DECEMBER 2019 | ISSUE 02 Stellar line-up for Warbirds 2020 A number of highlights have already been unveiled for the 2020 airshow. K Ō RERO | ISSUE 02 Telling our Stories Welcome to the summer edition of kōrero. We launched our new look magazine earlier this year giving insights into the people and initiatives that help make Queenstown and Wānaka airports tick. Thank you for the positive feedback and we hope you enjoy our second issue. At this time of year many of us will no doubt find ourselves reflecting on Foundation Chair Richard Lauder and Colin Keel the year that’s been, looking forward and setting goals for the year ahead. This year at QAC, we have been focusing on sustainability because we recognise the important opportunity and responsibility that both airports have in this space as one of the larger combined businesses and employers in the Connect region. While there are a number of achievements to be proud of, we are just getting started on our sustainability journey. There is great enthusiasm across with Us the airport communities and an appetite to be bold and to strive to lead the way. We will be launching our sustainability framework in the new year and look forward to providing you with regular updates in kōrero. @queenstownairport In this issue you will find stories about two key achievements. At the @wanakaairport recent NZ Airports Awards QAC won the “Sustainability Initiative of the Year” for the apron overlay project. It was a privilege to celebrate with the team and acknowledge the innovative thinking and collaborative approach @queenstownairport that made the project a reality (p23). @wanakaairport In November we celebrated achieving Living Wage Aotearoa accreditation — the first for an airport in New Zealand (p15). We have been working @NZQN over the past two years to ensure that all our employees are paid the living wage. This year we also worked with House of Hygiene to extend this living wage commitment to our contracted cleaning team. Achieving this is queenstown-airport-corporation-ltd an important milestone in supporting social sustainability. We were also delighted to announce that we have entered into a three-year partnership with Wakatipu High School Foundation to support a range of [email protected] strategic activities as well as the Awhi Fund with the goal of enabling our Become a Tiaki Ambassador local high school to offer Aotearoa’s best ‘all-round’ education. wanakaairport.com Those of us lucky enough to live in this beautiful part of the world have queenstownairport.co.nz seen it grow and change in recent years. At the moment Queenstown Lakes District Council, in partnership with Government and Kāi Tahu, is developing a regional spatial plan based around the phrase ‘Grow Well’ Want to upskill your staff to become invaluable local knowledge (history, fun facts and stories or ‘Whaiora’ in Te Reo Māori. The aim is to consider and plan where and qualified, recognised ambassadors of about our special places and people) as well as practical how we live in the future and what this means for our infrastructure and your town? Check out Queenstown tools to welcome and connect with Kiwis and visitors from community facilities in the next 30 years and for generations to come. Resort College’s (QRC) three-hour other cultures. I encourage you to take a look at the information on QLDC’s website Ambassador Program. The Program is endorsed by the Queenstown and Wanaka This document is printed on an environmentally about the spatial planning process and how you can get involved. responsible paper, produced using Third Party certified Chambers of Commerce, Destination Queenstown, QRC has been working with Regional Tourism 100% Post-Consumer Recycled, Process Chlorine Free As the year comes to an end, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you Lake Wanaka Tourism, QLDC and the Ambassador advisory Organisations to include more education about the Tiaki (PCF) pulp from Responsible Sources. Manufactured and your whanau a safe and joyous holiday season and all the best for the group. Its success has become nationally recognised, with under the strict ISO14001 Environmental Management Promise in its Ambassador Program. The national Tiaki new year ahead. bespoke courses rolled out in seven locations around NZ. System, and carries the internationally recognised Blue initiative launched last year and aims to educate domestic Angel, Nordic Swan, and Austrian Environmental Label. For more information or to book a spot, visit RERO | ISSUE 02 RERO | ISSUE 02 Ngā mihi and international visitors around ways to experience the www.nzambassador.com. Ō Ō country while respecting local culture and protecting K K New Zealand for future generations. The key foundations of the Ambassador Program are Above: Tiaki Promise visually greets visitors to 2 Colin Keel | Chief Executive manaakitanga and kaitiakitanga, with participants gaining Queenstown Airport on the large display screens. 