Protect Wanaka

Campaigning against a group of Auckland & Q'town executives pushing through a major expansion of Wanaka Airport for scheduled jet services without consultation.

[Protect Wanaka @ProtectWanaka]

Here's our Wanaka Stakeholders Group verbal submission to the @QueenstownLakes Spatial Plan hearing panel in Wanaka today https://t.co/bGAnpx8QQk

[Protect Wanaka @ProtectWanaka]

Check out this interactive Wanaka Airport timeline • https://t.co/r7dDTk2XHE

[NZ Airports @NZ_Airports]

Wanaka Airport plans stall https://t.co/5c7UdEhBPp

[Protect Wanaka @ProtectWanaka]

In public forum, #WanakaStakeholdersGroup deputy chairman @ybcmark told councillors the recent judicial review had found the council lease of Wanaka Airport to the @NZQN was unlawful & council must start to consult “openly and transparently” Via @odtnews
https://t.co/bKxSQYLCIX

[Protect Wanaka @ProtectWanaka]

Demands for transparency around decisions relating to the future of #WanakaAirport dominated Thursday’s @QueenstownLakes council meeting, with residents rallying outside to ensure councillors got the message. Via @wanakaapp
https://t.co/AuDCW98MnJ

[Protect Wanaka @ProtectWanaka]

Yesterday, for the first time since the High Court ruling was released, a full council meeting was scheduled to place. It happened to be in #Wanaka. Awkward.
There was a rally outside the meeting. There were signs. There were journalists. Via @CruxNZ
https://t.co/uzYj45MHsP

[NBR @TheNBR]

Wanaka Stakeholders Group has succeeded in its challenge of the long-term leasing of Wanaka Airport by Queenstown Lakes District Council to the Queenstown Airport Company (QAC), according to a judicial review judgment released by the High Court.
https://t.co/LEe1wkJJA9

[The Press Newsroom @PressNewsroom]

Hundred-year lease over Wānaka Airport was unlawful, High Court rules https://t.co/fNNBkInGRm

[Protect Wanaka @ProtectWanaka]

Afternoon all. Get the bubbles out. The High Court has just ruled that the lease granted to @NZQN Queenstown Airport Corp over #WanakaAirport is unlawful, and it has been overturned. Our media release & initial reaction is below #Wanaka #QueenstownAirport https://t.co/D62bKa1Tz9

[Protect Wanaka @ProtectWanaka]

'...even if airlines attempt to make flying less carbon-intensive, the industry’s growth outweighs its progress. In the five years before 2020, carbon emissions from aviation shot up 32 percent...'

https://t.co/hjvOqJDbPB

[RNZ News @rnz_news]

Queenstown Airport expects return to pre-Covid levels by 2024 https://t.co/HLv6E1qUnv

[Protect Wanaka @ProtectWanaka]

In this week's @wanakasun “Against the background of #ClimateChange and concerns about both our environment and the local community, it is a very positive step that our councillors have chosen to make these unequivocal statements.” https://t.co/RfKXWgzrZw

[Protect Wanaka @ProtectWanaka]

This is the first time that we've had such clarity from all three of our local Councillors on this issue. We thank them for taking this stance.

In today's @odtnews - '@QueenstownLakes Mayor Jim Boult did not wish to comment on the group’s statement' https://t.co/aq9UCpmTIu

[Protect Wanaka @ProtectWanaka]

Statements from councillors Calum Macleod, Niamh Shaw and Quentin Smith, come after thousands of local residents called to stop the operation https://t.co/V1Ghw4ea1u via @1NewsNZ #Tarras #Wanaka #WanakaAirport

[RNZ News @rnz_news]

Extreme weather events predicted for Otago in long term - climate change report https://t.co/xCBRdu4AKC

[Protect Wanaka @ProtectWanaka]

📈 Comparison: Leeds Bradford airport expansion - from 4 to 7 million
Queenstown Airport airport expansion - from 2 to 7.1 million

[The Aviation Environment Federation @The_AEF]

'Leading international climate scientists are among more than 200 academics who have written to the government calling on it to halt what they say would be an ecologically destructive expansion of Leeds Bradford airport' https://t.co/vKCODjn8CB

[James @samejgh]

Airports are not compatible with out climate

[Protect Wanaka @ProtectWanaka]

“Bold leadership will be required from the government to ensure that sound decisions are made around airport development, national infrastructure and controls on inbound tourism,” - Michael Ross, #Wanaka Stakeholders Group Inc #ClimateCrisis via @rnz_news
https://t.co/G5FMD8GWVX

[Protect Wanaka @ProtectWanaka]

Wānaka residents have urged PM @jacindaardern to reject plans for two new airports due to climate change pressures. The letter asks them to consider the suitability of proposed new airports in #Wānaka & #Tarras given the #ClimateEmergency Via @NZStuff https://t.co/R0AEdhcgku