Where, why and how? The Auckland port debate heats up 14 May, 2021 05:00 PM 9 minutes to read Most of the operations of the Auckland port on the Waitemata will likely have to move eventually. Photo / File Most of the operations of the Auckland port on the Waitemata will likely have to move eventually. Photo / File On Monday Transport Minister Michael Wood and Auckland Mayor Phil Goff will join other guests at SkyCity Theatre in an NZ Herald Premium debate on the future of Auckland's port. Here's how that debate has been shaping up. Sometime in the next few decades, most of the operations of the Auckland port on the Waitemata will have to move.