"the most challenging environmental issues associated with New Zealand’s pre-pandemic tourism offering remain unresolved"

But #chc airport is still trying to reach take-off speed for its bizarre new international airport idea

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/we-need-to-talk-about-tarras#Echobox=1691264718

#tarrasAirport #tarras #centralOtago
#aotearoa #NewZealand #surplus #airport

#Aircraft is entering the airspace.

Model: AgustaWestland AW.139
Callsign: #HNL06A
Operator: #CHC Netherlands
Altitude: 475 ft
First seen above: #Den Helder
First seen: 2023-07-18 09:02:35
Last seen: 2023-07-18 09:15:58
To: N/A

#Follow: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=4845C0

#Aircraft is entering the airspace.

Model: AgustaWestland AW.139
Callsign: #HNL07A
Operator: #CHC Netherlands
Altitude: 2875 ft
First seen above: N/A
First seen: 2023-07-18 09:14:18
Last seen: 2023-07-18 09:17:39
To: N/A

#Follow: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=484F76

#Aircraft is entering the airspace.

Model: Leonardo AW189
Callsign: #HNL25A
Operator: #CHC Helicopters Netherlands
Altitude: 550 ft
First seen above: #Den Helder
First seen: 2023-07-18 08:27:27
Last seen: 2023-07-18 08:44:12
To: N/A

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#Aircraft #HNL25A has left the airspace.

Model: Leonardo AW189
Callsign: #HNL25A
Operator: #CHC Helicopters Netherlands
Altitude: 1875 ft
First seen above: N/A
First seen: 2023-07-18 07:00:31
Last seen: 2023-07-18 07:21:25
To: N/A

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#Aircraft is entering the airspace.

Model: AgustaWestland AW.139
Callsign: #HNL05A
Operator: #CHC Netherlands
Altitude: 1875 ft
First seen above: N/A
First seen: 2023-07-18 07:05:32
Last seen: 2023-07-18 07:21:25
To: N/A

#Follow: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=484BAC

#Aircraft is entering the airspace.

Model: Leonardo AW189
Callsign: #HNL25A
Operator: #CHC Helicopters Netherlands
Altitude: 1825 ft
First seen above: #Den Helder
First seen: 2023-07-18 07:00:31
Last seen: 2023-07-18 07:03:02
To: N/A

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An #Aircraft has entered or is near the Dutch airspace.

#ICAO: #4845C0
#Flight: #HNL11A
First seen above: N/A
Altitude: 1375 ft
Model: AgustaWestland AW.139
Operator: #CHC Netherlands
From: N/A
To: #N/A

First seen: 2023-07-17 14:15:25
Last seen: 2023-07-17 15:28:42

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That’s an ivy assisted double at Wrigley haha #CHC

Heck of a game so far glad I tuned in today

#chc Airport company still running a strategy of being coy about its intention to burn fossil fuel in the skies over #centralOtago

City Council finally voted (just) to politely ask what the public's money is being spent on

#otautahi #Christchurch
#aotearoa #newZealand
#climateCrisis #avGeek

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/public-flying-blind-on-tarras-proposal

A course in media management... #chc making a news story from putting stakes in the ground

The real story is about the madness of more long-haul flights into New Zealand

A place that "needs" fewer people, better tourists, clean air, and a stable climate

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/490380/tarras-airport-plan-proposed-runway-site-to-be-revealed-soon

#TarrasAirport #Tarras #centralOtago #sustainableTarras #wānaka #centralOtago #Cromwell
#avgeek #degrowth #climate #climateCrisis #globalWarming

"I don't think the public recognises how much danger we're in yet"

https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/04/27/nasa-climate-scientist-rallies-against-proposed-tarras-airport/

#tarras #tarrasAirport
#chc #cial #Christchurch
#centralOtago #aotearoa #NewZealand

#climateCrisis #climateChange
#avgeek​

"This project should not proceed"

Anti-airport academics ramp up fight against Tarras | Crux - Local News - Queenstown, Wanaka and Cromwell.
https://crux.org.nz/crux-news/anti-airport-academics-ramp-up-fight-against-tarras

#tarras #tarrasAirport
#chc #cial #Christchurch
#centralOtago #aotearoa #NewZealand

#climateCrisis #climateChange
#avgeek

two city council outfits completely at odds with each other.

John MacDonald: Tarras airport pipedream makes no sense for Christchurch
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/christchurch/canterbury-mornings-with-john-macdonald/opinion/john-macdonald-tarras-airport-pipedream-makes-no-sense-for-christchurch/

#chc #tarrasAirport
#cial #climateChange #climateChangers

"There will never be enough electricity available to manufacture green hydrogen as a fuel"

Christchurch Airport's response to science challenges to its plan for a new international airport is to say that magical new inventions will make it all OK someday. But resource consents start next year.
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/tarras-airport-looms-large-on-greenies-radar#Echobox=1681069161

#tarrasAirport
#christchuchAirport
#chc
#climateChange #avgeek
#climateChangers

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

#OpeningDay #CHC

“The province says it is building a new "integrated health-care centre" in Sooke, B.C.
The new facility is estimated to open in 2025 and will house both a community health centre (#CHC) and urgent- and primary-care centre (#UPCC) at an upcoming development” #ruralhealth #bchealthcare

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/b-c-announces-new-health-centre-in-sooke-1.6316264

@BigD yes, a clear case for reform of the planning system.

#chc isn't accountable to its own council, playing in #codc #CentralOtago council's space in order to compete with #akl Auckland's airport in #queenstown #qldc

Completely nuts

#tarrasAirport is "a vanity project that would cripple Christchurch’s economy...

The airport would drive away business, tourism and services from Christchurch"

https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/131233265/academics-urge-christchurch-city-council-to-stop-supporting-the-tarras-airport-vanity-project

#climateChange #noFly
#chc #CentralOtago #christchurchAirport #Christchurch

The highlight of last night’s party at #CHC is #needleplay. The boy had a few experiences with #temporarypiercing but the maximum number he ever took was about 13 needles. He said he might ask for stop at 15. We ended up at 32. And he didn’t realize 90 minutes had flown by.

It was a fun ride. We chatted, empathized, laughed, and both got high. Him from the natural rush of endorphins, me from manipulating his senses. Too bad I don’t get asked to do this more often.