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Opinion: Mark Sinclair discusses the dangers of big business deciding the future of communities. Covid-19 has had many negative impacts. But there have been some silver linings. One has been the...
Will they compromise, will one back down or will the Lakes district end up with three international airports a short drive from each other? Mark Price questions Christchurch International Airport Ltd project...
The Queenstown Airport Corporation’s Deputy Chair, Simon Flood, managed to achieve something today that his management team has so far struggled to achieve – credible communication. Speaking at a packed full...
Queenstown Lakes councillors will decide today whether to sign off Queenstown Airport’s plans for the next three years. The impact of Covid has been a huge reduction in the level of...
A minimum stay for tourists, a road toll for the Milford Rd and developing cycle trails in remote places were suggestions from a panel considering the topic of how to “reset”...
Reader Opinion – by Cath Gilmour : We Love Wakatipu Inc. Chair, and former QLDC councillor, Cath Gilmour has been told by the Queenstown Airport Corporation there is another of the council’s...
Despite QLDC and QAC both pleading that “no decision has been made” to build a jet airport at Wānaka Airport”, it was revealed in the hearing that runway plans had been...
Queenstown Mayor Jim Boult’s airport focus misses the real issues, writes Wanaka Stakeholders Group chairman Michael Ross. OPINION: Airports are a hot topic right now, and for good reason. There are...
A Tarras residents lobby group has obtained official emails that show Christchurch airport concerns over further “jet capable airport infrastructure” being built by “another party” in the Central Otago region. The emails...
Plans for a new airport at Tarras just don’t stack up, writes Queenstown Lakes mayor Jim Boult. Opinion: Like many others, I was surprised to learn of Christchurch International Airport’s (CIAL)...