Invercargill City Council
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The Council consists of the Mayor and 12 Councillors and its role is to provide and maintain services and amenities for the public of Invercargill. There are two main parts to Invercargill City Council: the Council (elected representatives) and the Corporate (staff).
The Council is chosen by electors (the Invercargill public) to govern the city's affairs, such as making decisions on spending, priorities and policies.
INVERCARGILL — Invercargill City Councillor Nigel Skelt has resigned from his role on Council.
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SOUTHLAND — Defying gravity, turning one's head into a giant ball of rubber bands and being a contortionist/aerial hula-hooper are just some of the entertaining acts performing in the 2014 Southland Buskers' Festival from January 30 to February 2.
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INVERCARGILL — Work begins next week on a major upgrade for the water pipeline running between Clifton and Ocean Beach Road in Bluff, Invercargill City Council Engineering Services Group Manager, Russell Keen said today.
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INVERCARGILL — The Invercargill City Council has reappointed Mr Richard King to the position of Chief Executive Officer for a five year term, His Worship the Mayor Tim Shadbolt, announced today.
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INVERCARGILL — Calling all Southlanders…bring your mates, bring the family to The Great Mayoral Rugby Challenge on Friday, February 15 at Rugby Park.
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INVERCARGILL — Invercargill residents are invited to attend the ceremony for the re-signing of the sister city agreement with Kumagaya, to be held in the Civic Theatre on Friday, February 15.
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INVERCARGILL — Two free public events will be the major focus of celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of Invercargill’s sister city relationship with Kumagaya, Japan.
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INVERCARGILL — Invercargill Airport Ltd has issued $3 million worth of new share capital to fund the maintenance programme.
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INVERCARGILL — Craig Smith the Wonky Donkey author is returning to Invercargill for another great show! On Sunday, December 16 at 2pm the popular New Zealand children’s author and musician will delight Invercargill crowds at the Invercargill Library yet again with his fun lyrics and catchy tunes.
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INVERCARGILL — The challenge has been set and around 400 children, teens and young adults have registered and are preparing for a long hot summer of reading.
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INVERCARGILL — Splash Palace has a new lift for people with disabilities and is inviting users and groups representing people with disabilities to a demonstration on how to use the new equipment.
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INVERCARGILL — Splash Palace has a new lift for people with disabilities and is inviting users and groups representing people with disabilities to a demonstration on how to use the new equipment.
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INVERCARGILL — The Invercargill City Council is engaging Pocock Environmental Design to develop a preliminary design for the upgrade of Invercargill’s inner city, City Council Director of Works and Services Cameron McIntosh said today.
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INVERCARGILL — Local authority roading engineers from throughout Southland will meet tomorrow to take part in a new “Safe System to Road Safety” workshop, tomorrow at Environment Southland.
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INVERCARGILL — Invercargill Deputy Mayor Darren Ludlow is encouraging people with an interest in the preservation of old buildings to attend a lecture by earthquake engineering expert Win Clark.
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INVERCARGILL — A noted consultant engineer, with expertise in the strengthening of old buildings, will speak in Invercargill on 12 November, Invercargill City Council Resource Management Officer Judith Christie said today.
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INVERCARGILL — The operation of Invercargill’s Public Library is being reviewed to take into account changes in technology and position the library to better meet the needs of library users, Invercargill City Council Director of Works and Services Cameron McIntosh said today.
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INVERCARGILL — Safety concerns have led the Invercargill City Council to begin felling trees on Petrie’s Track at Sandy Point from Wednesday next week.
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INVERCARGILL — Seventy kilometre per hour (kmph) temporary speed restriction signs are being installed this afternoon outside Myross Bush School on Mill Road North, Invercargill City Council Infrastructure and Services Chair Carolyn Dean said today.
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INVERCARGILL — Members of the public are advised that Invercargill Airport is to hold its biannual emergency exercise at 2pm on Tuesday 25 September.
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INVERCARGILL — Invercargill’s Inner City Working Group has selected four consultants who have been invited to present a proposal for design improvements for the inner city.
