Flower and garden enthusiasts will have to wait another year before the Ellerslie International Flower Show has a replacement in Auckland.
The New Zealand Flowers and Garden Show, originally planned for November this year, will now be held in November next year.
The event was to be the first international flower show in Auckland since the Ellerslie International Flower Show moved to Christchurch in 2008, after the Auckland City Council pulled back from making a $50,000 contribution to keep the show in the region.
At the time, then Mayor of Manukau Len Brown warned, "More than 50 per cent of visitors to the show live in the Auckland region and having it remain in Manukau is key."
A week after the Ellerslie flower show packed up, plans were formed to hold a bigger show at the botanical gardens, but failed to develop any further.