Press Releases

Hundreds of Frankton and Kelvin Height properties awoke without water on Saturday morning after a water main burst on Robertson Street. The 200mm main, which burst at the end of Robertson Road, near the Kawarau Falls Bridge sent a stream of water out onto the state highway. “Residents said t...Read More

The stupidity of two men caught red-handed trying to either detach or steal a safety beacon on Lake Wakatipu, last week, has the Queenstown Lakes District harbourmaster Marty Black seeing red. “During broad daylight these guys were spotted interfering with the new safety beacons installed in ...Read More

The historic Skippers Road has been closed for urgent repairs, Queenstown Lakes District Council roading manager Ian Marshall said. “In 2007, a section of road, approximately 1km from the Coronet Peak turn-off was the subject of a slip and at that time repair work was necessary. The same sect...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council is calling for comment on the proposed upgrade of Church Street and Searle Lane, QLDC utilities chairman Councillor John Mann said. “Clearly the road and footpath in Church Street and the pavement in Searle Lane are in poor condition. When we considered t...Read More

The Moonlight Track, Arthurs Point, will need to be intermittently closed from today for up to three weeks to allow for urgent repair work, Queenstown Lakes District Council roading manager Ian Marshall said. The closure – potentially through to 4 September - would enable construction of a ga...Read More

As of this week, residents can subscribe to a new, community-owned, wheelie bin service in the Queenstown Lakes District, QLDC solid waste manager Stefan Borowy said. “This forms part of the new service that we consulted on through the 10-Year-Plan that was based on community feedback that ou...Read More

The Moonlight Track, near Queenstown will be closed overnight tonight due to ongoing work to stabilise a section of the road. “The section of road above McChesney Road will need to be closed tonight for safety reasons. We have been working on it today but quite a large section of rock above t...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has reached a decision to notify three Plan Changes this month, QLDC Mayor Clive Geddes said. The Plan Changes relate to the Arrowtown urban boundary (Plan Change 29), urban boundaries in general (Plan Change 30) and an amendment to noise standards (Plan Change...Read More

As was flagged in the Council’s 10-Year-Plan, adopted in June, the economic climate has seen the Lakeview project put on hold, Queenstown Lakes District Council chief executive Duncan Field said. The longstanding project involves the development of Council-owned freehold land on Man Street in...Read More

As of now you can order your new wheelie bin from the Council. Any resident can subscribe to the new 120 litre wheelie bin service for rubbish collection (the new service starts on 1 October). Residents who currently use the privately hired 240 litre bins are encouraged to make the change. It&rsqu...Read More