Find out about the sale of liquor in the Queenstown Lakes District. 

What is liquor licensing and how is it managed?
Liquor licensing is managed by Lakes Environmental and covers:
•  All aspects of liquor law.
•  Duty managers certificates.
•  Liquor licensing courses.
•  Licenses for venues.
•  Complaints about a venue’s license or operating conditions. 

Contact the Liquor Licensing Inspector
Contact the liquor licensing inspector to discuss anything relating to the sale of liquor, phone 03 450 0300 (Queenstown) or 03 443 0006 (Wanaka).

Liquor licensing forms
Visit our forms section to get applications forms for liquor licensing.
>> Liquor licensing application forms

Liquor licensing policy
The Queenstown Lakes District Liquor Licensing Policy was reviewed in 2007.
>> 2007 Liquor Licensing Policy (pdf )