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INVERCARGILL — Further to decisions made by the Invercargill City Council earlier in the month in relation to the contract with its CEO Richard King, Council will be advertising the role of CEO this weekend, Chairman of the CEO’s Review Committee, Cr Norman Elder said today.
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INVERCARGILL — The Invercargill City Council is putting on the New Zealand premiere for the people of the city to celebrate the feature Two Little Boys.
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INVERCARGILL — Lindsay Thomas has been elected to serve as a Councillor on the Invercargill City Council, Electoral Officer Graham Low announced today.
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INVERCARGILL — Thirty one people will be presented with New Zealand citizenship certificates by Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt at a ceremony in Invercargill tomorrow, Tuesday, August 28.
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INVERCARGILL — With a little over a week and a half to go before the election deadline to fill the extraordinary vacancy on the Invercargill City Council, Electoral Officer Graham Low says there has been a dramatic downturn in the number of votes being received on a daily basis.
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INVERCARGILL — A ticker tape parade for our Southland Olympians will be held in Invercargill on Thursday, August 23, beginning at 4pm, Invercargill City Council Mayor Tim Shadbolt announced today.
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INVERCARGILL — The Invercargill City Council today completed an end of term review of the Chief Executive Officer, Richard King.
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INVERCARGILL — The Invercargill City Libraries is hosting an event unlike any other - an amnesty but with a twist.
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INVERCARGILL — City Council staff are shocked at the extent of vandalism that was carried out at Invercargill’s Eastern Cemetery at the weekend.
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BLUFF — Work to connect Bluff’s new Shannon Street Reservoir to the town’s water main means that the pipeline carrying water to the existing Hill Reservoir will be turned off from midnight Friday to 6am Saturday 21 July.
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INVERCARGILL — “The opening of a joint dog control facility today has been a successful collaborative approach taken by the Invercargill City Council and the Southland District Council,” Mayor Tim Shadbolt said today.
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INVERCARGILL — Members of the media are invited to attend the official opening of the new shared dog pound facility. The facility will be jointly opened by Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt and Southland District Mayor Frana Cardno.
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INVERCARGILL — An ERO report on junior classes in high schools makes sobering reading for New Zealand’s future success, says BusinessNZ.
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INVERCARGILL — Time is running out for those wanting to stand for the Invercargill City Council, Electoral Officer Graham Low said today.
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INVERCARGILL — The installation of an innovative boiler that runs on wood chips is the beginning of a new sustainable era for the Invercargill City Council, Infrastructure Chairperson Carolyn Dean said today.
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BLUFF — Bluff voters elected Graham Laidlaw to serve on the Bluff Community Board, Invercargill City Council Electoral Officer Graham Low announced today.
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INVERCARGILL — Nominations are open for candidates in the election to fill an extraordinary vacancy on the Invercargill City Council.
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INVERCARGILL — With less than a week to go before the Bluff Community Board by-election voting deadline, Invercargill City Council Electoral Officer Graham Low is reminding people to deliver their voting papers to either the Bluff Service Centre or the Invercargill City Council.
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INVERCARGILL — Invercargill Airport is to increase the length of free parking time motorists can have in the airport car park, so the first ten minutes will be free of charge from 1 July.
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INVERCARGILL — The rates increase for Invercargill and Bluff for the 2012/13 year is 4.08%, which is lower than the 4.47% increase projected in the city’s Draft Long Term Plan, Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt said today.
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INVERCARGILL — The Invercargill City Council’s water and drainage contractor Veolia Water New Zealand takes operational responsibility for the city’s pipe works from tomorrow, 1 June 2012, Acting Engineering Services Group Manager Russell Keen said today.
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INVERCARGILL — The Invercargill City Council and Invercargill City Holdings Ltd will send four representatives to join a South Port business delegation to explore trade opportunities in China, Invercargill City Council Chief Executive Officer Richard King said today.
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INVERCARGILL — “Due to litigation pending before the High Court, the Invercargill City Council has deemed it inappropriate to comment on any matters that impact on the roof failure at the Stadium as that is all the subject of the litigation”, Council’s CEO Richard King said today.
