It's been a roller coaster ride for businesses in the Viaduct as the city moved in and out of recent lockdowns.
"You go from zero revenue to having to try and scale up in a very short space of time," says Fraser Shenton, general manager of The Good Luck Coconut.
When Auckland moved to alert level 1, businesses went from zero to 100 very quickly.
"Feeling incredibly positive. This is what we've been waiting three years for, so it all came yesterday at once and now we've got another massive day ahead," says Tricky Hartley, owner of The Conservatory.
It was so busy the bars struggled to keep up.