11 May 2022

Bob Harvey backs Auckland gondola idea

From Checkpoint, 5:47 pm on 11 May 2022

Fancy the idea of being ferried across the Waitemata Harbour while avoiding swells sea sickness? Or maybe you're just sick of sitting in traffic. Austrian firm Doppelmayr is proposing an alternative - looking at the feasibility of a $200 million gondola across the harbour.

It says its technology can move 6,000 people an hour in each direction, with cabins arriving every 15 seconds.

They say it would run from the Akoranga bus exchange on the North Shore to downtown Auckland.

One of the people backing the idea is former Waitākere City Mayor Sir Bob Harvey. He talks to Lisa Owen.