were spotted casually peering from the shelves in the deli section. The Countdown store in the South Island ...

A Woolworths-owned supermarket in New Zealand has been shut down after footage of multiple rodents on the store’s shelves went viral. Photos taken from inside the Dunedin South Countdown store – a ...