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Three Dunedin teens have labelled plans to build an international airport at Tarras as “evil”. The 16-year-olds, representing School Strike 4 for Climate spoke at the last full meeting of the...

New book 100% Pure Future, New Zealand Tourism Renewed  looks at tourism through an environmental lens and suggests a re-set to holidaying in New Zealand.   It asks if the cost of the...

OPINION: Recently, driving through Central Otago’s golden expanse, I found myself gazing across Tarras, trying to conjure the sight of a freshly developed international airport. I struggled. Ever since Christchurch International Airport...

Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel has told Queenstown’s mayor it is “not appropriate” and potentially in breach of the law for them to discuss matters surrounding the plan to establish an airport...

Cover image: The Extinction Rebellion demonstration at Christchurch City Council during a meeting this morning. Photo: Eleish Foon Plans for a proposed airport in a small South Island town have faced strong push...

Legal advice is being sought by Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Jim Boult over a letter he received from Lianne Dalziel about the plan to establish an airport in Central Otago. Christchurch...

Climate activists pretended to die in front of Christchurch City councillors as they joined Tarras residents to oppose a planned Central Otago airport. Christchurch Airport announced in July that it had...

Climate activists fighting against the development of an airport in Tarras pretended to die in front of Christchurch city councillors at a meeting on Thursday. Christchurch International Airport Ltd (CIAL) announced...

Tarras residents took part in a stormy series of presentations to Christchurch City Council this morning calling for secret new airport plans to be released to the public. Lobby group spokesperson...

Covid-19 has caused economic pain throughout the country, but nowhere more than the lower South Island where the number of people on the Jobseeker benefit has increased. Unsurprisingly tourist mecca Queenstown...