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Ottawa blocked the construction of the proposed Saint-Roch-de-l’Achigan aerodrome following an overwhelming no voted against it in a referendum earlier this month. Federal Minister of Transport Marc Garneau announced Friday morning...
In the Detail today, Sharon Brettkelly talks to a woman who’s looked at the world’s most over-crowded tourist spots. Locals of the Lofoten Islands in Norway are fighting to restore their...
This week has been an interesting week for participation. Watching Wanaka unfurl its collective strength and use whatever means necessary to push back against the corporate powers which threaten the way...
Queenstown Airport Corporation had had two months to revise, edit and address issues that had been highlighted to them by Council, but it proved for nought. After a bombardment of public...
Following on from an extraordinary Council meeting, we sent out this media release and letter (the letter is below). [Media Release 27 August 2019] Wanaka Stakeholders Group Inc. has this afternoon...
The rejection of Queenstown Airport Corporation’s statement of intent for a second time is “absolutely not job done”, a lobby group says. Wanaka Stakeholders Group deputy chairman Mark Sinclair says yesterday’s...
Councillors have voted to reject the Queenstown Airport Corporation’s revised statement of intent, which outlines the company’s strategic direction for the next three years… Here’s another Wanaka Airport story from the...
A major Queenstown Airport shareholder has rejected the organisations growth goals for the third time in a year, amid community backlash over possible expansion. In a rare move, the Queenstown Lakes District Council voted 7-4 to...
Wave after wave of impassioned public submissions have once more left the Queenstown Lakes District Council in no doubt that there is little appetite for our airports to get much bigger....
Queenstown Airport Corporation’s statement of intent has been rebuffed again. As it did at its meeting on June 27, the Queenstown District Council today voted to reject the company’s modified statement...