As one of 28 New Zealand accommodation providers to receive a Michelin Key, Paardekooper said industrial developments would put employment, tourism and that status at risk. "It's not just vacant land waiting to be developed. It's open space, it's natural quiet, it's dark skies, it's mountain and lake views... Mackenzie feels different, because of what's not here." She said the Mackenzie's location within a basin meant the effects of industrial development would be felt across the district. "It's like a big reverberating, echoing basin." 'Sky glow': Data centres could threaten Mackenzie's dark sky status https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/1972166/sky-glow-data-centres-could-threaten-mackenzie-s-dark-sky-status