Press Releases

The Lake Wanaka Management Group today released the draft 10 year Lagarosiphon Management Plan for Lake Wanaka, for public consultation. The plan sets out how the Group proposes to control the invasive lakeweed Lagarosiphon in Lake Wanaka, says Group spokesperson Paul Jackson from Land Information ...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council is giving notice to the owners of cars for sale on Stanley Street that the vehicles will be towed at the owners cost. "We have had a number of complaints about the impromptu car yard that lines Stanley Street in the vicinity of the Millennium Hotel," QLDC Wakat...Read More

Queenstown Lakes District Council Mayor Clive Geddes is calling on communities throughout the district to respectfully mark Anzac Day. Retailers, commercial operators, businesses, bars and restaurants are all required by law to close from midnight through until 1pm on April 25. "For that one morni...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has established a temporary, part time, role to carry out an audit on the streets of the district. "This is an individual, whose sole directive is to get out there and walk the streets. At this stage we have set this up as a trial for Queenstown and will consid...Read More

The Wakatipu Trails Trust has received major funding which should see key walk and cycle links established within the next two years. The Community Trust of Southland has provided a major financial boost to the Queenstown Lakes District Council led project in the form of $500,000, to be funded over...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council strategy and planning committee will be asked to endorse the next step in implementing the Wanaka Structure Plan, tomorrow (Wednesday). "The plan, which stems from the Wanaka 2020 future planning process, was adopted as a working document by the Council in Dece...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council regulatory committee yesterday (Thursday) voted to publicly release the findings of a regulatory investigation into the Waiorau Snow Farm area. "This is the culmination of a major investigation, triggered by a formal public complaint in March last year," QLDC c...Read More

Nominations in the Queenstown Lakes District Council by-election will open tomorrow (Tuesday). The by-election must be held to fill a Wakatipu Ward vacancy, due to a councillor resignation. The Wakatipu Ward includes Queenstown, Frankton, Kingston, Glenorchy, Dalefield and Lake Hayes. Wanaka and A...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has been successful in attracting funding from Land Transport NZ ( formerlyTransfund) to undertake the resealing of sections of the Crown Range Road. Work on the 16km section, from the Eastborne Gates to Cardrona is now underway, QLDC Wanaka operations manager C...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council yesterday held an initial planning meeting to discuss a management plan to accommodate an anticipated influx of rugby fans in campervans. "We know that campervan bookings have escalated for the period commencing June 18, right after the Lions rugby game in Chri...Read More