This apartment served as a great home base for exploring downtown Auckland. The location is perfect! It's clean and cozy, great for two people. It did get a little loud Saturday night due to a stairwell across the alley, so that may be disruptive for light sleepers.
The biggest downside was parking. You have to get the apartment key from a lock box, find the apartment, get the parking key from inside, then drive a few minutes to the garage entrance and find the assigned parking spot a few floors up. Street parking near the apartment is minimal; we ended up paying for an hour to unload our bags and grab the garage key card to avoid having to walk our luggage from the garage to the apartment (a 5-10min uphill walk). You need that card to get your car out of the garage, so during check-out, you must reverse this process and return the card to the apartment and the key to the lock box.
Overall, I would recommend the apartment if you are wiling to deal with the parking.