Tim King

But I think it's too easy an answer just to keep going back to the government for all of the challenges that local government faces.

The government should pay more money or the government should pay a greater share.

Ultimately, it's all coming from the same people at the end of the day, isn't it?

We're all taxpayers or ratepayers.

And I think in this case, I don't think it's an unreasonable cost for councils to cover to provide that, like I say, both lifeline infrastructure, but also the opportunity for a regional airline like Golden Bay Air to operate in and out of

I'm not, to be honest, I haven't given it a great deal of thought in terms of how that might work.

I'm assuming Duane's talking about something along the lines of treating it like rail as kind of an alternative transport system.

offering that is supported like the roading network is and like road transport is through some form of government support and funding so yeah i'm not 100 sure how we anticipate that working um but that absolutely is a role for central government and a conversation for them uh i think our role is to continue to provide the opportunity through

maintaining aerodromes and runways in these smaller locations to ensure that services can be provided.

But I accept it's a huge challenge to run a small regional airline.