Press Releases

Anticipated growth and the need for strong strategic planning into the future has seen the Queenstown Airport Corporation identify the need for a new role to complement the existing structure, QAC chairman Mark Taylor said. The board was seeking a chief executive to take the commercial growth of th...Read More

The hearing of the proposed establishment of a Council Controlled Organisation to take over the Queenstown Lakes District regulatory contract will be held on February 23, QLDC chief executive Duncan Field confirmed. Last year the council notified its intention to establish a Council Controlled Orga...Read More

A feedback session will be held in February to discuss a further proposed Plan Change for Cardrona, Queenstown Lakes District Council senior policy analyst Ralph Henderson said. The purpose of the Plan Change was to change provisions of the District Plan zone at the Cardrona Village, in line with f...Read More

The 10 week closure of a section of Malaghan Road will commence from 7am on Monday 5 February, Queenstown Lakes District Council engineering general manager Mark Kunath confirmed today. The $2.4 million project would involve some major earthworks, road realignment and rehabilitation over a ten week...Read More

Signage compliance in the Queenstown Lakes District is taking a turn for the positive as the council continues to take a firm stance over its new Signage Bylaw. After extensive consultation with the business community, in the wake of the public bylaw process and letters of warning, the council had ...Read More

Interest is high in the board membership for a proposed new resource management and regulatory services company for the Queenstown Lakes District. The current contract with regulatory contractor CivicCorp expires on 30 June 2008. To provide a seamless change, the Queenstown Lakes District Council h...Read More

Expressions of interest are now being sought for Directors of a proposed Regulatory Services Company to deliver resource management and regulatory services in the Queenstown Lakes District. Council's contract with current regulatory contractor, CivicCorp, will expire on 30 June 2008.  In the m...Read More

A report which will influence the future of zoning at Makarora will be discussed at a community meeting in the town on January 17, 2007. "A natural hazard report has been prepared by the Otago Regional Council, a necessary step as the Queenstown Lakes District Council contemplates future zoning in ...Read More

Feedback on stage 2 of a key transportation study was due at the end of the week,? Queenstown Lakes District Council Utilities general manager Mark Kunath said. The Wakatipu study, which was being undertaken by GHD Limited, was focusing on issues in the Wakatipu Basin like public transport, state h...Read More

Logistical supply problems have seen the company proposing to run twilight cinema in conjunction with the Summerdaze Festival pull out of the event. "Unfortunately Naughty Monkey Enterprises Limited has advised that they are not able to deliver the event because they could not get the specialist eq...Read More