We Love Wakatipu Inc interview and commentary, 16 December 2021 There is unlikely to be high enough demand to require expansion of Queenstown Airport’s air noise boundary (ANB) during the next...
WLW commentary, 6 December 2021 Transparency is fundamental to trust in our politicians and the workings of democracy. As are following due process and legal requirements. Especially when it involves potential...
We Love Wakatipu Inc commentary on QLDC meeting, 30 June 2021, on Queenstown Airport Corporation’s statement of intent (SOI) To provide some accountability for election hustings promises, WLW has gone back...
We Love Wakatipu Inc commentary, 25 August 2021 Here is Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s response to We Love Wakatipu Inc’s request for a Ministerial Review of council’s governance of QAC....
We Love Wakatipu Inc supporter John Hilhorst’s letter, 19 July, 2021 Another call has been made for government scrutiny of council leadership’s subversion of councillors’ authority to control QAC’s objectives and...
We Love Wakatipu Inc commentary, 13 July, 2021 We Love Wakatipu Inc has asked Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta to review our council’s governance of Queenstown Airport Corporation. This comes after...
John Hilhorst letter, WLW commentary, 29th June, 2021 Today, QLDC was sent a second official complaint about continued untrue statements in the agenda item for tomorrow’s council meeting decision on Queenstown...
We Love Wakatipu Inc commentary, 27 June 2021 After three years of pointing out the QLDC executive team’s repeated misleading statements of councillors’ role and responsibility under the Local Government Act...
WLW comment, 3 May 2021 We Love Wakatipu Inc chair Cath Gilmour presented the following submission to the draft Spatial Plan hearing panel, comprising central government, Kai Tahu and QLDC representatives...
We Love Wakatipu Inc commentary, 4 December 2020 Great to hear from Cr Niamh Shaw, in response to our recent Facebook post, that full council will workshop their 2021 statement of...
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QAC’s Glen Sowry – community engagement, transparency and a foggy crystal ball
We Love Wakatipu Inc interview and commentary, 16 December 2021 There is unlikely to be high enough demand to require expansion of Queenstown Airport’s air noise boundary (ANB) during the next...
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Mayor – yet again – doesn’t reveal tourism company directorships
WLW commentary, 6 December 2021 Transparency is fundamental to trust in our politicians and the workings of democracy. As are following due process and legal requirements. Especially when it involves potential...
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9 of 11 councillors promised to vote against airport noise expansion – did they?
We Love Wakatipu Inc commentary on QLDC meeting, 30 June 2021, on Queenstown Airport Corporation’s statement of intent (SOI) To provide some accountability for election hustings promises, WLW has gone back...
Category: WLW Commentary
Minister Mahuta’s response to request for Ministerial Review
We Love Wakatipu Inc commentary, 25 August 2021 Here is Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta’s response to We Love Wakatipu Inc’s request for a Ministerial Review of council’s governance of QAC....
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Another call for Ministerial Review of QLDC’s poor governance of QAC
We Love Wakatipu Inc supporter John Hilhorst’s letter, 19 July, 2021 Another call has been made for government scrutiny of council leadership’s subversion of councillors’ authority to control QAC’s objectives and...
Category: WLW Commentary
Request for Ministerial Review of QLDC governance of Queenstown Airport Corporation
We Love Wakatipu Inc commentary, 13 July, 2021 We Love Wakatipu Inc has asked Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta to review our council’s governance of Queenstown Airport Corporation. This comes after...
Category: WLW Commentary
Another repeated untruth in QLDC’s SOI agenda item – second official complaint
John Hilhorst letter, WLW commentary, 29th June, 2021 Today, QLDC was sent a second official complaint about continued untrue statements in the agenda item for tomorrow’s council meeting decision on Queenstown...
Category: WLW Commentary
Subversive, misleading and antidemocratic – QLDC executive team again mislead Councillors about their purpose and role in QAC statement of intent agenda item
We Love Wakatipu Inc commentary, 27 June 2021 After three years of pointing out the QLDC executive team’s repeated misleading statements of councillors’ role and responsibility under the Local Government Act...
Category: Submissions, WLW Commentary
We Love Wakatipu Inc oral submission to draft Spatial Plan hearing
WLW comment, 3 May 2021 We Love Wakatipu Inc chair Cath Gilmour presented the following submission to the draft Spatial Plan hearing panel, comprising central government, Kai Tahu and QLDC representatives...
Category: Submissions, WLW Commentary
YAY – one small step towards council control of QAC
We Love Wakatipu Inc commentary, 4 December 2020 Great to hear from Cr Niamh Shaw, in response to our recent Facebook post, that full council will workshop their 2021 statement of...
Category: WLW Commentary