“There comes a point where you just have to kill it. People keep putting money into their businesses, and they’re never going to get that back,” Doyle said. Doyle said he opened the Ponsonby store after closing his 18-year-old business, The Bluestone Room, in Auckland’s CBD last year, because of the disruptions caused by Covid-19 coupled with the City Rail Link construction. “I don’t think politicians really understand the impact they’ve had on hospitality businesses because of their decisions. Be it Covid-19 or in the case of many Auckland central businesses, the City Rail Link disruptions.”