Press Releases

The Queenstown Lakes District Council today released a report into the condition and recommended upgrade of the Greenstone-Kinloch Road. The report was commissioned by QLDC in the wake of the tragic death of two young Glenorchy children after an accident on the road in September 2005. The report h...Read More

A proposed high profile rural subdivision won't be further contested by the Queenstown Lakes District Council chief executive Duncan Field said. The Court of Appeal issued its decision in June that the Council's appeal against Hawthorn Estate was dismissed. The subdivision is for 32 lots on 34ha bo...Read More

A new position of Wanaka Ward secretary has been created in the Wanaka Queenstown Lakes District Council office, acting Wanaka Ward manager Roger Taylor said. "I am very pleased to announce that former Wanaka administration officer Barbara East has accepted the new role," Mr Taylor said. As the Co...Read More

Media Release 28 July 2006 HOT INTERNATIONAL ACTS TO BLAST WINTER BLUES ASBJAZZFEST HEADLINE ACTS ANNOUNCED Australia's best loved jazz band is set to blast away the winter blues at a major free international outdoor concert at Queenstown on Saturday 14 October. Galapagos Duck will kick start t...Read More

The Arrowtown Village Association will host a public meeting next week to discuss new monitoring of the town?s air, Queenstown Lakes District Council Councillor John Wilson said. "The Otago Regional Council has now implemented an air monitoring station next to the primary school. Arrowtown is the f...Read More

A rose pruning demonstration will be held in the Queenstown Gardens at the end of the month, just in time for pruning. Queenstown Lakes District Council parks manager Gordon Bailey, a self professed gardening enthusiast, will hold the demonstration in the rose gardens. "There are some schools of t...Read More

Work to re-open the Skippers Road, is ongoing, Queenstown Lakes District Council Engineering manager Dave Hall said. The historic road was closed after a large slip came down on the Queenstown side of a section of the road known as Hells Gate, approximately one kilometre from the Coronet Peak turn-...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council is calling for comment on the Draft Wanaka Sportsfield and Recreation Strategy, QLDC parks manager Gordon Bailey said. "The draft strategy, which covers Wanaka, Hawea, Luggate and Albert Town is a review of existing facilities and present and future demand," Mr...Read More

EOI_Powerpoint_presentation_3_July_2006 A strategy that will deliver major capital works projects on time and on budget was unveiled today (Thursday) by the Queenstown Lakes District Council. "In the last three years the district's capital works budget has increased by 83 %, however the achievemen...Read More

A second workshop is to be held on the proposed Wanaka 'Kirimoko Block' Plan Change, Queenstown Lakes District Council senior policy analyst Alyson Schuler said. "A workshop was held at the end of 2004 to discuss the proposal. Since then the Council has been working with the landowners to address a...Read More