History of the Queenstown Lakes District Council

The first meeting of the Queenstown Lakes District Council took place in October 1986.

Arrowtown Borough fought this quite hard and weren't officially amalgamated into the Queenstown Lakes District until July/August 1989.

The amalgamation of all the small county Councils was a central government initiative.

Contact the Local Government Commission to find out more.

Email: info@lgc.govt.nz 

Phone: 04 460 2200