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Cruise ships are coming back to NZ waters – should we really be welcoming them?

  • Written by Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland
Cruise ships are coming back to NZ waters – should we really be welcoming them?The Pacific Explorer arrives in Auckland Harbour on August 12.Getty Images

The return this month of the first cruise liner to Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour was accompanied by the sort of fanfare normally reserved for visiting foreign dignitaries: a tug boat decked out in bunting, a circling helicopter, even the mayor on hand to welcome...

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