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2346 days ago

Safety issues at Tokoroa Airfield ignored by council

Bruce from South Waikato District

For many years I have been trying to get the South Waikato District Council to take the issue of safety at the Tokoroa airfield seriously.

At the last council meeting I warned that a recent decision by council was making the airfield even more unsafe, specifically because it is a "multiple use" community facility which also hosts drag racing, driver training, model jet aircraft and a keen local club of RC model and drone fliers.

Watch the video below and see how my warning was effectively dismissed out of hand -- and the resulting incident that occurred just 10 days later:

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The SWDC has publicly stated to the Waikato times in respect to the issue of airfield management "We are not resourced to do this, nor are we the experts" -- yet they blunder on without consulting those who have a clue and have repeatedly offered their help for free.

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