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The public will get to hear this week or early next week exactly what Wellington consultants MartinJenkins have been instructed to study in respect of air traffic to the Lakes district....

Two days ago, QLDC confirmed the first agenda item for tomorrow’s Council meeting – recommendations that Councillors adopt the existing Statement of Intent in relation to Queenstown and Wanaka airports. This...

This morning, we wrote to QLDC on behalf of our members, urging the Council to stop wasting ratepayers’ money on impact reports relating to Wanaka Airport. Our letter and media release...

The following media release was sent to local and national media this afternoon. Our 3,000+ members were sent this, along with further detail, this morning. MEDIA RELEASE – for immediate release[Wanaka,...

In response to a statement made by Mayor Jim Boult on his “Boult for Mayor” Facebook page last week about his intentions for Wanaka, Wanaka resident Sally Currie started an online...

An update on polling just in from QLDC this afternoon, which is worth sharing. Compared to the same stage in the election three years ago, across the region voting is down...

Yesterday, Mr Boult published a full page election campaign advert asking you to vote for him. We don’t have the time or resource to analyse the whole thing. But have looked...

Here’s something everyone in Wanaka should know about. A Wanaka resident has found that the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) is appealing (in the Environment Court) against a decision of QLDC –...

In response to a statement made by Mayor Jim Boult on his “Boult for Mayor” Facebook page last week about “misconceptions” about Wanaka Airport, Wanaka Stakeholders Group has been asking very...

We’ve got reason to be reflective and even a bit sentimental today. But we’ll come to that shortly. You can define a community by the shared attributes of the people in...