Groups call to ground Wellington airport's expansion plans

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 5:44 p.m.

An environmental organisation is calling for a halt to Wellington airport's expansion plans. The airport is consulting with the public on the development, which will see the airport grow out eastwards, to cater for a doubling of passenger numbers. But Generation Zero says such growth doesn't consider the impact a bigger airport would have on the city's CO2 emissions. RNZ's Harry Lock reports.