Tarras Airport, Central Otago, New Zealand

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TARRAS AIRPORT PROPOSAL
Updated 16 February 2024

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Airport Fight Not Over - LAKES WEEKLY BULLETIN
Airport Plans On Hold - PRESS
ChCh Airport stops saying it is "climate positive" - RNZ
Biggest Challenge Potential Loss of Funding - CRUX
Majority Oppose - CRUX
Opportunity or Misery - THE PRESS
Bribery, Bullshit and Bullying - THE POST
MP to put Airport on Govt Agenda - NEWSROOM
3.6 Million Passengers A Year - STUFF
Community Board Against Airport - WANAKA APP
Qtown Airport Chief Hits Out at CIAL Proposal - CRUX
Locals Gear Up for Airport Fight - NEWSROOM
Wanaka Survey-Opposition to Airport Grows - CRUX
Concern No Business Case for "Project Oscar" - THE WIGRAM
Airport Idea Unbelievably Stupid - THE STANDARD
Local Government Gone Mad? - CRUX
75 Researchers on Risks of Airport - BUSINESS.SCOOP
Candidates Split on Airport - WANAKAAPP
Tourism Organisations Reject Airport - QTOWN WANAKA TOURISM
Flights Over Cromwell? - ODT
Airport Plans Released (+ video links) - CRUX
Airport Will Impact Tarras Village - NZ HERALD
A Disaster - NEWSHUB
Opposition Will Go All the Way to Courts - RNZ
Clash Over Airport - NEWSROOM
Tarras Runway Alignment Released - ODT
Runway Alignment Decision Imminent - CRUX
We Need To Talk About Tarras - NEWSROOM
Public Metings Stopped - ODT
Public Flying Blind - NEWSROOM
Hold Out Farmer Sells to CHCH Airport - CRUX
Runway Alignment Announcement Soon - ODT
Will Flying Ever Be Sustainable - BBC (video)
Academics Call To Scrap Proposal - ODT
Tarras Airport Looms Large - NEWSROOM
ChCh Residents Will Be Losers - RNZ
We Shall Not Be Mooved - NEWSROOM
Group Urges Shelving of Tarras Airport - ODT
CODC Neutrality on Airport Confirmed - ODT
Decisions Delayed - CRUX
Opportunity to Can Tarras Airport - ODT
Airport Risk to Canterbury Ratepayers - THE CONVERSATION
Fog Partially Lifts on Airport - NEWSROOM
Cross Winds at Tarras - video story - CRUX
Wishing for Fairy Dust-biofuels - LOW CARBON KAPITI
Airport Vision Future - ODT
Solar and Aviation at Tarras - ODT
Dog Fight Over Tarras - NEWSROOM
Wanaka Airport development not QLC Purview - ODT
Airport - wrong side of history - ODT
Tarras Airport, Up in the Air? - ODT
Consent for "unorthodox" subdivision - ODT
Developer questions case for airport - CENTRALAPP
Ploy to sway people - STUFF
Airport Opponent Sceptical - ODT
CIAL Gifts $20,000 to Tarras School - CRUX
Letter Questions Rationale for Airport - ODT
Is Tarras Airport Plan Viable? - NEWSROOM
ChCh Landowners Fight Airport - STUFF
CIAL seeks amendments to Regional Policy - ODT
Airport opponents petition to parliment - NEWSHUB
Tarras airport petition launched - ODT
Tarras survey shows 83% opposed to airport - CRUX
CIAL could veto house building - CRUX
Flight of Fancy? - ODT
Report Airport Site Support Runway - ODT
Covid Delays Assessment - ODT
Airport Opposition Groups Combine - ODT
True Cost of Air Travel - NEWSHUB
Reasons to Remain Grounded - ODT
New Group to Oppose Airport - ODT
Love our Local Airports? - CRUX
Airport Site Analysis to be Released - ODT
Airline Industry Net Zero Emissions - STUFF
Living with an airport - STUFF
Govt keeping clear of airports debate - ODT
Attention turns to release of plans - C.O. NEWS
"Release the documents" - STUFF
Pilots on Tarras Airport - WANAKA SUN
Proposed Tarras airport land under survey - ODT
No Tarras Airport - STUFF
Airport project website welcomed - ODT
No Tarras airport on climate strike agenda - STUFF
Wanaka Tarras airport scenario improbable - WANAKA APP
Airport plan up to 3 years away - TourismTicker
Christchurch airport PR falls flat in Tarras - CRUX
Drop in session becomes a meeting - ODT
Tourism changes sought - ODT
PM urged to step in over C.O. airports - ODT
WSG letter to PM
Report paints tourism as 'ogre' - ODT
Protect Wanaka members oppose Tarras airport - CRUX
QLDC report recognises competition - ODT
Leave Tarras alone, you greedsters- THE PRESS
Tarras International Airport genius and madness - STUFF
Airport updates not full picture - ODT
Airport plan "Competition quagmire for councils" - ODT
Tarras airport plan "Act of evil" - ODT
Plan to build airport "Act of evil" students warn - STUFF
CODC to discuss airport plans - ODT
Airport critics cite climate crisis - ODT
Protesters demonstrate opposition to new airport - STUFF
Tarras takes airport battle to ChCh Council - CRUX
Climate activists protest Tarras airport plan - ODT
Airport plan views clash - ODT
Chance for opponents to air concerns - ODT
Airport bid "predatory activity" - ODT
Impact of climate change on air travel- STUFF
Dividends should not decide our fate - Mark Sinclair in ODT
Flying in the face of reason or not? - ODT
New airport more a gamble than a strategy - CRUX
"New Approach" questioned - ODT
Christchurch International Airport New Approach - C.I.A.L.
Qtown Airport expansion on hold - ODT
Airport finished in a decade - ODT
Airport shareholders received hint of plans - ODT
Airport "still talking..." - ODT
Dismay at lack of proposed airport detail - ODT
Yet to hear from airport - ODT
Mysterious airport no one seems to want - Newsroom
Backing for airport called into question - ODT
Maori history factor for Tarras airport - ODT
Tarras airport a great opportunity - Flightplan 2050
Covid 19 may hit CIAL dividends - The Press
ChCh airport can "wait for me to die" - The Press
Environment, overtourism real concerns - ODT
Commercial rivalry behind airport plan - ODT
ChCh Airport emails-"strategic risk" - CRUX
Plans for airport at Tarras don't stack up - ODT
Tarras Airport-Genius or Madness? - ODT
Hercules Inbound? - ODT
Let the much loved quiet, stay - Stuff
Canterbury Quakes Drove Airport Dream - BusinessDesk
Idea must consider tourism's future - ODT Editorial
Airport objections sent to Govt.- ODT
Meeting 98% Against - CRUX
United Against Tarras Airport - ODT
WSG on Tarras Airport - Scoop
Blindsided Tarras landowners - Stuff
ChCh representatives to attend meeting - ODT
Tarras invites executives to talks - ODT
Gathering Discusses Airport Plan - ODT
Airport 'vote of confidence' - ODT
Pilots Welcome Plans - NZ Herald
Fly-in Takeover at Tarras - ODT
No airport until Qtwn at capacity - Stuff
Locals in the dark - Radio NZ
Environmental concerns - Stuff
Air New Zealand comment - Stuff
Locals horrified - Radio NZ
Land Purchases - CRUX
Airport Shock - CRUX
Up in the Air - ODT

