Protect Wanaka

Analysis [by Peter Newport : Sep 28, 2019]: My biggest fear when this local election process kicked off would be that it would be boring, with little true controversy or competition....

Air New Zealand’s former deputy chief executive says a report from the Wanaka Stakeholders Group stating ATR turbo-prop aircraft can fly direct from the town to Auckland is an “oversimplification and...

Wanaka based airline Captain Terry Hetherington has researched and calculated that turbo-prop aircraft, specifically the ATR 72-600 which are already in use in New Zealand, can indeed fly between Wanaka and...

After months of declining requests, the QLDC has released the 100-year lease agreement. Aspiring Law principal Janice Hughes, who reviewed the lease for Wanaka App, discusses some of the ‘unusual terms’...

Wānaka-based airline captain Terry Hetherington has researched and calculated that turbo-prop aircraft, specifically the ATR 72-600 which are already in use in New Zealand, can indeed fly between Wānaka and Auckland....

The Queenstown Airport Corporation has declined to release the report its board received before it decided to ”model” a dual Queenstown-Wanaka ”airport system”. In response to an Official Information Act request...

With the release of the Wānaka Airport lease this week showing that Project Pure is now largely in the hands of Queenstown Airport Corporation and can be moved at their request...

An hour ago, Jim Boult (QLDC Mayor standing for reelection) posted on Facebook about “continuing misconceptions” about Wanaka Airport, and his desire to address them. We are concerned about the accuracy...

The 100-year lease of Wanaka Airport has been revealed to have cost $11.3 million. Late this afternoon the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) released an unredacted copy of the 2018 lease...

Wanaka based airline Captain Terry Hetherington has researched and calculated that turbo-prop aircraft, specifically the ATR 72-600 which are already in use in New Zealand, can indeed fly between Wanaka and...