Richard Goldie

from The Good Citizen · host The Spinoff

It’s a place ready to bestow its golden glow on people who attend sports games or concerts or any of the other events that might be held under its ethereal-looking roof. The softly lit renderings carry an implicit promise of an exciting future beyond the Ports of Auckland’s big red fence: a place for people to wander and commune and dip a foot into the sparkling harbour. What’s not to like? Not so fast. Auckland has been down this road before: in the early 2000s, then-sports minister Trevor Mallard pitched the idea of a stadium on the end of Queens Wharf for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. The proposal was rejected by the city, and I must confess I found the idea insane. A stadium by its nature faces inwards, meaning it has absolutely no use for a harbour view Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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