A piece of history: New Zealand’s oldest chemist

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A piece of history: New Zealand’s oldest chemist

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Pharmacist Shahlaa Al Salih is just the third owner of the historic John Castle Chemist at Newtown’s Riddiford Street [Image credit: Juan Zarama Perini]

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This article was first published on 18 September

Sometimes the buzzer will ring, and I say it’s Mr Castle, he’s checking in on us New Zealand’s oldest pharmacy, John Castle Chemist in Wellington