caughey ltd type private industry retail founded 1880 headquarters auckland new zealand products apparel cosmetics accessories homewares furniture general merchandise website smithandcaughey.co.nz the queen and wellesley street west facades of the queen street store in the auckland cbd the smaller smith & caughey s on broadway in newmarket smith & caughey ltd trading as smith & caughey s is a mid sized department store chain consisting of just two shops in auckland new zealand and is considered to be a top range store . 1 one of the older companies of the country it was established in 1880 by marianne smith as a drapery store 2 3 and is the oldest auckland department store . 4 currently it is mostly fashion oriented 2 with sections of jewelry and homewares . the company has two stores in auckland ; on queen street city centre and broadway newmarket . the newmarket store is a mid 1880s heritage building constructed by the company . 5 the queen street store also in an old heritage building was once famous for its chefs bar established by otto groen . 6 current departments include cosmetics men s & women s fragrance wellbeing men s grooming men s clothing men s underwear & accessories jewellery handbags hosiery women s accessories women s fashion & lingerie at both the queen street and newmarket stores . additionally fine foods & wines men s & women s shoes luggage tableware kitchenware bed & bathware childrenswear & toys are available at the queen street flagship store . 7 the company launched online shopping on its existing website in august 2013 . 8 contents 1 gallery 2 see also 3 references 4 external links gallery edit the queen street store frontage on queen street auckland the famous queen street store wellesley street west facade and secondary entrance the famous smith & caughey s building on the corner of elliot street and wellesley street west one of the many large format cosmetics counters at smith & caughey s queen street for dior smith & caughey s on broadway entrance newmarket auckland see also edit kirkcaldie & stains ballantynes arthur barnett h & j smith farmers references edit perry keith 17 december 2006 . christmas shopping kicks in a week late . the new zealand herald . retrieved 12 november 2011 . a b lewis penny 13 july 2005 . smith & caughey s enchanting celebration . the new zealand herald . retrieved 12 november 2011 . about us from the official store website retail therapy new life for old store . the new zealand herald . 7 september 2006 . retrieved 12 november 2011 . newmarket heritage walk from the website of the newmarket business association macfarlane kirsten 1 march 2007 . trailblazers who put sophistication and savvy on the kiwi menu . the new zealand herald . retrieved 12 november 2011 . https www.facebook.com pages smith caugheys 274383141539 sk info spread the word . retrieved 25 august 2013 . external links edit smith & caughey s official website smith & caughey s official facebook page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title smith % 26 caughey % 27s & oldid 723468501 categories department stores of new zealandcompanies based in aucklandretail companies of new zealandhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 3 june 2016 at 06 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view