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Airport proposal divides small town

08:50 am on 13 December 2021

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A proposal to build an international airport in the small Central Otago settlement of Tarras has reopened a divide in the town.

Almost a decade ago, a proposal for an irrigation scheme split the community - with long-time farmers on one side and more recent arrivals on the other.

As Timothy Brown reports, the airport proposal has divided the community along similar lines.