Press Releases

The joint Transit New Zealand and Queenstown Lakes District Council project to upgrade Shotover Street, which will include major street scaping improvements, gets underway tomorrow (Tuesday), QLDC parks director Paul Wilson said. The project's primary aim was to resurface the Shotover Street sectio...Read More

A new utilities general manager will join the Queenstown Lakes District Council team from early May. Mark Kunath, presently the Auckland City Council $100 million CBD upgrade project manager, has been appointed to the new Council position, created as a result of the independent road inquiry underta...Read More

Decision to Apply for Leave to AppealThe Queenstown Lakes District Council will apply to the High Court for leave to appeal the High Court Hawthorn Estate subdivision decision.In December last year the High Court upheld Hawthorn Estates ability to subdivide into 32 lots the 34ha area known as 'the T...Read More

Event recycling has been launched in Queenstown Lakes with outstanding success and will become a permanent feature of future events in the district. Waste minimisation officer Linda Wright says recycling stations were set up last weekend at the Lake Hayes A & P Show and the National Rugby Seven...Read More

Local resident Mark Vening has swung into action to organise this weekend's Summerdaze Festival Tsunami Relief benefit concert featuring local bands and performers. With the help of More FM and Remarkable Audio, Queenstown Rafting employee Mr Vening has rapidly pulled together a concert which will ...Read More