Scentre Group Limited is a shopping centre company with retail destinations operating under the Westfield brand in Australia and New Zealand.

[6] The company was floated on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1960 and built another five centres in New South Wales before expanding into Victoria and Queensland in 1966–67.

[7] In the 1990s, Westfield began a major expansion to New Zealand, where it mostly bought existing shopping centres of the Fletchers Company, and progressively rebranded them.

[8] On 9 May 2006, Westfield announced the sale of eight United States shopping centres which it deemed to fit outside its strategic plan, to Centro Properties Group.

[12] Footfall at the group's shopping centres rose 9.8% to 314 million in 2023 in the first half of the year after adding new entertainment in collaboration with Disney and Netball Australia.

[13] On the afternoon of 13 April 2024, a man entered Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney and stabbed at least 18 people, killing 5 female patrons and a male centre security guard.

[15] Scentre Group currently has interests in total assets worth A$38.6 billion, owning 42[5] shopping centres in Australia and New Zealand − with over 3.8 million square metres of retail space.

[citation needed] Westfield entered the New Zealand market in 1997 and acquired an interest in the St. Lukes Group portfolio in 1998.