In September the government released the National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Soil (NPS). The NPS has legal effect from 17 Oct 2022.

The objective of the NPS is:
Highly productive land is protected for use in land-based primary production, both now and for future generations.

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A significant part of the proposed airport is mapped as being of Highly Productive Land (green above):

This objective is to be met by the following policies:

Policy 1: Highly productive land is recognised as a resource with finite characteristics and long-term values for land-based primary production.
Policy 2: The identification and management of highly productive land is undertaken in an integrated way that considers the interactions with freshwater management and urban development.
Policy 3: Highly productive land is mapped and included in regional policy statements and district plans.
Policy 4: The use of highly productive land for land-based primary production is prioritised and supported.
Policy 5: The urban rezoning of highly productive land is avoided, except as provided in this National Policy Statement.
Policy 7: The subdivision of highly productive land is avoided, except as provided in this National Policy Statement.
Policy 8: Highly productive land is protected from inappropriate use and development.
Policy 9: Reverse sensitivity effects are managed so as not to constrain land-based primary production activities on highly productive land.

Hydrogen Powered Aircraft - current research - BBC
CIAL Preliminary Aeronautical Assessment - CIAL
Aircraft Noise and Health Effects - CAA UK
Flight Paths and Public Health - Airport Watch - links to 23 studies
Health Hazards Living Near Airports - Baseline Health Foundation
Environmental Impacts on Soil and Groundwater at Airports - J.O.E.M
Hydrogen fueled aircraft pros and cons - BBC
Time to end extractive tourism - Aljazeera
Wanaka-small town with a big problem - National Business Review
Reinventing Tourism - Newsroom
Ombudsman Report into ChCh City Council
Airport services disclosure requirements - Commerce Commission
Auditor General Local Govt - Airports
ICAO Environmental Report - Airports
CIAL Statement of Intent 2021
Socio-Economic Imapcts of Airport Infrastructure - Martin Jenkins & Assoc. / QLDC
A revealing Queenstown take on a Tarras airport - Flightplan2050
Tarras no stranger to sly land-buyer - ODT Feature 8 August 2020
Environmental Impact of Aviation - Wikipedia
Rethinking Tourism "Less could be More" - Newsroom
Christchurch International Airport Ltd - Media release

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Land purchased for proposed Tarras airport, indicative.