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This year's process of QLDC agreeing to the Airport's strategic direction - think expanding Noise Boundaries - is about to kick off! The Council is meeting next Tuesday, the 25th, to agree a timetable for delivery of the Airport's corporate document, the Statement of Intent (SOI); and to approve a... read more →

As with the Ferry Service, your voice on the Airport’s Noise Boundaries is vital.  An independent online survey is open from today until 11 March.  Please fill it in - and don’t be put off by the fact it is accessed via the QLDC website: we are assured it is... read more →

Over 1900 signatures on our petition - Keep the Wakatipu Ferry on the water - has helped persuade the Otago Regional Council to begin the process of public investment in the ferry service. It's a complicated process and long term success is not assured. So we must keep up the... read more →

How to maximise the community value of our libraries? That promises to be the focus of the QLDC Library Strategy to be fed into the Long Term Community Plan. Your opinion is sought: see the survey, open until 27th January, at https://letstalk.qldc.govt.nz/  and https://codc-qldc.govt.nz/).   The survey can also be completed on... read more →

What would you do if a natural disaster hit the Peninsula e.g. an AF8 (Alpine Fault Magnitude 8) earthquake? We are establishing a communication network as part of building community resilience - for the details see: Emergency response letter Participation is open to all residents, not just members of KPCA... read more →

We launched a Petition on Thursday last week to press Otago Regional Council to provide a subsidy for the ferry service until a long term solution can be implemented. Over a 1000 signatures within 4 days! Add yours: https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/keep-the-wakatipu-ferry-on-the-water?share=ee40c59e-ebec-45fc-8917-3bb8d912560a

Our ferry service is under threat of termination. From today (1/12/19) the Frankton Arm pick ups/drop offs reduce to the Hilton and Bay View piers. From the end of February, it will only be a taxi service from the Hilton, unless Otago Regional Council comes up with a finance package... read more →

This is a big topic which affects all of us in the Wakatipu Basin and beyond. A spatial plan is required by Central Government as part of the introduction of a visitor levy. QLDC is now consulting via "facilitated workshops ... to continue the conversation on growth in our district",... read more →

Community concerns about the implications for the Peninsula trail of turning it into a commuter route, including those by KPCA (submission April 2019) have been listened to judging by the Wakatipu Active Travel Network business case approved by Council at this month's meeting. The Report noted that those concerns as... read more →

The Airport featured as the defining issue at our well-attended hustings meeting, with a natural divide between incumbents and wannabes. Incumbents have form against which their promises can be judged. For the record, of those standing for reelection in the Wakatipu Ward, only Penny Clark and Ferg Fergusson consistently voted... read more →