No Commercial Airport at Whenuapai Airbase Party
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The No Commercial Airport at Whenuapai Airbase Party was a local political party in New Zealand which opposed the transformation of Auckland's Whenuapai airbase into a commercial airport.[1] The party leader was Toby Hutton, a Browns Bay apprentice.[2][3]
The party was inspired by the success of the Whenuapai Airbase Action Group (Waag) in turning the fate of the airbase into a political issue during the 2007 local body elections.
The party applied to register a logo with the Electoral Commission on 21 April 2008.[4] The party however failed to apply for formal registration so was limited to its sole candidate at the 2008 election.
It ran a single electorate candidate in 2008 and received 238 electorate votes.[5] It did not run in the 2011 election.
In the local body elections of October 2007, the pro-airport North Shore City mayor was defeated by an anti-airport mayoral candidate with indications that the airport issue was the most important of factors considered by voters.[6] Subsequently, North Shore City Council reversed support for a Whenuapai International Airport. Watakere City Council dropped the plan in 2009.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Communists and Pirates: The stranger parties of NZ's past and present". NewsHub. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "New party making airbase an election issue". New Zealand Herald. 30 April 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Anti-airport general election ticket". North Shore Times. 20 May 2008.
- ^ New Zealand Electoral Commission: Application to register a political party logo
- ^ "2008 election: Summary of Overall Results". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Crothers, Charles: "Candidates, Issues and Outcomes", AUT University.
- ^ "No commercial airport at Whenuapai". RNZ. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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