Press Releases

The Queenstown Lakes District Council is calling for community groups and individuals who want to help clean up the district to register now for Clean Up New Zealand week. The national week gets underway from September 13 - 19 and QLDC Special Projects Manager Lee Harris wants to hear from all the ...Read More

A plague of rabbits in the Wanaka area will be countered with a poison drop beginning tomorrow (Thursday). A group of 30 private residents have combined with the Queenstown Lakes District Council to enlist Regional Services to carry out a drop of Pindone poison. The poison, in the form of green ca...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council Summer Festival organisers are calling for any community events that can be included in a fun programme being planned for residents. Alastair and Diana McIlwrick of Dinamics Destination Management have started putting together the Queenstown Lakes Summer Festiv...Read More

After many months of intensive planning and fundraising, work officially started today (Wednesday) on the restoration of the historic old Lower Shotover Bridge. "We are absolutely delighted that today marks the beginning of this terrific undertaking," Rotary Shotover Bridge Restoration Trust truste...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council is formally calling for nominations for the establishment of Wanaka and Wakatipu Urban Design Panels, as of this week. In January this year the Council called for comment on a discussion paper, exploring existing shortcomings in the Council's ability to improve...Read More

An unprecedented freeze and thaw cycle during July has caused damage to several roads in the Queenstown Lakes District this winter. The highest ever number of ground frosts, 30 from 31 days, was recorded for July with the number of air frosts reaching 27 consecutive days, a figure last recorded in ...Read More

Wakatipu residents and ratepayers were being encouraged to get the facts on the Queenstown Lakes District Council's proposed Wakatipu Aquatic Centre. "We have prepared a document that gives both background information and a concise summary of where the project is at today," Aquatic Centre Working P...Read More

The community of Kingston will be the first to benefit from the installation of a new environmentally friendly form of street lighting, Queenstown Lakes District Council director of parks Paul Wilson said. "We will start with installing the new lights in Kingston early next month and from there we ...Read More