Talks of Government funding for new Whangārei airport premature 12 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read An Air New Zealand plane lands on the Whangārei Airport runway which is the shortest of any provincial airports in New Zealand. Photo / Tania Whyte An Air New Zealand plane lands on the Whangārei Airport runway which is the shortest of any provincial airports in New Zealand. Photo / Tania Whyte Imran Ali is a reporter for the Northern [email protected] The prospect of taxpayers funding a new Whangārei Airport is premature at this stage as the Government is mulling whether to support regional infrastructure, including air services.