8 Aug 2018

Northland ecomony buoyant as Hundertwasser takes off

From Morning Report, 8:45 am on 8 August 2018

Business confidence may be on a slide in national surveys - but in Northland - or at least in Whangarei - the economy's on a roll. Unemployment's at its lowest level in a decade, cruise ships want to come to Northport; investors are courting the council for the right to build hotels and a new civic centre. And the catalyst for the flurry of optimism - is the Hundertwasser Art Centre. Lois Williams reports.