NEW ZEALAND - Construction has begun on the first ever Ikea store in Aotearoa New Zealand. Located at Sylvia Park, Auckland, Ikea New Zealand recently confirmed an anticipated opening date to customers of late 2025.

Mirja Viinanen, CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer for Ikea New Zealand and Australia confirmed that the first store will open alongside online shopping, enabling Ikea to be as accessible as possible to the many New Zealanders. The traditional big, blue box will be a large format store, approximately 34,000m2, showcasing the latest design and home furnishing solutions to help create a better life at home.

Ikea in New Zealand will be a three-floor building, with a ground level carpark and the store spread across two levels.

Like all Ikea stores, sustainability will be at the heart of the development from the start and into the store’s opening and day to day running. The ambition is to achieve NZ 5 Green Star rating with the new building.

Sustainable features of Ikea New Zealand’s first store will include solar panels on the roof, electric vehicle chargers in the car park and 100% LED lighting.