3 Sep 2025
How can Auckland be jolted back to life?
Is the heart of Auckland city still beating? For the best part of a decade, construction of the City Rail Link has seen the CBD strewn with road cones and roads clogged with building sites. Businesss owners have said it is causing a huge drop off in foot traffic and sales. So how can Auckland be jolted back to life? Heart of the City chief executive Viv Beck spoke to Lisa Owen.