'Opportunity': Aviation expert weighs in on Peters' Kaikohe Airport idea

An aviation expert says Northland needs another airport - but he's not sure about an option being flown by Winston Peters.

The New Zealand First leader claims a foreign country is interested in building an airport in Kaikohe. 

Eagle Aviation Consulting chief executive, Simon Russell, says that could be too close to Kerikeri Airport to be useful. 

He says upgrading Kaitaia would be a better idea. 

"The opportunity is - how do we get tourists, what currently is a 12-hour round trip from Auckland, on a bus? So are there people that would fly? And the answer would be yes."

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