Council Public Forum

Public forum: We ask Queenstown Council to resist over-capitalising Queenstown Airport until certainty regarding the proposed Central Otago Airport.

Public forum: QLDC keeps its head in the sand, preferring not to consider how alternative airport options could benefit its ratepayers and urban planning.

Public forum: The Regenerative Tourism Plan’s Carbon Zero by 2030 goal requires fewer visitors. It’s incompatible with Queenstown Airport’s Master Plan.

Public forum: We introduce FlightPlan2050 to QLDC Councillors, being the third triennium of councillors with whom we have advocated our mission.

We challenge QLDC to proactive control and response regarding the district’s visitor growth projections.

QLDC visitor growth projections are incompatible with its Carbon Zero by 2030 tourism goal, yet no changes are in sight.

If we acknowledge the flight emissions of our international visitors, we find the Queenstown economy is by far the most polluting in NZ.

For years the process of Council agreeing to QAC’s statement of intent has been poorly managed. That problem’s likely to continue.

The new 2022 elected councillors are united in agreeing there’s a climate emergency and we need to act decisively.

Yet again, Queenstown Lakes District Council caves in under pressure from QAC, which itself falsely promises to do the best for the district.