Press Releases

"Wanaka residents are being given 'fair warning' that parking on footpaths was illegal," Queenstown Lakes District Council Wanaka operations manager Chris Hawker said. "On some streets, due to the nature of the kerb, residents have got into the habit of parking off the street. Unfortunately, this o...Read More

The successful candidate in the 2005 Queenstown Lakes District Council Wakatipu Ward By-election is Lou Alfeld with 1181 votes, 598 votes ahead of the second highest polling candidate Craig Allan with 583 votes. The results showed a 40.3 percent (3301 votes) voter turnout, QLDC electoral officer Jo...Read More

Eligible voters in the Queenstown Lakes District Council Wakatipu Ward by-election have only hours left to make their vote count. As of Friday (June 17) only 33 percent of voters had filed their papers. The by-election closed at midday on Wednesday. "This election is as important as the last full ...Read More

A Trust Board has been formally set up to promote and encourage the development of the screen production industry in southern New Zealand. Film Otago Southland trustees have now signed a deed following several months of discussion about progressing the industry in the regions. Current trustees are...Read More

A unique engineering method will be used to repair a major ground water leak, likely caused by a mature cedar tree on Queenstown's Marine Parade, QLDC Engineering engineer Lane Vermaas said. Recent routine inspections confirmed that the Marine Parade pump station was dealing with lake water, in add...Read More

With only seven working days left until the Queenstown Lakes District Council by-election closes, eligible residents are being urged to have a voice. "Everyone in the Wakatipu Ward should have received their voting papers by now. If you are sitting at home wondering where they have got to, then eit...Read More

A Plan Change to protect additional heritage features in the Queenstown Lakes District Plan will be notified tomorrow (Wednesday). "Not only does the Plan Change contain 92 new items of heritage value, including trees and various structures and buildings but it also contains a new definition of her...Read More

The final 10 year plan for weed control in Lake Wanaka will be approved at the end of August, after 57 submissions were received on the draft plan. The plan sets out how the Lake Wanaka Lagarosiphon Managers' Committee proposes to control the invasive lakeweed Lagarosiphon in Lake Wanaka, Committee...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has let the tender for kerbside recycling in Wanaka, QLDC waste manager Dr Linda Wright said. "I am ecstatic to announce that a dedicated kerbside recycling service will be up and running at Wanaka from September," Dr Wright said. The full Council voted unanim...Read More

The Queenstown Event Centre has recorded its busiest month since opening in July 1997. 13,723 users were recorded during the month of May, some 3,000 more than recorded in May 2004 and 2,000 more than recorded in the previous busiest month in January 2004, when the centre hosted its 2nd internation...Read More