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The Queenstown Lakes District Council is seeking legal advice over Christchurch International Airport Ltd’s plans to establish an airport at Tarras. Last week the Otago Daily Times reported Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult...
Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult has labelled a move by Christchurch City Council to profit from the district a “predatory activity” designed, he says, to attack the value of Queenstown Airport....
We’re kidding ourselves if we think we can continue to ship goods and fly the way we have been, Climate Change Commission chairman Dr Rod Carr says. Carr was asked about...
New Tourism Minister Stuart Nash has delivered a blunt message to tourism operators, saying there will be no return to a pre-Covid “business as usual” – and proposing a “reset” targeting...
Opinion: Mark Sinclair discusses the dangers of big business deciding the future of communities. Covid-19 has had many negative impacts. But there have been some silver linings. One has been the...
Will they compromise, will one back down or will the Lakes district end up with three international airports a short drive from each other? Mark Price questions Christchurch International Airport Ltd project...
The Queenstown Airport Corporation’s Deputy Chair, Simon Flood, managed to achieve something today that his management team has so far struggled to achieve – credible communication. Speaking at a packed full...
Queenstown Lakes councillors will decide today whether to sign off Queenstown Airport’s plans for the next three years. The impact of Covid has been a huge reduction in the level of...
The latest draft Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) Statement of Intent has been published by QLDC in advance of a vote next week by elected councillors and it offers major concessions that,...
The Tarras International Airport could be up and running in as little as ten years, according to Christchurch International Airport project lead Michael Singleton. In a conversation with Tarras resident Chris...