The Waiheke Local Board has voted unanimously to join Councillor Mike Lee and both the Aotea Great Barrier and Waitematā Local Boards in pushing for a blanket ban on helipads in residential areas within the next year. Lee says he plans to put forward a “notice of motion” at the next Planning, Environment and Parks Committee meeting, with the support of the local boards, to change the Hauraki Gulf Islands District Plan to make helipads a prohibited activity in residential areas, and a “non-complying” activity everywhere else in the Gulf.
• Paul Mitchell
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