The New Zealand Initiative reckons Auckland needs a night mayor. In the interests of civic duty the Weekend Herald nominates some potential candidates.
John Tamihere
![Auckland mayors day and night? Phil Goff and John Tamihere both want to be Auckland's mayor, but could they share control of our biggest city? File photo / Jason Oxenham](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/GNCLIMC3MV2EDDTGZOSA4YTGL4.jpg?auth=a54807571aa32c42c34239c3bdeb6f35d0a07466c927ac66f93ad2f2f3001290&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
The advantage of being a big city? Plenty of room for big egos. So two high-profile men want to be mayor of Auckland? Let them both be. Phil Goff can run the City of Sails by day, and his old Labour Party colleague Tamihere can nurse his dreamer plans of an 18-lane harbour bridge by night.
Ricardo Simich