Increases in crime and anti-social behaviour, quieter town centres due to people working from home, inconsistent council services, ram raids, staff shortages for small businesses, empty shops on main streets, infrastructure disruptions… it’s a long list… 

The Auckland central-fringe business associations of Newmarket, Parnell, Ponsonby, Karangahape Road and Uptown have teamed up to invite mayoral candidates to pitch themselves and their policies to our local central-fringe business community, via a webinar series. How will Auckland’s town centres thrive once again, after two years of the Covid rollercoaster?

Our media panel of Simon Wilson (NZ Herald), Todd Niall (Stuff), Pattrick Smellie & Brent Melville (BusinessDesk) and Mark Jennings (Newsroom) will be asking the tough questions, plus questions from the business associations’ members will also be put to the candidates.

WATCH THE WEBINARS BELOW

2 June - Listen to mayoral candidate Craig Lord here

27 May - Listen to mayoral candidate Efeso Collins here

19 May – Listen to mayoral candidate Viv Beck here

12 May – Listen to mayoral candidate Leo Molloy here

5 May – Listen to mayoral candidate Wayne Brown here