I was out in Auckland city last night - which if you know me, you know is extremely rare on a weeknight for me to be out anywhere, far less the CBD. But I was driving through downtown Auckland with my kids in the car and I couldn't believe how heaving town was for a Thursday night. Once the post work drinks and dinner crowd go home, Auckland's CBD transforms into a pretty unsavoury place. It’s noble that Mayoral hopefuls keep saying they’ll fix congestion, and they’ll clean up the city, they’ll crack down on crime, but how are they doing any of that? So I’m not sure how we fix Auckland, or what we can do to restore her back to her old glory.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 06, 2022 01:14 UTC