Errr. alright then!
Not currently in NZ, but having had a few conversations with Mr Robinson, I can assure you that he doesn't give up that easily. The problem is that the local nimby brigade are quite noisy, and the new Mayor/Council would appear to be a little less sympathetic to his cause. The local tenants haven't been very helpful either, and the flying clubs seem intent on shooting themselves in their feet.
Hopefully Noel Robinson will prevail, because the alternative is 100 acres of houses and light industrial units.
I suspect the owners of the Otaki strip are making plans to provide an alternative, just in case PP does become a suburb...