New cadets are arriving at the New Zealand International Commercial Pilot Academy (NZICPA) in Whanganui , but it is a trickle, not a stream. The academy was.
Whanganui District Council holding company supports flight school downsizing
22 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Whanganui District Council Holdings chairwoman Annette Main is optimistic about the future of the flight school. Photo / Bevan Conley
Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
Whanganui District Council holding company chairwoman Annette Main supports recent flight school redundancies and says more may be needed in future.
Two flight instructors and one administrator at the New Zealand International Commercial Pilot Academy (NZICPA) have been made redundant. Student numbers at the school have fallen because international students cannot come into the country.
Whanganui District Council s holding company restructures
22 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Whanganui District Council s holding company, which manages its commercial assets, has restructured.
Each of the council s two businesses now has an independent board and the $33.9 million council-controlled organisation Whanganui District Council Holdings has two new directors.
Holdings job is to oversee the council s commercial assets - GasNet and the New Zealand International Commercial Pilot Academy (NZICPA) - and advise on new investments. It is chaired by Annette Main, a former Whanganui mayor and Horizons regional councillor.
Until September this year the two boards of the businesses were made up of the five members of Holdings - Main, deputy chairman Matt Doyle who is the principal of a Whanganui accounting business, lawyer Simon Karipa, energy sector expert Peter Hazledine and governance and investment expert David Rae.