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Annual Report presented at the AGM
The Executive of Guardians of the Bays and our supporters have worked very hard this year on several fronts. We have achieved a lot
September 19, 2022
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The airport contributes about 10% of Wellingtons gross GHG emissions. Doubling passenger numbers will massively increase the airports emissions.
Wellington City Council has declared a climate emergency and plans to be net zero by 2050. This will not be possible with an airport expansion
The airport doesn’t include the airplanes in its carbon footprint. It also ignores the massive amount of embodied carbon required to expand.
82% of Wellingtonians want climate action now and think 2050 is too late. 92% want to respond to the climate emergency no matter what.
Wellington City Council owns 34% of the airport. The Mayor is on the board where he has to act in the best interest of the airport and not Wellingtonians
The airport has no room to expand, it’s in a city! Its solution is to have its planes right next to low decile communities. That’ll be noisy af.
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The Executive of Guardians of the Bays and our supporters have worked very hard this year on several fronts. We have achieved a lot
The Guardians of the Bays has submitted on the Wellington City Proposed District Plan. Our submission focused on the Noise and the Airport Zone. Guardians
During our AGM, we got two excellent guest speakers presenting (via video) on the aviation industry and its effects on climate change: James Renwick, climate
We will be holding our AGM on Thursday 11th August 2022. Kick off is at 6pm @ St Aidan’s Anglican Church, 89 Miramar Avenue, Miramar.With
Guardians of the Bays is pleased to report that it has achieved a settlement of its appeal against Wellington International Airport Ltd. The appeal was
Guardians of the Bays are supportive of the initiative by five City Councillors for the council to publicly oppose the expansion of Wellington Airport. City
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