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Queenstown
May 20
Residents' group may appeal 750-lot Shotover subdivision
While two appeals over the $300 million Shotover Country development were withdrawn in the Environment Court last week, another may be on the horizon.
Queenstown
December 16
QAC alteration adopted
A revised Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) constitution has been adopted, without lowering the board's $70 million transaction consultation threshold, sought by two councillors.
Queenstown
December 3
Last-minute appeals on $300m Queenstown development
A handful of last-minute appeals have been made to the $300 million Shotover Country development, including two from the developers.
Queenstown
July 15
Airport Corp recruiting replacement directors
Recruitment for two new directors for Queenstown Airport Corporation has begun - one to be appointed the chairman-elect until the board's annual meeting, with the possibility of a fifth director being appointed.
Queenstown
July 1
QAC's new statement of intent tightened
Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden has cracked down on the Queenstown Airport Corporation, leading a move to change its statement of intent - one of the documents that allowed the QAC board to sell shares secretly to Auckland Airport last year.
Queenstown
June 3
Airport legal bill $567,000
The controversial alliance between Queenstown and Auckland airports has cost Queenstown ratepayers more than $560,000 so far, and the final cost in litigation costs and legal fees is still to be determined.
Queenstown
May 20
Airport dividend worth millions
A "prudent" approach has been taken by the Queenstown Airport Corporation in its proposed dividend policy for providing a return to the Queenstown Lakes District Council, which could see the community receive $2.25 million by September and a total of $3.75 million after the next financial year.
Queenstown
May 14
Withdrawal of QT Airport appeal welcomed
Queenstown and Auckland airport chiefs and Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden have welcomed the withdrawal of legal actions to overturn the controversial share deal between the two airports.
Queenstown
April 29
Airport issue to High Court
It has taken nine months, but the controversial strategic alliance between Queenstown Airport Corporation and Auckland International Airport Ltd will finally be aired in the High Court at Queenstown this month.
Queenstown
March 22
Parties to explain airport deal angles
Representatives from all the parties involved in the controversial Queenstown-Auckland airports strategic alliance will address the new Queenstown Lakes District Council on Monday as part of a "workshop", Mayor Vanessa van Uden said yesterday.
Queenstown
January 27
Airport rejects recommendation for noise control
Queenstown Airport Corporation has again rejected parts of the Queenstown Lakes District Council's recommendation for airport noise management, citing problems with wording and several matters of clarification.
Queenstown
December 16
Airport alliance hits agenda
The controversial airport strategic alliance, an issue that has divided the community for the past five months, looks set to dominate today's Queenstown Lakes District Council meeting, the last for 2010.
Queenstown
December 15
Airport calls off bid for night flights
Queenstown Airport Corporation has decided not to pursue night flights to and from the resort, chief executive Steve Sanderson said yesterday.
Queenstown
December 10
New facility opens; row simmering
Air New Zealand and the Queenstown Airport Corporation yesterday briefly set aside their legal battles over the controversial strategic alliance with Auckland Airport as Queenstown's $4 million baggage-handling system was opened by Deputy Prime Minister Bill English.
Queenstown
December 5
Comments on review laughable, airport chairman says
A call by the Queenstown Community Strategic Asset Group for the Queenstown Lakes District Council to stop being a defendant in the forthcoming judicial review over the airport shares deal was "laughable if the matters at hand were not so serious".
Queenstown
November 25
QAC has time to appeal ruling
The Queenstown Airport Corporation has until January 17 to decide if it will appeal the decision to reject night flights to and from the resort, QAC chief executive Steve Sanderson said this week.
Queenstown
November 11
Larger pipe for runway stormwater
Larger stormwater pipe will be incorporated into Queenstown Airport Corporation's runway end safety area (resa) to cater for a "100-year return event" when Frankton Flats was fully developed, the Queenstown Lakes District Council was told on Tuesday.
Queenstown
November 6
Night flight appeal court option aired
If the Queenstown Airport Corporation appealed a decision declining consent for night flights to the resort, Frankton residents could consider joining Environment Court proceedings, Frankton Community Association vice-chairman Richard Stringer said yesterday.
Queenstown
November 4
Advice to council: no night flights
It was "too soon to say" if the Queenstown Airport Corporation would appeal a decision by commissioners to recommend the airport not be allowed to cater for flights between 10pm and midnight, QAC chief executive Steve Sanderson said yesterday.
Queenstown
October 24
More bang for their birds
New bird-scaring weapons at Queenstown Airport have been hailed a success by the airport's rescue fire manager, Bill Wrigley, and Wanaka Airport is planning to introduce the same technology soon.
Queenstown
October 17
Funding growth hot topic at airport conference
The need for equity to meet the rapid growth of Queenstown Airport was mentioned in the final talk of the 2010 NZ Airport Conference on Friday, but the controversial decision to sell almost a quarter of the airport's shares to Auckland International Airport Ltd (AIAL) was not.
Queenstown
October 15
Companies seek assurance
The Auckland and Queenstown airport companies are seeking a security of costs order from the High Court against the community group challenging the share sales deal, court documents reveal.
Queenstown
October 15
Court documents show details of parties' claims
Changes made to the Queenstown Airport Corporation's statement of intent nine days before the sale of 24.99% of shares to Auckland International Airport made public last July are at the centre of claims made by two parties seeking a judicial review of the decision, High Court documents reveal.
Queenstown
October 10
Airport hearing date due next month
A three to five-day High Court hearing about the strategic alliance between Queenstown Airport Corporation and Auckland International Airport Ltd is likely to take place next year.
Queenstown
October 7
Apology over share-sale censure
Councillor Cath Gilmour has apologised for the wording of an opinion piece criticising the controversial Queenstown Airport share sale as "flawed", "undemocratic" and "wrong".
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