A 'chinatown' for Auckland?

It seems as though Auckland has been comparing itself to others again, and realised it doesn't have a Chinatown.

I don't necessarily consider this to be a bad thing. A genuine "chinatown" is a great thing to visit, I agree, but all too often once it becomes a tourist attraction, pride goes out the window and quality deteriorates. This is certainly true for many outlets in Melbourne and Sydney.

Of course, "thown out the window" is exactly what should apply to Auckland's Chinatown. The article on stuff seems to forget there was a Chinatown in the past, which was gentrified into oblivion.

That chinatown lay on Grays Avenue in the city, Grays Street as it was then known. The upper Grays Avenue area was razed in the '40s for multi-storey state apartment blocks (which still stand), and last vestages of Chinatown disappeared in 1959 to make way for the Auckland city council buildings.

An article here outlines a little more of the history of the area. Below: Gray street flats.