Nikki Connors has said "no thanks" to The Real Housewives of Auckland.

Property investor Nikki Connors said she turned down overtures from Australian television executives because she was left "uneasy" by their approach.

Connors was among a group of prominent Aucklanders who were taken for a long lunch by a visiting Australian production company, understood to be the NBC-owned Matchbox Pictures, who want to make the reality TV show Real Housewives of Auckland.

"They took us to lunch at Harbourside, offered us champagne and asked all sorts of questions like 'would you tell your friend if their partner was cheating, do you believe in plastic surgery, do you consider yourself materialistic,' " said the Propellor Properties Investments founder.

Connors said the producers - whom she chose not to name - called her several times after that initial lunch.

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"There were some very interesting businesswomen there, and some others who I didn't feel entirely comfortable (being portrayed) with," she said.

"Of course, I asked a lot of questions, like 'would we have our own PR company?', 'Who would protect the women involved?', 'Would there be psychological testing?', 'What if someone were to crack under the scrutiny of the entire country hating them?' "

"It's a dangerous game, here in New Zealand, when you put yourself out there on a show like this, or put yourself out there at all." she said. "None of my questions were answered."

Connors said each of the women were asked to commit to a filming period of three months and that filming would conclude in April. Each of the women involved in the series were to be strictly based in Auckland.

"I met with them about a month ago," she said. "My name had been put forward through different people, magazine editors, and I'd honestly never even seen the show."

The women were given no indication as to which local television network had expressed interest in the project, leaving Connors "uncomfortable" with the prospect of signing on.

"That's exactly it," she said. "They gave no indication whatsoever. What kind of businesswoman would agree to (this commitment) with no idea or control as to how they're going to be represented?"

Connors said that although for some of the women involved the opportunity "would be perfect", the controversial reality series - which has been filmed in various cities worldwide, including Melbourne - was centred around "confrontation" and didn't align with her personal agenda.

"Women should empower one another, that's what I believe. To me, the show was about competing against one another."

"I expressed interest in promoting my chosen charities, work within the community... but they couldn't give me an undertaking as to how much time could or would be dedicated to this," she said.

The swanky Harbourside lunch, which Connors said went on for about three hours, was one of several for the Real Housewives of Auckland production team, after camera crews were spotted filming a group of women at the popular Parnell eatery Non Solo Pizza.

"They wanted to see that they had the right mix of women, the right combination of characters," said Connors. "I personally had never watched the series, I'm very opinionated and have strong beliefs and views, however I think the confrontation among the women on the show might be a different kind of confrontation.

"Several of the women I knew, they're nice women, they are. Successful women. I just personally don't think the show aligned with me. My family are private people.

"I've worked hard, the press haven't been all that kind to me in the past and it would be a shame to undo hard work, positive work. It's terrible (for these women) to have no control over how they're going to be represented."