Kerre Woodham: Where do we put a bigger, better port?

Let me take you back to the halcyon days pre-Covid. The biggest story around was Shane Jones and New Zealand First promising to make Northport the port of the future that New Zealand not only needed, but deserved. The port in Auckland was no longer fit for purpose. Northport would be the biggest infrastructure spend in New Zealand's history. It would revolutionise and revitalise Northland. There would be jobs, loads and loads of glorious jobs. The streets of Kamo and Kawakawa and Whangarei would be paved with gold.

Mike's Minute: One of the worst cases of red tape idiocy

If you ever want an example of why the new fast track legislation is not only a good idea, but badly needed, I give you Northport.

Northport want to expand. Why? To grow.

We need to grow because what we do is sell stuff to the world and for that we need ports.