Council Public Forum

We presented a new vision to councillors, a Queenstown Lakes Alpine City Campus, by relocating Queenstown Airport.

We ask Council to guide QAC with a formal letter of expectations as part of the company’s annual planning process.

Mayor Boult withdraws his outrageous attempt to wrest total control over QAC shareholder decisions but finds another trick.

We welcome newly elected Councillors’ to their first meeting knowing the un-ratified QAC statement of intent remains at issue.

Mayor Boult had incorrectly insisted to councillors that they had a responsibility to “receive” QAC’s statement of intent or QAC would be in breach of its statutory obligations.

QAC’s demand-led growth and dual airport expansion plans fail to address escalating community concerns. Councillors responded by refusing its statement of intent.

When QAC was hard-driving expansion of its air noise boundaries in Queenstown and its dual-airport growth model, FlightPlan2050 offered a new vision of Frankton without the airport. We called for a full and objective study of all the options.