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INVERCARGILL — Four candidates have been nominated to fill the extraordinary vacancy on the Bluff Community Board.
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INVERCARGILL — The Invercargill City Council is inviting residents to have their say about the future management of Donovan Park.
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BLUFF — Those wanting to stand for the Bluff Community Board by-election have till noon on Friday, May 11 to put their name forward.
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INVERCARGILL — Little fans of the Angelina Ballerina stories are invited to attend a special story time at the Invercargill Library on Tuesday, May 1 at 3.30pm.
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INVERCARGILL — A suggestion made at the South Alive public meeting to beautify the entrances to South Invercargill is already being actioned with the planting of the roundabout at Elles Road and Tweed Street.
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BLUFF — Urgent repairs to a pipe-bridge that carries the Bluff water supply mean that the water pipeline to Bluff will be turned off from 7am tomorrow morning (Friday 20 April).
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SOUTHLAND — Around 70 young people from all over New Zealand will converge in Southland for a Youth in Local Government Conference which kicks off tomorrow (Wednesday, April 18).
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INVERCARGILL — South Invercargill people from all walks of life are launching South Alive – a project to identify the best possible future for the area and ways to make it happen.
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INVERCARGILL — The upgrade of Queens Drive from Newcastle Street to Herbert Street will reach a milestone tomorrow (Saturday, March 17) with the chip sealing of the newly built east side of the road, Engineering Services Manager Russell Pearson has announced.
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INVERCARGILL — The Invercargill City Council is lifting hosing restrictions in Invercargill and Bluff but Water Manager Alister Murray is still urging people to be mindful of water use and avoid wastage.
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INVERCARGILL — Public admission to Invercargill’s iconic Water Tower is to be stopped – at least temporarily – while Council considers the risks the historic building would pose to public safety in the event of an earthquake.
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INVERCARGILL — Motorists travelling on Queens Drive are failing to notice the relocated pedestrian crossing by George Street and Council engineers are concerned for the safety of pedestrians.
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INVERCARGILL — Best-selling author Tania Roxborogh is visiting the Invercargill Public Library on Friday, January 27 where she will hold a workshop for young adults and then a public seminar.
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INVERCARGILL — Invercargill City Council is calling on Invercargill and Bluff residents to conserve water and is imposing hosing restrictions as of Thursday, January 12, until further notice, Water Manager Alister Murray said today.
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INVERCARGILL — Invercargill City Council is to organize a national forum on earthquake prone buildings as councils around New Zealand deal with issues and try to find solutions to the problems highlighted by the Christchurch earthquakes.
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SOUTHLAND — The Auckland Island Pigs Project has injected around $12,000,000 into the Southland economy, which is an excellent return on the $20,000 investment from the Mayor’s Contingency Fund, Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt announced today.
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BLUFF — The Bluff Community Board is reminding residents that applications for the Community Board Bursary are due in January.
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INVERCARGILL — The Invercargill City Council has purchased five buildings in lower Esk Street with a view to building a combined administration complex to house the Invercargill City Council, Southland District Council and Venture Southland, Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt announced today.
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INVERCARGILL — An Apple iPad2 is just one of the prizes up for grabs for young adults who take part in the summer reading programme run by the Invercargill City Libraries.
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Mayor Tim Shadbolt announced today that local businessman, Mr Louis Crimp, is prepared to invest up to $200,000 in The Auckland Island Pigs Project.
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BLUFF — “Repairs to the Bluff water supply have gone much more quickly than first anticipated and most people in Bluff will have their water back on,” Council’s Water Manager Alister Murray said.
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BLUFF — Bluff residents are currently without water due to a fault in the main water supply at the Bluff Hill Reservoir.
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INVERCARGILL — Members of the media are invited to attend a Citizenship Ceremony presided over by Invercargill’s Deputy Mayor Jackie Kruger During the ceremony 20 candidates will become New Zealand citizens.
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INVERCARGILL — Members of the media are invited to take film/footage of a meeting between His Worship the Mayor Tim Shadbolt and Her Excellency Virginia H.
