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Reader Commentary: John Hilhorst The Queenstown and Wānaka communities should be troubled by the suggestion that councillors abandon their leadership and governance responsibilities for Queenstown Airport Corporation at this time of...
Commentary. Crux editor’s Note: Niki Gladding is one of the few QLDC councillors who is prepared to publicly question some of the plans and strategies currently being progressed through the local council pipeline. Most locals...
One week before New Zealand went into lockdown, we wrote to the Council, suggesting that in light of world events and the obvious impacts on travel, tourism and the economy, the...
Before Covid-19 hit the district all eyes were on the outcome of the council’s milestone Airport Impact Survey which was going to measure the social and economic impacts of controversial airport...
Auckland International Airport has suspended plans to build a second runway as part of a $2 billion cost-cutting exercise designed to help it ride out the impact coronavirus is having on the business. Chief...
The “historic” rejection of Bristol Airport’s expansion plans has been confirmed. The Lulsgate Bottom transport hub wanted to increase its capacity from 10million to 12million passengers per year but planning chiefs at North Somerset...
A vote to confirm the refusal of Bristol Airport’s expansion will still go ahead, but members of the public have been asked not to attend. Many flights to and from Bristol Airport have been...
Asked to suggest how the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) could solve its growing capacity problem, the groups opposed to the commercial development of Wanaka Airport were of one mind — that...
Queenstown Lakes District Council was accused of having its cake and eating it too by adopting a climate action plan while allowing expansions at Queenstown and Wanaka Airports. The action plan, which was unanimously...
It’s hard to draw concrete conclusions from yesterday’s marathon council meeting where climate change and growth dominated almost every topic debated. Speaker after speaker in the public forum part of the...