Press Releases

27 February 2008 New processes have been introduced to provide more robust project cost estimates, Queenstown Lakes District Council engineering services general manager Mark Kunath said. However the tightening up of processes for future projects had not netted the current $7.5 million Crown Range...Read More
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26 February 2008 Warm weather and good growing conditions in Lake Wanaka are probably the cause of algae that found its way into the filter of several Albert Town properties, last week, Queenstown Lakes District Council acting water services manager John Porter said. A minute amount of material wa...Read More
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Event Transport Trial

26 February 2008 A bus service co-ordinated by organisers of this year's PBT Gibbston Harvest Festival will help with the planning of passenger transport for future events in the district, Queenstown Lakes District Council transportation manager Denis Mander said. The festival would be held at Mou...Read More
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A workman has been injured at one of the Wanaka Project Pure worksites, this morning Queenstown Lakes District Council engineering general manager Mark Kunath said. "A truck driver was injured while unloading pipes at one of the work sites located at the Wanaka Airport," Mr Kunath said. The man ha...Read More
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Wanaka Sports Facilities

No decisions will be taken on the future of sports facilities in Wanaka without extensive consultation with the Wanaka community. "We now have the sign-off from the Wanaka Community Board and the Queenstown Lakes District Council to get on with the consultation needed before we can front up with a ...Read More
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20 February 2008 A revamped playground complete with a spacenet, taniwha slide and goldfields theme is being proposed for Queenstown Bay but before plans can progress feedback is needed, Queenstown Lakes District Council community services chairman Leigh Overton said. Comment was now being sought ...Read More
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The draft Signs Bylaw will be the subject of public hearings in Wanaka and Queenstown next month, CivicCorp policy planner Tim Williams said. The aim of the district-wide bylaw, first notified in November, was to protect areas having amenity values from visual pollution and also to enable signs to ...Read More
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Recycling Target Surpassed

19 February 2008 Recycling in the Wakatipu has surpassed expected targets with the equivalent of 11 Boeing 737's in weight recycled in January alone, Queenstown Lakes District Council solid waste manager Stefan Borowy said. In January the new centre processed a total of 347 tonnes. District-wide t...Read More
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Submissions on a draft Fire and Smoke Prevention bylaw close on February 22 (Friday). "This week is the last chance to have your say on the draft bylaw," Queenstown Lakes District Council principal rural fire officer Gordon Bailey said. The council needed to revisit the current bylaw because new g...Read More
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A temporary traffic plan to cater for the $2.5 million Camp Street upgrade will be introduced this week, Queenstown Lakes District Council engineering general manager Mark Kunath said. "At present it is still possible to turn left into Camp Street off Ballarat Street, however the one lane access is...Read More
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