Kate Hawkesby: What sort of experience are tourists having in Auckland?

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Mar 12, 2023 · 3m

I’m noticing a lot of tourists in town and I’m just wondering what kind of experience they’re having.

I was walking through a well-known shopping precinct in Auckland, Newmarket, with my daughter at the weekend and there was a guy walking in front of a few of us just weaving across the footpath getting in everyone’s way and each time someone tried to pass him he’d cut them off and weave back across them just making sure the whole footpath was his. As we got closer and needed to get into a shop I said “excuse me” as we tried to pass him to enter it. He didn’t make it easy for us but as I…