Press Releases

The illegal dumping and sourcing of soil at Scurr Heights, Wanaka, was at the cost of the community, Queenstown Lakes District Council Wanaka operations manager Chris Hawker said. "There are some people in the community who seem to believe that Scurr Heights is both a dumping ground for waste and a...Read More

A developer has been asked to formally progress its proposal to redevelop the Frankton Marina, Queenstown Lakes District Council Frankton Marina project manager Ken Gousmett said. The Council sought expressions of interest and preliminary designs from experienced developers to undertake the design,...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council will be adopting a zero tolerance policy this summer over lifejackets. In July this year the Council successfully took two landmark cases under the Queenstown Lakes District Waterways Navigation and Safety Bylaw 2003, resulting in three convictions. Two men wer...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council today (Friday) recommended that it proceed to investigate an offer for the transfer of the Council's engineering management services contract. Under Contract 330, Imtech Limited is contracted in this role until June 30, 2008. The full Council considered a repo...Read More

The team - which has been working for a year towards a solution for developing a new waste water disposal system for Wanaka, Albert Town and possibly Luggate - is progressing the findings of an original community working party, which identified several site options in a report, released last year. ...Read More

The inaugural Queenstown Lakes District Council Summerdaze Festival, to be formally launched tomorrow (Friday December 17), is a first for the Queenstown Lakes District. "This is a first for the community, a dedicated, district-wide summer festival pulling together many of the existing key celebrat...Read More

Contractors in the Queenstown Lakes District will have just under a month to introduce new waste disposal practices. "We have spent several months consulting with the industry to gear them up for change in disposal methods and locations," QLDC waste minimisation officer Linda Wright said. Consulta...Read More

All forms of accommodation providers in the Queenstown Lakes District should continue to operate as normal this summer, Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Clive Geddes said. From residents who rented their property out for a few days or weeks to home stay providers to moteliers, people should continue...Read More

The Department of Conservation, in association with the Queenstown Lakes District Council as well as several local 4WD clubs and Coronet Peak Station, has taken steps to limit the continued vehicle damage to Macetown, while still allowing access to the public. Several new measures will be put in pl...Read More

The vandalism of the second Christmas tree sculpture overnight has angered the Queenstown community. "The Council has received phone calls and emails from residents incensed that the second sculpture, situated at the Fernhill roundabout, has now been targeted by vandals," Queenstown Lakes District ...Read More