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The site for the proposed Tarras airport. GRAPHIC: CHRISTCHURCH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LTD/ODT Community groups in Wanaka have written to the Prime Minister asking for central government to step in and put...
This morning, Simon Upton, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, released his second report on tourism in New Zealand. This is a follow up to his first report “Pristine, popular …...
A survey conducted by the Wanaka Stakeholders Group (WSG) membership, which was also open to the general public, has found that 74 percent of respondents oppose a new international airport planned...
Photo: RNZ / Timothy Brown Three-quarters of Upper Clutha residents are against a proposed international airport at Tarras. In July, Christchurch Airport shocked the small rural Central Otago settlement by announcing it...
Wanaka Stakeholders Group (WSG) chairman Michael Ross is calling for “bold leadership” from central government after a survey showed almost three-quarters of respondents are against a new airport at Tarras. Mr...
Since the announcement by CIAL (Christchurch International Airport Limited) about their airport plans for Tarras, we’ve been asked for Wanaka Stakeholders Group’s view. In January 2021, we surveyed our members to...
Pollution from power plants, vehicles and other sources accounted for one in five of all deaths that year, more detailed analysis reveals Air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels...
Dreaming of electric planes and planting trees will not save our planet By Professor Julian Allwood – The writer is professor of engineering and the environment at Cambridge University FEBRUARY 7...
There was a resounding defeat at today’s full council meeting for councillors who wanted the future strategic plans of the Queenstown Airport Corporation to be more tightly controlled by elected representatives....
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has made clear its expectations of Queenstown Airport in respect to a proposed airport at Tarras. The aiport’s “statement of expectations”, a document prepared by the...