Press Releases

An electrical failure meant a delayed kerbside recycling collection for parts of Arrowtown on Monday, Queenstown Lakes District Council solid waste advisor Stefan Borowy said. "The dedicated kerbside recycling truck was not able to continue the collection. Fortunately the problem has now been resol...Read More

The Camp Street upgrade will resume from Monday, with the street's next stages due to be some of the first capital projects delivered under the new Procurement Strategy, Queenstown Lakes District Council utilities committee chairman John Mann said. "The street upgrade has literally straddled the in...Read More

Construction of the Queenstown Skate Park is scheduled to get underway in the New Year, Queenstown Lakes District Council project manager Russell Engelke said. The exact project timing had been reliant on the availability of the specialist contractor. "It looks as though we will have the new facil...Read More

The unexpected failure of a water main pump at Hawea today has meant an urgent call for water conservation in the area. Council contractors were alerted to the failure at 1.30am this morning, Queenstown Lakes District Council utilities committee chairman John Mann said. "This is one of two pumps w...Read More

A free service offering advice on sustainable homes is now available in the Queenstown Lakes District, the first district in the South Island to offer the service. Available to homeowners, designers, builders and trades-people, the service is provided by Sustainable Wanaka and is funded and support...Read More

Further submissions are being sought for the Mount Cardrona Plan Change 18, Queenstown Lakes District Council senior planning analyst Ralph Henderson said. The council notified the plan change in September, which would relocate potential future development of a village from the highly visible base ...Read More

With parcels and boxes of new decorations arriving at the Queenstown Lakes District Council over the last few weeks, the elves are poised to wave the Christmas stick, QLDC arts and events facilitator Jan Maxwell said. A lot of preparation and effort has gone into wrapping the district up in the Chr...Read More

Next Tuesday (27 November) Council and the Community Housing Trust will be co-hosting a lunchtime presentation on Affordable Housing, featuring Professor Glen Bramley from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. Professor Bramley heads housing and urban studies at the university and has been at the for...Read More

In three weeks the communities of the Wakatipu Basin have recycled 169.4 tonnes of household recyclables."It's an impressive start," Queenstown Lakes District Council utilities committee chairman John Mann said. Last year, during the same period from October 22 to November 14, 261 tonnes of refuse ...Read More

A number of decaying Lombardy poplar trees will be removed and replaced on Speargrass Flat Road, having been identified as a risk to public safety, Queenstown Lakes District Council community services committee chairman Councillor Leigh Overton said. "In total 27 trees were tested and 18 were found...Read More