Live Breaking News & Updates on Save Kapiti Airport

Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 3:12 pm
Calls for an investigation into significant risks for
public health and safety in the event of Kāpiti Coast
Airport closing have reached Minister of Health Andrew
Little, following concerns voiced by a Wellington Hospital
Intensive Care Specialist.
Dr Alex Psirides recently
told Stuff
that closing the airport in Paraparaumu would have
significant clinical risk for time-critical conditions when
Wellington was inaccessible because of poor weather or
maintenance, leaving the lower North Island or upper South
Island with no access to tertiary care hospitals and the
nearest practical alternatives at least 130 kilometres
away.
The airport is currently under threat of closure ....

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