Long read: Do we really need another international airport at Tarras? TLDR: No.

Mike White with a good two-parter.

1. "Bribery, bullshit and bullying"
https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350137512/bribery-bullshit-and-bullying-why-plans-international-airport-tarras-have-become

2. "Fantastic opportunities or endless misery"
https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350137594/fantastic-opportunities-or-endless-misery-does-controversial-new-international

#Tarras #Airport

*We can all agree that New Zealand is facing infrastructure challenges, but a shortage of airports is not one of them.*

https://crux.org.nz/crux-news/south-island-doesnt-need-fourth-international-airport-glen-sowry

#tarrasAirport #chc
#tarras #centralOtago #queenstown #zqn
#Aotearoa #climateChange

"Central Otago ... depends on the efficient movement of people and products, "

Even if that's true - and it ain't- it's an argument for trains before planes

#Tarras #tarrasAirport #chc #zqn #avgeek #degrowth #overTourism #centralotago
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/496807/controversial-proposed-tarras-airport-preferred-runway-alignment-revealed

"the most challenging environmental issues associated with New Zealand’s pre-pandemic tourism offering remain unresolved"

But #chc airport is still trying to reach take-off speed for its bizarre new international airport idea

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/we-need-to-talk-about-tarras#Echobox=1691264718

#tarrasAirport #tarras #centralOtago
#aotearoa #NewZealand #surplus #airport

A course in media management... #chc making a news story from putting stakes in the ground

The real story is about the madness of more long-haul flights into New Zealand

A place that "needs" fewer people, better tourists, clean air, and a stable climate

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/490380/tarras-airport-plan-proposed-runway-site-to-be-revealed-soon

#TarrasAirport #Tarras #centralOtago #sustainableTarras #wānaka #centralOtago #Cromwell
#avgeek #degrowth #climate #climateCrisis #globalWarming

"I don't think the public recognises how much danger we're in yet"

https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/04/27/nasa-climate-scientist-rallies-against-proposed-tarras-airport/

#tarras #tarrasAirport
#chc #cial #Christchurch
#centralOtago #aotearoa #NewZealand

#climateCrisis #climateChange
#avgeek​

"This project should not proceed"

Anti-airport academics ramp up fight against Tarras | Crux - Local News - Queenstown, Wanaka and Cromwell.
https://crux.org.nz/crux-news/anti-airport-academics-ramp-up-fight-against-tarras

#tarras #tarrasAirport
#chc #cial #Christchurch
#centralOtago #aotearoa #NewZealand

#climateCrisis #climateChange
#avgeek

The list of academics opposed to ChCh Airport's foolish plan to build an international airport at Tarras has swelled to 77 names.

“We have not done this lightly. It’s because we are all very concerned that significant, established science is being ignored, and that this project should not proceed.”

https://crux.org.nz/crux-news/anti-airport-academics-ramp-up-fight-against-tarras/

#Tarras #Airport

Irony alert!

Christchurch Airport reckons the need to fly wide body jets into central otsgo ... because of climate change damaging the existing coastal airports at Dunedin, Inercargill - and Christchurch maybe???

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/1lblt7a6EX6FSAkiRUrBKv?si=BGc-5xkKRsyONL50zfSGAg&dd=1

#cial #chch #TarrasAirport
#avgeek #tarras #centralotago #Wanaka #wānaka #qldc #Queenstown #Aoteaora #nz #NewZealand #airstrip