Heritage et AL

Leading Auckland retailer and benefactor Dennis Nathan passed away on July 8th, 2012. Find out more  about this man, who along with his three brothers took over the family business LD Nathan in the 1930s and set up some of New Zealand's largest retail stores. The brothers' grandfather, David Nathan  started the company in 1840, exporting flax and kauri gum. It was sold in 1988 and merged with Lion Breweries. On a heritage note, the Nathan family have a connection to the Sir George Grey Special Collections, through the records of LD Nathan, which Lawrence Nathan gave to the library in 1974. Lawrence Nathan was Dennis' brother and author of 'As old as Auckland ', copies of which are available at Auckland Libraries. Ref: NZMS 690, Sir George Grey Special Collections Records relating to the Nathan family can be viewed online through Manuscripts Online or in the reading room at the Central City Library. They include the following: GLNZ A16c ...