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When Te Kāhui Mahi launched its vision for saving Kāpiti Airport last August, it said a profitable commercial model was being developed with the backing of a growing network of strategic investors.
Disappointed, but not surprised in the slightest.
Building on Local Aotearoa’s previous story revealing that the Government has no position on whether Kāpiti Airport remains open or closes, three further official information responses raise fresh questions about whether Ōtaki MP Tim Costley’s campaign to save it has been matched by meaningful advocacy to decision-makers behind the scenes.
New research into where New Zealanders live and work strengthens the case for Kāpiti joining a Wellington-region council rather than watching its future be decided from the outside.
When asked about the current local government reorganisation process underway, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon recently told a public meeting in Whangārei that National was “not mandating it from Wellington.
In an exclusive report, Local Aotearoa can reveal that the Government is not coming to the rescue of Kāpiti Airport.
Every so often, Kāpiti Airport gets handed the perfect anecdote.
There is an understandable temptation in local politics to treat conflict of interest rules as a nuisance.
One of the more frustrating features of New Zealand’s housing debate is how often individual examples are used to “prove” sweeping conclusions.
Kāpiti has always had a slightly complicated relationship with the Wellington region.
