8 Aug 2018
Northland ecomony buoyant as Hundertwasser takes off
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.