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Next Thursday (September 12) will offer a chance for locals to hear what candidates standing as Councillors in the Wanaka Ward feel about a key issue in the Upper Clutha community:...
Operators of the South’s three airports – Dunedin, Invercargill and Queenstown – announced yesterday a formalised ”collaborative” arrangement, allowing for such things as support for electric vehicles. However, the memorandum of...
The following statement has been issued by Michael Ross, Chairman of the Wanaka Stakeholders Group (Protect Wanaka), in response to this morning’s collaboration announcement by Queenstown, Wanaka and Invercargill airports. “This...
In a dramatic move that will take some of the pressure off the Southern Lakes airport expansion debate, Invercargill, Dunedin and Queenstown airport bosses have agreed to work together. Read this...
Wanaka’s chamber of commerce (Ignite Wanaka) chair has spoken out on the hot topics of growth and airport development. The Wanaka App asked the chamber last week for its response to...
OPINION [Otago Daily Times, 02/09/19]: Most opponents of a jet-capable airport at Wanaka actually embrace growth, but not at any cost, writes Noel Williams. When I moved to Wanaka in 1983,...
Niki Gladding is a candidate for Queenstown Lakes District Council in the 2019 local body elections. With Queenstown Airport Corporation gunning for a massive expansion, it’s time for Queenstown Lakes District...
Wanaka App, 01/09/2019 There’s not much Michael Ross doesn’t know about local government in Otago and Southland. So how did this former council chief executive find himself on the other side...
The Wanaka Stakeholders Group – in letters sent to QLDC councillors and the QAC board – has repeated requests for “full disclosure of the agreements and contractual arrangements relating to Wanaka...
During Monday’s QLDC public forum, former councillor Cath Gilmour launched a ‘Protect Queenstown’ campaign run by new society We Love Wakatipu. It’s aligned with Wanaka Stakeholders Group’s ‘Protect Wanaka’ campaign, which...