3 K Ō RERO | NEWS NEWS | KŌ RERO LED Safety Flares Rechargeable Emergency LED Road Flares are the latest safety tool in the airside Operations’ team toolbox. Traditional safety flares involve pyrotechnics, which are obviously not ideal around New Recruits fuel. The new LED flares are also rechargeable and don’t produce waste, so are a sustainable solution in incidents. Located in the boot of New Rescue Firefighters Lewis Jackson, Rob Cowles and Anton Malan the Ops2 vehicle, they can be used graduated last month at the ‘Passing Out’ Parade held at Auckland Airport night or day for increased visibility after a 13-week course including on the job and specialist training at at incidents, general use in directing Auckland’s special fire facility. traffic or warning of hazards or work areas. British-born Lewis had the biggest surprise though, when his mum flew in from England especially for the occasion. Thanks to Crew Chief Dougie for his sneaky behind the scenes work to make this happen. Welcome to the team Lewis, Rob and Anton. Zero Emissions Trial To reduce aircraft emissions at airports, battery powered Ground Support Equipment (or GSE) are rapidly replacing diesel-powered In Safe Hands Seeing Red kit like cargo loaders and pushback Rescue Fire’s Gavin Mason displays best AED practice to Avsec team leaders. tractors. Air New Zealand has chosen Queenstown Airport to trial a new zero emission Mobile Following seven months of training and learning, four of the Airport Rescue New red flashing road studs have Electric Ground Power Unit (GPU) Fire team completed the last part of the Fire Officer’s course; a week of been installed airside at ZQN as Start the Heart on its A320 jets which produces intense assessments at the Fire and Emergency New Zealand National part of an initiative to reduce the NO carbon emissions and NO noise training centre in Rotorua. During the week Gavin, Rich, Jordan and Aroha number of drive behinds/in fronts whilst parked at the gate. The two- were put through their paces, turning up to various scenarios from car crashes while operating on the apron. QAC Senior Fire Fighter Gavin Mason has been working with AVSEC Team month trial is currently assessing the to chemical spills to fully involved petrol stations on fire and perform the The lights will be used in Leaders to provide Automated External Defibrillator (AED) familiarisation battery autonomy of the ITW GSE appropriate actions required to manage that scene in a safe and timely manner. conjunction with compulsory stop sessions at ZQN. Gavin is an active volunteer with St John (as an emergency 7400 unit to determine whether it QAC Rescue Fire Senior Fire Fighter, Gavin Mason, said: “It is said that in points along the apron road. medical technician) and passionate about first aid response and community can supply power long enough to the absence of experience you rely on your training. We are very fortunate to What is a drive behind? education in first aid. Avsec Operations Manager, Geoff Argall, said the need make it a viable alternative to have a comprehensive training programme in place to test our skills robustly.” This is when a vehicle passes for staff to be familiar with the operation of an AED, and when to deploy Air New Zealand’s diesel GPUs. RERO | ISSUE 02 RERO | ISSUE 02 All four members of the team passed with flying colours and took away a lot behind an aircraft while its anti- this equipment, was identified after a recent medical incident at the security Ō Ō from the training and scenarios. We’re incredibly lucky to have this skillset at K collision beacons are illuminated. screening point. “All the team has found these sessions very useful and have K Queenstown Airport. These beacons are an indicator that greater confidence to use an AED if required. We look forward to further the engines may still be running or collaboration with QAC’s Rescue Fire team on other first aid initiatives to help 4 Photo: The QAC Rescue Fire Team complete their training in Rotorua. that the aircraft is about to move. keep our customers and airport community safe,” says Geoff. 5 SUSTAINABILITY | KŌ RERO Airline Sustainability News The aviation industry, which contributes its commitment to a more sustainable aviation industry. Actions include immediately doubling the number of around 2% of global CO2 emissions, has committed to halving emissions by 2050 flights being offset by matching every dollar spent by compared to 2005 levels. customers who tick the box to fly carbon neutral, capping net emissions from 2020 onwards, and investing $50 It has prioritised the reduction of greenhouse gas million over 10 years to help develop a sustainable emissions through the targets set by the International Air aviation fuel industry.