Press Releases

A disappointing local disregard for water safety was liable to end in injury or worse, Queenstown Lakes District harbourmaster Marty Black said. An evening patrol last week had left him frustrated and dismayed at the ignorance of resident Queenstowners. "I was gob smacked by the level of stupidity...Read More

The Department of Conservation, in conjunction with the Queenstown Lakes District Council and a group of volunteers, marked World Wetland Day with a clean-up campaign at the Gorge Road wetland today (Thursday). "Although the day is internationally recognised on February 2, we were delighted at DOC'...Read More

A discussion document outlining the background and rationale behind the Queenstown Lakes District Council's visitor accommodation position has been released this week. "In the process of answering various questions from the community on this complex matter I have formulated a document to help expla...Read More

Only one of the mature lombardy poplars located on Queenstown's St Omer Park required urgent removal, Queenstown Lakes District Council director of parks Paul Wilson said. "With the use of specialised equipment in the form of a tomograph we identified that the majority of the poplars are registerin...Read More

Improvements to the surface of Malaghan's Road, between Queenstown and Arrowtown, will improve conditions this winter. SouthRoads is carrying out remedial work on the section of road between Hunter Road and Dalefield. "A section of the road was not constructed to the standard specified in the orig...Read More

A recommendation to increase the proposed Queenstown Aquatic Centre budget by $250,000 will go the Queenstown Lakes District Council meeting on February 25. The QLDC held an aquatic centre hearing yesterday (Wednesday) having received 606 submissions. Of these submissions 462 supported the proposal...Read More

The introduction of a strategy to formally collate and assess information about the Queenstown Lakes District will become an essential and widely-used tool for future decision making in the area, QLDC planning and strategy manager Vicki Jones said. The new strategy would combine the statutory oblig...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council today (Monday) released an audit which it initiated last year into the administration of its waste contract, QLDC chief executive Duncan Field said. "In 1999 the Council entered into a 30-year contract for landfill operation and this was a timely review of the ...Read More

Hot and dry temperatures over the last week in the Queenstown Lakes District had resulted in the acceleration of dust problems on unsealed roads, QLDC Wanaka operations manager Chris Hawker said. "We are getting a lot of comment at the moment over the condition of some of the unsealed roads in the ...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council received a briefing today (Tues) on the Peninsula Bay Environment Court decision, released yesterday. "It is clear that this decision carries major implications and appears to impose new standards on future variations and plan changes," QLDC chief executive Dun...Read More