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This morning we wrote to Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) about the Climate Action Plan which was released as part of their full council meeting agenda pack published on Monday. [Letter...
The Agenda for QLDC’s full Council meeting on Thursday was released today, and to our surprise, a new Climate Action Plan (CAP) is there, for Councillors to accept/adopt on Thursday. Council...
This morning, we launched a document called ‘7 Key Reasons’. It is an essential summary of why the people of the Upper Clutha don’t want a jet airport in Wanaka right...
Editorial: We all are familiar with that sense of an impending storm. There’s an electricity in the air, almost the smell of lightning before it happens – and an eerie sense...
Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult has dismissed it as not relevant to the district’s airport debate but Extinction Rebellion Queenstown Lakes spokeswoman Anna Simmonds has called it ‘‘a true victory’’. It...
The Wanaka Chamber of Commerce is neither for nor against development of Wanaka Airport for commercial traffic. Chamber chairwoman Bridget Legnavsky was asked to clarify the chamber’s position this week in...
UK health workers call on the government to respect the Court of Appeal’s ruling on Heathrow’s expansion. The Court of Appeal has ruled against the expansion of Heathrow airport in a historic...
Here’s an opinion piece which was published this morning in Crux. It’s worth reading the whole post on their website – you’ll find the link below. Opinion: Kat West is an architect...
The picture painted in MartinJenkins’ airport growth impact assessment Context Summary informing our community feedback is rosy, with 2018 median annual household income of $116,200 being quoted as 30% higher than...
IMAGE: SHUTTERSTOCK / IAN SCHOFIELD Some 80 million passengers fly through London’s Heathrow Airport each year, but to boost its capacity by another 50 million, the airport seeks to add a third runway. This...