By BROWN, Giles A Christchurch businessman is willing to spend thousands of dollars to fly Ngai Tahu and city council representatives to an airport that he says could be the "saviour" of the Wigram airfield.

THIEVES siphoned 100 litres of aviation fuel from a small plane parked on the tarmac at Paraparaumu Airport, with the pilot only becoming aware of the theft just before takeoff. The culprit scaled a security fence to gain access to the single- engine plane owned by air2there.

KAPITI COAST aviators have ended their opposition to redevelopment of Paraparaumu Airport.

By VAN DEN BERGH, Roeland AIR NEW ZEALAND is withholding about $145,000 a month in increased landing fees from Wellington and Auckland airports, with the total approaching $1 million.

The amount of uninformed comment about last weekend's collision at Paraparaumu airport amazes me. For context, I have completed a commercial pilots licence flying out of Paraparaumu and feel qualified to comment.