Protect Wanaka

You are “scaremongering” was one of the many comebacks published in a letter from Mayor Jim Boult to Michael Ross of the Wanaka Stakeholders Group (WSG). It was a cutting letter...

This morning, Wanaka Stakeholders Group Inc. Chair Michael Ross wrote to QLDC Mayor Jim Boult in reply to his letter yesterday. This is an open letter, which has also been copied...

Jim Boult’s letter to the Wanaka Stakeholders Group, in response to an open letter to Government about the Wanaka Airport, is produced in full below. Click to view the full letter...

It appears that Queenstown Airport Corporation’s PR department is now feeling the pressure of opposition building rapidly in the Wanaka community.  But unfortunately that means that they’re prepared to go on...

If you haven’t signed up to the Protect Wanaka campaign, please do so.  It’s free and takes about 30 seconds, and your details will never be shared with anyone.  The link...

Front page of today’s Wanaka Sun – Wanaka Stakeholders Group has now written to various Ministers, the PM and relevant CEOs (cc our Mayor and all Councillors) asking how a new...

The following is a letter to the Hon Shane Jones and others, shortly after the funding announcement he made with regard to Invercargill Airport. It is produced in full here, with...

With visitor numbers surging and infrastructure problems on the rise, commentators and experts are wondering if we Kiwis have been “asleep at the wheel”. The issue of overtourism is one which...

Worried about the impacts of tourism on the Upper Clutha area? Then you should read today’s headline article in the Wanaka Sun, found here.

The editor of the Wanaka Sun, Emma Conyngham, asked the Wanaka Stakeholders Group to respond to three specific questions about decisions made during the recent council meeting. Our full replies, provided...