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Time to be heard is running out!
We have less than 3 weeks to collect submissions to the Environment Court that are opposing the proposed runway extension into Cook Strait. We have many wonderful groups and individuals who support us...
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RE-BLOG SURFBREAK PROTECTION SOCIETY: Wellington Airport Calling the Tune on...
by Michael Gunson Link here Revelations have emerged that Wellington International Airport Ltd has been responsible for alterations to the Moa Point Road sea wall in Lyall Bay. Why has the airport been...
View ArticlePILOTS OUTLINE SAFETY FEARS FOR WELLINGTON AIRPORT’S RUNWAY EXTENSION
Link to Radio NZ article here Thanks to the Pilots Association for caring about the travelling public’s safety – because Wellington International Airport Ltd (WIAL) seem to be happy with ‘making do’....
View ArticleWellington runway extension plan ‘implausible at best’
Original article on scoop.co.nz By Pattrick Smellie Aug. 15 (BusinessDesk) – Wellington’s airport runway extension initiative fails on the grounds that lower North Island and South Island travellers...
View ArticleYour Chance To Quiz Council and Mayoral Candidates On The Runway Extension
Do you want to know what Wellington Mayoral and Council candidates think about the proposed Wellington Airport runway extension? Or do you want the chance to challenge candidates you disagree with?...
View ArticleLonger runway not priority for city businesses – council survey
Original article Wellington’s parking and transport are bigger challenges to Wellington businesses than lack of international capacity via Wellington International Airport, according to the Wellington...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE GotB: WIAL’S SUSPENSION OF RESOURCE CONSENT APPLICATION A WIN...
September 9, 2016 Wellington International Airport’s decision today to request suspension of its application for resource consent for the runway extension is a big win for the people of Wellington,...
View ArticleRE-BLOG CROAKING CASSANDRA: Subsidy City… Wellington Airport
By Michael Reddell Link At about 3pm, the first Singapore Airlines flight to Wellington, via Canberra of all places, lands at Wellington Airport. Wellington-boosters, well represented on the Council...
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RE-BLOG SURFBREAK PROTECTION SOCIETY: “DUDE, WHERE’S MY SURF BREAK?”
By Michael Gunson WIAL’s grand plan for Lyall Bay’s surf breaks: The Surf break Protection Society (SPS) would like to think that its submission opposing Wellington International Airport Limited...
View ArticleRE-BLOG WELLINGTON SCOOP: Runway extension report: concerns on noise,...
Link here. The Regional Council last week released a 165-page staff report analysing Wellington Airport’s application for permission to extend its runway. The report, on the airport’s resource consent...
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RE-BLOG WEREWOLF: SAFE LANDINGS
Wellington Airport’s runway extension faces another legal challenge, on safety grounds by Gordon Campbell, October 19, 2016. Link here. If the $300 million runway addition planned for Wellington...
View ArticleRE-BLOG WELLINGTON SCOOP: 60 trucks an hour: sleep disturbance and health...
by Lindsay Shelton, October 11, 2016. Link here. A report from the Wellington City Council identifies a “worst case scenario” if only trucks are used to carry the rocks needed to build a longer runway...
View ArticleRE-BLOG CROAKING CASSANDRA: Wellington airport and the runway extension
By Michael Reddell, October 17, 2016. Link here. Fairfax’s Hamish Rutherford had a substantial piece in Saturday’s Dominion-Post on the proposed Wellington airport runway extension, under the heading...
View ArticleScoop – Moa Point residents’ group to oppose runway extension – “so many...
Originally published on Scoop. News from Hue tē Taka Hue tē Taka Incorporated Society which represents the most directly and severely affected residents from Moa Point, who are Wellington Airport’s...
View ArticleScoop – Surfers opposing runway extension, defending Lyall Bay
Originally published on Scoop News from WPW The Surfbreak Protection Society, New Zealand’s national surfers’ environmental organisation, is opposing Wellington Airport’s application for resource...
View ArticleSCOOP – Wellington Airport workers kept “in the dark”
Originally posted on Scoop Press Release – Public Service Association Wellington Airport managers must front up to serious questions over its response to Monday mornings earthquake – and how it...
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NEWS – Newshub: New Wellington reservoir must be priority after quake –...
Link to original post here. Tuesday 22 Nov 2016 9:18 p.m. By Chris Holden A new reservoir designed to prevent Wellington being cut off from water for up to 100 days following an earthquake is being...
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Get Your Fabulous Guardians Of The Bays 2017 Calendar Now!
Purchase the fabulous $20 Guardians calendar which Janice and Fritz Schone have done such a great job producing for us – check out the cover: The calendar has 12 stunning shots of the South Coast in...
View ArticleMEDIA RELEASE: RATEPAYERS GROUP WELCOME MAYOR’S REVIEW OF CITY’S SPENDING
Residents and ratepayers group Guardians of the Bays has welcomed indications from Wellington Mayor Justin Lester that the proposed $300+ million Wellington Airport runway extension is not a priority...
View ArticleFebruary Newsletter
The Guardians have been straight back into it in the New Year in preparation for the Environment Court process. The impact of the Kaikoura earthquake has made it even more vital that we consider...
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