Press Releases

27 June 2008 - 1.51 pm The new Queenstown Lakes District exchange website is living proof that one person's rubbish is another's treasure, QLDC solid waste manager Stefan Borowy said. The council has funded the new website www.recirculate.org.nz, which is operated on behalf of the council by Wanak...Read More

25 June 2008 - 3.29 pm After more than a decade the Queenstown Lakes District Council now has its own 'parks team' back "in-house". "The team is now on board and undergoing training before officially assuming the new role on July 1," QLDC community services general manager Paul Wilson said. With ...Read More

23 June 2008 - 4.26 pm With another front scheduled overnight, people travelling in the Lakes District are being reminded to carry chains and be prepared for snow to low levels, Queenstown Lakes District Council emergency management officer Brenden Winder said. Snow was expected from later this ev...Read More

23 June 2008 - 2.38 pm The most likely cause of the Wye Creek fire, which was first detected on March 16, was from embers deposited by traction engines that were travelling along the highway at the time, the National Rural Fire Authority Fire Investigation Report has found. The resulting 739 hecta...Read More

23 June 2008 - 2.04 pm In anticipation of forecast growth the Queenstown Lakes District Council has been preparing a schedule of upgrades for both the drinking water supply and wastewater disposal, QLDC acting water services manager John Porter said. "The council will upgrade the entire major pipe...Read More

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has reappointed Mark Taylor as director and chairman of the Queenstown Airport Corporation for a further period of five-years. The Queenstown Lakes District Council, which owns the airport, considered and approved a number of recommendations from the board duri...Read More

13 June 2008 - 3.55 pm A strategy which will influence how the Queenstown Lakes District Council will shape access in and around Queenstown has been launched today, QLDC Mayor Clive Geddes said. Stemming from the 2005 Future Links document, Inner Links looks at the options for improving transport ...Read More

11 June 2008 - 8.55 pm "The new Queenstown Skate Park at the Queenstown Gardens will be ready to skate from this Saturday," Queenstown Lakes District Council community services chairman Leigh Overton said. The bowl section of the park is still being constructed but will be ready in under two month...Read More

6 June 2008 - 4.29 pm "People travelling in the Queenstown Lakes District area this weekend are being encouraged to carry chains after the MetService issued a heavy snow warning today," Queenstown Lakes District Council emergency management officer Brenden Winder said. Early morning rain with snow...Read More

3 June 2008 - 3.11 pm Work to commission an alternative pipeline to replace a leaking sewer main across the Shotover Bridge is ongoing, with traffic delays of up to five minutes expected tomorrow (Wednesday). "Between the hours of 9am and 1pm tomorrow, we will reduce a section of road accessing Sh...Read More