Press Releases

The Queenstown Lakes District Council is hosting an innovative workshop on crime prevention through environmental design, next week. The Council is one of only two Council's in New Zealand to import the information courtesy of the New South Wales police. "We are extremely grateful to NSW chief insp...Read More

With the onset of summer, it was time for boaties to review their compliance on the water, Queenstown Lakes District Council harbourmaster Marty Black said. In July the Council successfully took a landmark case under the Queenstown Lakes District Waterways Navigation and Safety Bylaw 2003, resultin...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council is encouraging all residents and ratepayers to ensure they have a say in their representation. "If anyone in our community fails to have a vote prior to October 9, then they will have to wait another three years to have a say. At this stage we are facing a low ...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council's director of parks and open space Paul Wilson has recently returned from a high powered international parks and recreation congress in Hamamatsu, Japan, where Mr Wilson represented New Zealand. Mr Wilson is the New Zealand commissioner for the International Fe...Read More

Early feedback on the proposed Queenstown Aquatic Centre had been incredibly heartening, working party chairman Alan Macalister said. "This is not altogether unexpected; in the two years of the investigation process, the working party has only received a single submission in opposition to the devel...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has ensured the ongoing future viability of the Wanaka Airport with the confirmation today of the purchase of 59.2 hectares of neighbouring land. The land, formerly owned by the Big River Company is located to the North, East and West around Wanaka Airport and ...Read More

An independent inquiry into premature road surface failures in the Wakatipu Basin has found a combination of factors, unique to the location, are to blame. "The investigation has identified several causes for the premature road failures," Roading Construction Standards Inquiry chairman Alan Bickers...Read More

It's official, recycling has commenced in earnest in the Wakatipu Basin with the launch today of a free recycling station at Frankton. "This is a small start to a very big project," Queenstown Lakes District Council Mayor Clive Geddes said. "Recycling is now a reality in the Wakatipu and there wil...Read More

After receiving just a handful of applications, the SPARC Rural Travel Fund deadline has been extended. Queenstown-Lakes District Council Special Projects Manager Lee Harris said while the fund was advertised, word obviously has not yet got around that there is money for sporting clubs and school t...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council and 2004 local body election candidate Phillip John Dunstan today (Monday) announced Mr Dunstan's withdrawal from the election. Among other business interests Mr Dunstan holds shares and directorships in Council contractors Lakes Contract Services, Scope Resour...Read More