John Banks has surprised the Government by announcing he wants to bring the 2020 Olympic Games to Auckland.
Selection for the 2020 Games has not yet begun, but is expected to attract bids from the world's major cities, with a winner to be announced in 2013.
Mr Banks spoke on Radio Sport about how Auckland had won hosting rights to the 2012 Triathlon World Championships - and then suggested the city should follow it with a bid for the Olympics.
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