10 Jun 2021

The Rest is History: NZ's first McDonalds store opens

From Lately, 10:33 pm on 10 June 2021

This week in 1976 the first McDonald's store opened, in Porirua north of Wellington.

Back then you could get a Big Mac for 75 cents and a hamburger for 30 cents.

On The Rest is History tonight Karyn looks back at that event with the man who ran the first mcDonald's stores in Porirua and then Queen Street, Ray Stonelake.

The Opening of the first NZ McDonalds in Porirua, 7 June 1976

The Opening of the first NZ McDonalds in Porirua, 7 June 1976 Photo: McDonalds/NZ History