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INVERCARGILL — Popular New Zealand children’s author and musician Craig Smith is returning to Invercargill for one morning show only.
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INVERCARGILL — An $8,000 grant from the Southland Regional Heritage Committee will allow the recently formed Museum Project Steering Group to study successful museum projects at several North Island sites, Southland Museum and Art Gallery Trust Board Chairman Darren Ludlow announced today.
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INVERCARGILL — While the value of residential property in Invercargill has dropped, the city is fairing better than other areas such as Queenstown and Marlborough, according to QV spokesperson Brendon Bodger.
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INVERCARGILL — Due to the massive response to the Invercargill Library’s Big Book Sale, the library has decided to extend the sale through to Tuesday, October 25.
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INVERCARGILL — Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt is concerned that the public are being misled by media over the provision of his Mayoral budget.
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INVERCARGILL — Mayor Tim Shadbolt today announced he intends to set the record straight regarding media criticism over a Sister City visit and a recent Finance Committee resolution.
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INVERCARGILL — An Invercargill City Council delegation to Invercargill’s sister city Kumagaya is a regular part of Council's annual activity and should have been announced publicly, Deputy Mayor Jackie Kruger said today.
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INVERCARGILL — The Invercargill City Council wants to hear your ideas on how to revitalise Invercargill’s City Centre.
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INVERCARGILL — Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt is supporting the Scottish government’s request to overturn the ban on bagpipes at Rugby World Cup games.
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INVERCARGILL — Members of the media are invited to attend a preview screening of a new DVD where Councillors explain their vision and 30 year plan for the city.
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INVERCARGILL — Invercargill is celebrating hosting rugby teams from Scotland, Argentina, Georgia and Romania, by giving out free postcards of New Zealand’s most famous Mayor, Tim Shadbolt.
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INVERCARGILL — Members of the media are invited to attend the Airport Welcome for the Scottish Rugby Team.
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SOUTHLAND — The Invercargill Airport is launching a Customer Satisfaction Survey on its website to engage with people regarding their views of the airport.
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INVERCARGILL — The Invercargill City Council’s contractor Bond Contracts Ltd will be collecting all old green wheelie bins next week after people’s rubbish is collected.
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BLUFF — Water supply is back on in Bluff township, with the exception of the South Port area, but residents are still being asked to restrict their water use.
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BLUFF — The water supply in Bluff has been shut down due to pipe failure.
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INVERCARGILL — Invercargill City Council Chief Executive Officer, Richard King, has confirmed that the Council was yesterday served with High Court proceedings.
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INVERCARGILL — The Invercargill City Council will be delivering new recycling and rubbish bins to all residents in Invercargill and Bluff during the next three weeks.
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INVERCARGILL — The Invercargill City Council is warning people not to enter the former gang house at 114 Severn Street because it is unsafe.
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INVERCARGILL — Invercargill’s Recycle Drop-off Centre has been relocated to Ettrick Street as of 8 am today (Friday, April 22).
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INVERCARGILL — Invercargill Airport is making special provisions to help Southland’s good Samaritans who are helping those caught up in the Christchurch earthquake.
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INVERCARGILL — Residents are being asked to contact Council should they require a smaller recycling bin in preparation for the new recycling and rubbish collection service which comes into effect for all Invercargill and Bluff residents from July 4.
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INVERCARGILL — Southlanders are being given the opportunity to express their support for the people of Christchurch via condolence books and by a wall of remembrance.
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INVERCARGILL — The Invercargill City Council is trialling a new online customer satisfaction survey.
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INVERCARGILL — Invercargill City Council Mayor Tim Shadbolt and CEO Richard King fly to Japan this weekend to attend the Memorial Service of one of the key figures in Invercargill’s long-term sister city relationship.
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INVERCARGILL — If you are passionate about the future of Invercargill’s Central Business District (CBD) then the Invercargill City Council wants you.
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INVERCARGILL — Chloe Scala has been appointed General Manager of Invercargill Airport Ltd and started work today, Airport Chairman Merv Cook said.
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